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Beit Midrash
- Shabbat and Holidays
- The Three Weeks
- The Ninth of Av
For this reason, the month of our greatest calamity, the month in which the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed, is called Av (father). It reminds us that we have an Av HaRachaman, a Merciful Father in heaven, who cares enough about us to punish us in order to prevent us from committing spiritual suicide.
Perhaps this is one way to explain the concluding verse of Eichah, "For if You are truly disgusted with us, You have been excessively angry with us." If G-d were disgusted with us and sought to destroy us - then why the extended exile? Why bother with us so long? Destroy us and get it over with! From the length and extent of G-d's involvement with our exile, it is obvious that His intent is not to destroy us, but rather to guide us back to Him and to the Land of Israel and rebuild the Beis HaMikdash.
Peninei Halakha 3. The Prohibition of Eating and the Status of Sick People and Postpartum Women
Chapter 10: The Laws of Tisha Be-Av
Rabbis in Midrash
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D'varim Judaism’s Social Vision
Re’eh
Giving is more than an act of generosity—it is an essential part of human dignity that belongs to everyone, rich and poor alike. The ultimate goal of help is to empower others to stand on their own.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
