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We need to clarify for ourselves if we have fulfilled our aspiration to change the face of life and prove religious concepts, which became weak under the conditions of the Exile, to be correct. We have achieved at least one goal: getting the nation to dedicate itself to building [our Homeland]. We have left the more ethereal types of professions and fully dedicated ourselves to building and creating. People’s being drawn to physical labor and pioneering, which was once thought to be characteristics of those who do not accept Torah, has been [proven to apply to religious people as well.] In the past, employers were suspicious of the religious laborer. We have been able to show the whole world, employees and employers throughout the employment apparatus in which Hapoel Hamizrachi members work, that we deserve their trust.
This trust was evident at the time of elections. The nation has put its trust in us. Parents who are sending their children to the Bnei Akiva schools and to other educational institutions of the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement are in the process of proving their trust in us.
However, [the success] relates to our public image. We need to appraise what is going on "in private." There is another segment of society that appears on the stage of life in the State as a religious sector, and the concern has been raised that the public gives them more trust in regard to religious matters.
When Hapoel Hamizrachi was founded, the stress in its platform was on matters of work [as opposed to religion]. What is the reason for this?
A. For its constituency, which was religious from the start and its essence, the problems that needed solving first were work-related.
Moreshet Shaul (48)
Various Rabbis
28 - Moreshet Shaul: Eretz Yisrael in Halacha and in Sanctity – part II
29 - Moreshet Shaul: Returning Torah to its Central Standing – part I
30 - Moreshet Shaul: Returning Torah to its Central Standing – part II
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C. Because some of those associated with Torah opposed Zionism and pioneer activity, the trust in great Torah leaders was weakened. Along with this, trust in the Torah itself was also somewhat weakened. Therefore, actual Torah was replaced by the "spirit of Torah," and practical mitzvot were replaced by the "interest of the Torah." Matters were not discussed according to passages in the Shulchan Aruch, but according to the "interest of the Torah," so to speak, and the philosophy of the Torah.
D. Matters of "between man and his fellow man" were taken out of the realm of fulfillment of Torah precepts that are binding according to the way the Shulchan Aruch rules on them, and seen as values for which one should look for other types of sources. For example, May 1 celebrations. The topic is dealt with like an interpersonal matter. Rabbis did not focus on such matters, and did not say that the Shulchan Aruch must decide this. The trust of the Hapoel Hamizrachi member is frayed.
E. The community is used to religious concepts being misrepresented. This reached the stage that the charter of the agricultural settlement does not have a clause about adjudicating financial disputes before a rabbinical court.
Therefore, it is necessary to employ a change in spiritual concepts internally more than we need to externally.
We continue next time.
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: Addresses to Students at Kfar Haroeh (1942, 1944)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 238
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: To Learn and to Be Happy – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 27
Rabbis in Midrash
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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.
