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Body : I will respond to your comments on the current state of religion. What can I say to you? The general situation has wounded my heart severely! There appears to be no one left to raise the banner of the Name of Hashem and His Torah in the Holy Land. Occupying myself with this idea makes my heart churn and be tempest-tossed. I found no straightforward manner to begin to act against it.
Unfortunately. it is very difficult for me to come to peace with the approach of the majority of today’s leading Torah scholars. They want to follow the old path, which is to distance everyone from any skill and activity that is related to life [outside directly religious activity]. It is clear to me that this is totally against the path of Hashem. In this way, they assist the wayward sinners and their supporters. Woe unto us from these great rabbis’ humility, even despite their laudable intentions.
We are compelled to support the form of education that includes knowledge of the world and life and leads children with a spirit of excitement about life, with vigor and boldness of the heart, with cleanliness and proper flourishes. All of these things join together with a path into the world of Torah and honest fear of Heaven, and they actually crown it and strengthen it. At the end of the process, the evil angel will have to respond "Amen" [to the achievements attained]. What can I do about the fact that, although I am certain this is the way to proceed, I find myself in a heated battle with those to the right and to the left?! Still, I hope that His Blessed Name will give me the strength to carry the banner of truth proudly, so that holiness will triumph.
Dear colleague, all of these major matters are interdependent. Most of those who learn Torah, including the generation’s leading scholars, do not concentrate on becoming great in the proper approach to fear of Heaven, with the great breadth that befits leaders of the nation. Therefore, they lack the skills to embark on new roads that are appropriate for the times and align them to lead to sanctity. This forces them, according to their perspective, to cling to the exact style in which education was approached in the past, without using any of the new approaches’ positive points, which could be useful for our generation according to its status. They will not admit, under any circumstance, that a major area of study, which is inclusive to all of Torah and all of belief (ed. note – i.e., Kabbala) is totally lost to them, which is why they grope for a way forward in the afternoon as if it were pitch dark.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
171 - Keeping Shemitta Partially – #272
172 - The Need for a Broader Education – #274
173 - The State of Religion in Eretz Yisrael – #277 – part I
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The more we can find merit in even the most sinful people, as long as they do not want to fully break from the nation and join our enemies, and the more we incorporate in our education useful matters and teach our sons studies that will bring them a livelihood and human dignity, connected to the Torah, the more we add strength to the foundation of Torah.
Who can we speak to, who will agree, who will be willing to put his honor at stake in order to bring honor to Hashem, His Torah, and the sanctity of His desired Land? We hope that someone will act on Hashem’s behalf and put in the heart of all the Torah scholars an understanding of Hashem’s path of purity, and He shall soon save Israel and Judea.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Multiple Agreements and Parties – part IV
based on final ruling of 80082 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael – part II
#229 Date and Place: 13 Tishrei 5670 (1909), Yafo
P'ninat Mishpat Limits of Interest Rate for Loan with Heter Iska – part I
based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat A Commercial Rental for a Closed Business – part II
based on ruling 80047 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Shemitta Work at Israel National Fund Land – #
Date and Place: 3 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Possibilities of Creating Religious Moshavot – #284 – part II
Date and Place: 1 Adar II, 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part III
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Keeping Shemitta Partially – #272
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook; Date and Place: 2 Adar I 5670 (1910), Yafo
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
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P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
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.
