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Body: Dear friend, I received your dear composition, some time ago. I do not need to explain to your honor the nature of the joy of my heart to see your glorious work. It is a sign of fabulous diligence, which is a testament to your true love for the ancient luminaries of the Torah. This encapsulates all of the life of our spirit, and these are visible at every corner of your dear composition. This also demonstrates the quality of your major work on the whole publication, which filled my heart with the joy of salvation. Continue to succeed, my dear, be prominent in Efrat and have a name in Beit Lechem of the gates (a sophisticated play on words from Rut 4:11 and Shoftim 5:8, which is very hard to convey in translation), the gates of Torah and the thoughts of holy scholars.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
233 - Description of New Yeshiva’s Goals to a Supporter – #328
234 - Good Work, Regrettable Language – #330
235 - Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
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Congratulations on New Rabbinical Position – #331
Date and Place: 25 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
Recipient and Background: Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlop, upon being appointed the rabbi of the new Sha’arei Chesed neighborhood of Jerusalem. I have seen earlier dating for his appointment to this position and do not know if he was appointed in stages.
Body: My heart is joyful with the good news that, thank G-d, "he who guarded the fig tree will eat its fruit" (Mishlei 27:18). May you stand in good health, "well-fed" and fresh, as you look after the sacred on the holy mountain until the time that a new song will be written, when the Temple will return to the holy city on the lofty, holy mountain.
May you be blessed as you enter the position of the rabbinate within the holy community, and may all enjoy the light of your Torah and your fear of Hashem. May the pleasantness of Hashem be upon you and upon them. "As soon as a Torah scholar is present, there is blessing" (see Berachot 42a). Fortunate are your congregants, that their lot fell upon a righteous man, a man among men with a pure heart and a straight path, a person who has everything in the realm of Torah and pure fear of Hashem with excellent attributes.
Please send these sincere words of blessing to the holy community who "encamp around your flag."
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
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 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
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 Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part IV
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
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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.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
