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Body : I received your letter from 8 Adar I.
[I refer now to] the claim that the official Zionist institutions are going against our holy religion in formal affairs. Realize that if we will believe everything that the masses say, there would be many such instances. However, we must obviously not build, based on [such reports], a fundamental approach to protest publicly against them.
That which indeed does exceed any doubt is that which the administration of the Gymnasium allowed themselves to do – to join the two genders together, young men and young women, in one school and the same classes, without any semblance of modesty or the way of Judaism. This is also the cultural approach of most of the enlightened countries, and the beginning of this sin [in Eretz Yisrael] started in the schools of the moshavot (agriculture settlements). Hashem knows what ethical deterioration will result from these behaviors. On this matter we should protest with all of our strength. It also seems that whenever they hold balls with large groups on Saturday night, they desecrate Shabbat without embarrassment while doing the preparatory work. Be strong, brothers with pure hearts. Let us work diligently to "fence off" [as much forbidden activity] as we can succeed in doing, and may Hashem be of assistance to us.
[Now we will turn to the public announcements about the Tachkemoni school, which the Mizrachi organization sponsored.] Rav Shlesinger has still not sent me [the text]. Certainly he will tell me soon. However, the matter is difficult for me in the short term, for I am entrenched in the position of leading the "Shaarei Torah" school. This is also a respected educational system, and even though it has a different approach and spirit from Tachkemoni, it still "goes to one place." That is, to erect on a strong foundation an institution that spreads the light of Hashem and the sanctity of the holy Torah on holy soil. I cannot touch anything that that Shaarei Torah is nourished from. Maybe it would be correct to connect this institution with [funds] that come from Russia by the encouragement generated by my public announcement. We will take this up again in future letters so that we can clarify the matter,
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
179 - Involving Baron Rothschild in Religious Efforts – #278
180 - What Requires Protest? – #279
181 - Possibilities of Creating Religious Moshavot – #284 – part I
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Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
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 Who Breached the Contract? – part IV
Based on ruling 81087 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook #103 – part II
Igrot Hare’aya A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part I
Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Informing a Friend he Is Not Insulted – #320
Date and Place: 5 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot (probably)
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
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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.
