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It is known that the Africans worship Kilimanjaro, the volcanic mountain in Central Africa. The mountain threatens to erupt at a "time of anger," and annihilate its surroundings. The Africans had to constantly appease it so it doe not to get angry. Living in such trepidation created a fear in the nation, causing it to feel weak and unworthy.
The life of a man living by the equator is immensely different than the life of an Eskimo residing in the glaciers, or an Indian living in the Americas.
These unusual natural phenomena, created an idolatrous admiration towards these very occurrences. In Eretz Israel these phenomena do not exist to an extent that will alter the spiritual powers of human beings. While these global phenomena do exist in Eretz Israel, they are much more moderate. There is never extreme heat or cold, and the mountains and valleys are not exceptional in their size.
What makes Eretz Israel different is its diversity of its landscape. The scenery is constantly changing, at a very rapid pace. One can be fixed in a seemingly permanent environment, and before he knows it, he is in completely different surroundings.
Not only in modern times when cars transport us from the valleys of the Dead Sea, through the Judean Desert and the Jerusalem hills, to the coastal plateau, but also in ancient times, when it was possible to cross all of Eretz Israel in merely two weeks. This is not the case in other lands. In other lands the landscape does not change so quickly. The views of deserts, glaciers, and mountains remain monotonous and static, influencing the people of those lands to have a similar nature to that of the landscape.
Rain in Israel (17)
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l
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Our soul has absorbed so many different impressions. These have caused us to be unrestricted or bound by one image.
Let us stand for example on "Har Zofim" facing the rising sun, overlooking the mountains of Moab, the desert before us, and the Jordan Valley spread under us. Such climatic contrasts!
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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
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
