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Body : You can rest assured that you calmed me with your dear letter. I was not, Heaven forbid, included in those who suspect the innocent, beloved and honorable friends such as you. However, the phenomenon that those with whom I shared the most reliable love turning into those with a dry, correct relationship without any dew-like moisture of love, has brought me to very tormenting thoughts. I remember my dear ones from days past, when I was always glorified in my place with pervading love surrounding me. It was full of gentleness of the spirit and excitement of the heart, when the choicest people in our nation would greatly enjoy doing things I wanted and broadening my thoughts.
Now I am compelled to give up on what was important to me and delay the improvement in the field of shechita (ritual slaughter), until a week after Pesach. However, I could not hold back from making your honorable hearts aware of the great gain over what we are losing by delaying the matter when we had the right opportunity now. We could have had a situation whereby all the questions of shechita would have been centralized under my purview, without anyone’s opposition. At my side, I would have had a rabbinical council to raise the banner of kashrut supervision in a proud manner that would have sanctified His Name. Now, due to the delay, everyone’s resolve has weakened. The rabbinical council has also been discouraged because of the delay. It brings pain to my heart, because such a major and lofty improvement in a fundamental matter of Judaism, was for naught because of quarrels between lay leaders, who should not have been involved in a matter of kashrut.
In any case, I am full of love and friendship for you, and I have not given up my hope that all will return to a good state with His great kindness.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
191 - Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part II
192 - Concern for Communal Kashrut Standards – #288, 290
193 - Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
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Recipient and Background : Rav Yechiel Michel Tuketzinski, an important rabbi, educator, and author of halachic works in Yerushalayim, was a protégé of Rav Kook.
Body : I feel it necessary to point out to my respected friend that we want you to be with us in supporting the founding of a kosher kitchen on the Russian ship. The matter was almost cancelled because of a lack of interest, Heaven forbid. However, thank G-d, we were able to strengthen ourselves with the help of R. Betzalel Lopin. We instituted a council, and we spent enough resources to support the effort, even though it included money that we did not have.
However, now the matter is standing idle, and it is necessary for an organization of G-d fearers who are interested in such a wonderful project to put in the needed effort. This matter is a merit for the community, and sanctifies Hashem’s Name and the name of Israel, as well as being an honor and grandeur for the Holy Land and its communities.
I have also written to our friend, Rav Aizik Ben-Tovim, and I asked him to work with you and choose one other important person to create a special council, as we have done here. Together we can seek counsel as to how to sustain this holy project, may Hashem help us for the sake of His Honored Name.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook #103 – part II
P'ninat Mishpat Profits from Formerly Joint Swimming Pool – part
(based on ruling 81110 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
P'ninat Mishpat Payment for Not Clearing Warehouse On Time – part II
based on ruling 75076 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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
Igrot Hare’aya Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part II
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya The State of Religion in Eretz Yisrael – #277 – part II
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook Date and Place: 9 Adar I 5670 (1910), Yafo
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 5- "Proofs of G-d"
This may be the most important class of the entire book, where we finally get to the Jewish proof of the existence of G-d and truth of the Torah. We should follow His own direction where He tells us how to get to Him: through the Nation of Israel: Jewish history, Jewish prophets (and today, prophecies fulfilled), and national reward & punishment towards Am Yisrael.
Ein Aya One Humanity, One Creator, One Jerusalem
Rav Kook innovatively and beautifully explains this aggadeta where our sages say that after Jerusalem was destroyed her cinnamon fragrance is only found locked in a particular kingdom's treasury.
Shlach Lecha "Why So Many Don't Make Aliya?" - Parshat Shlach
This short article deals with the weird phenomena that every single time Am Yisrael is meant to enter the Land of Israel, throughout the Tanach, 2nd Temple and until today, they "chicken out" and look for excuses. What's the problem with this mitzvah that proves so challenging. The article, based on sources, suggests that the difficulties of Eretz Yisrael is precisely her secret and beauty!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 4
The class deals with Islam and how the Muslim tries convincing the King of the Khazars, and why he was also rejected.
Beha'alotcha JEWISH STATE= GUIDE TO G-DLINESS & SELFLESSNESS
A Jewish State not only is a good idea, but educates us towards selflessness, altruism and G-dliness in our daily lives.
Ein Aya In Zion Even the Smoke of the Bark is Sweet
Just as Jewish nationalism is different from others, so too our capitol of Jerusalem is totally different than other national capitols. Rav Kook beautifully explains the passage in the Talmud that the trees of Yerushalayim were cinnamon trees.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 3
The second speaker invited to convince the Khazar King is the Christian, who presents their beliefs. Even before the questions of the King, "between the lines", the author R. Yehuda HaLevi already begins disproving them.
Ein Aya "Intimacy: Love, Life & Giving or Egocentric Taking & Expiration"
Today, many confuse between intimacy in marriage, based on love, giving and life which are diametrically opposed to empty "sex", pornography and prostitution which destroyed the Beit HaMikdash. The practical importance of clarifying this topic in today's western society is obvious, especially for young adults.
