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Body: It was a while ago that we had a broad discussion on important matters, including the foundation of the yeshiva, which, to me, is very crucial to be established here, in the area of the holy city [of Yafo] and the moshavot, as a "central yeshiva." In other words, it has to be central for the New Yishuv of Hashem’s nation in Eretz Yisrael as a whole. Your honor told me then that we would speak about this precious matter in writing. However, I held back and did not write to encourage you to act in practice and influence your distinguished peer group, until I succeeded in starting to found it with Hashem’s help. This plants hope that the matter will flourish, as I and choice people within our nation hope. We await the improvement of the Jewish community of Eretz Yisrael, from the material and spiritual perspectives, with Hashem’s exalted right hand.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
231 - Language of Instruction for Rav Kook’s Yeshiva – #325
232 - Description of New Yeshiva’s Goals to a Supporter – #328
233 - Good Work, Regrettable Language – #330
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Generally, Eretz Yisrael is missing a yeshiva in which young people can study for a set amount of years and emerge as men who acquired an important level of Torah erudition and then will proceed with a specific goal in life. Until now, yeshiva students generally enter a yeshiva, study independently, and receive support for their whole lives. This is an important thing in Yerushalayim and the Old Yishuv but is inappropriate for the expectations of the New Yishuv and those who flock to it.
Furthermore, we need a yeshiva that will provide its students with spiritual influence. It cannot just be a group of independent studiers but students who listen and are educated, including in the approach to level-headed study of Torah, knowledge, and national affection for the nation and the Land. This must be connected properly to the light of Torah and fear of Heaven, which, according to the character of the generation, is indispensable, especially in the New Yishuv. Such students need to comport themselves in an attractive manner, with pleasant appearance, in addition to internal preparation to accept the light of Torah and good personal attributes.
To accomplish all the above and many other preparatory steps requires very significant expenses. I hope we will find people who love the Jewish People and Eretz Yisrael, who are known to love Torah and its foundations from "the mountains of sanctity." This is the first powerful step toward rejuvenating the nation and anticipating the salvation. We need them to work as a united force to provide enough power to accomplish this great work and increase its scope.
There is no need for me to write too much before one such as you, with a heart that is awake and easily absorbs everything that is refined and holy. I am confident based on our successful acquaintance here, and based on your pure spirit, that you will want to be one of the chief promoters of the institution, which is in its inception and needs to take broader strides to go from strength to strength. Be aware that the wise and honorable rabbi, one of the teachers in the yeshiva, Mr. Shem Tov Gefen, is traveling [to your area]. Certainly, you will welcome him with signs of love and provide what he needs. This will be remembered positively forever in the halls of Hashem and regarding the reawakening of the Holy Land.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
P'ninat Mishpat Profits from Formerly Joint Swimming Pool – part
(based on ruling 81110 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Igrot Hare’aya Semi-solicited Advice to Calm Down Petach Tikva
#227 Date and Place: 8 Tishrei 5669, Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael – part II
#229 Date and Place: 13 Tishrei 5670 (1909), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part I
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Informing a Friend he Is Not Insulted – #320
Date and Place: 5 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot (probably)
Igrot Hare’aya Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Ties to Religiously Controversial Events/Organizations 1. #293
Date and Place: Iyar 5670 (1910), Yafo
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
