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King David realized the dream, as he established with Hashem’s help, a united state, whose army liberated Yerushalayim and defended the country’s borders. The next goal was to reach world peace and liberate the world by sharing with it the values of morality and justice. This was behind Shlomo’s building of the Beit Hamikdash and inviting the nations there for prayer and service of Hashem. The furtherance of this spiritual partnership found expression in the words of the prophets Yeshayahu and Micha, after Shlomo did not finish the work.
Unfortunately, the attempt failed and the dream was pushed off. This was impacted by the break among the tribes of the First Temple and the baseless hatred of the Second Temple, so that it must wait for the End of Days.
The beginning of this period of geula was when students of the Vilna Gaon came to Eretz Yisrael 200 years ago. The Gaon taught his students that in order to receive Divine Assistance, it was necessary to act towards the goals and allow the liberation to proceed step by step on the long road of building the Land, establishing Torah centers in Yerushalayim, and, finally, establishing a Jewish state with an army and police force. Then there will be a basis for Hashem’s blessing to take hold on. First, the army must fight the nation’s enemies, like David did.
The second stage is to fulfill Tzefania’s prophecy, to prepare the whole world to serve Hashem together: "Then I will turn to the nations with clear speech so that all will call out in Hashem’s Name and serve Him with one shoulder" (3:9; see Rambam, Melachim 11:4). The Rambam invokes Bilam’s prophecies, which compares Bnei Yisrael to a lion who is rising. It blesses the allies of Bnei Yisrael and curses its enemies, as Avraham was promised (Bereishit 12:3).
The State of Israel and indeed the whole world are in a very special time period. The Middle East has changed dramatically. One evil regime after another have fallen or been greatly weakened. The ring of fire that was supposed to burn the Jewish state now burns itself. Hamas has been brought to returning our hostages and will have to give up its arms and dreams of continuing to rule in Gaza. The nations keep the Noahide laws. The Arab nations will come to have a fair judicial system (dinim). They will move away from cruelty, even to animals (ever min hachai). There will be societies with families with two partners who respect each other, thereby bringing peace to the home. Women will no longer be treated like slaves or prizes for lowly murderers. Lebanon has started to act like a country with one army, aiming to live in peace among its neighbors. Hezbollah will be forced to give up its arms and its satanic plans for Israel and non-Shiite Lebanese. Syria will join the Abraham Accords and humanity. Iran will be freed from its regime of intimidation of its own citizens and others and its development of weapons of mass destruction.
So will we take steps toward world liberation, as Tzefania foresaw. Let us unite as a nation so that we can make this a reality, along with our allies, those who bless us.
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.
