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Let us take a look at a new approach based on the above principles. One of the concepts related to the Korban Pesach is the partnership and unity that surround it. From the fact that everyone is described as shechting it we learn that one’s agent is considered as if the appointer did the action (Rashi to Shemot 12:6). The Pesach is also eaten within a group setting known as a chabura, which is big enough to finish the animal in one night.
On the other hand, any attempt to blur the differences between different Jews is artificial and harms the richness that flows from the distinctions. The following approach allows us to "have our matza and eat it too." It is possible that every Jew includes within him all of the four sons. Everyone has some type of inkling of a doubt or question on some matter of belief. The road to full and unquestioned belief is a long one, which has emotional difficulties along the way. The theoretical thought of lack of belief is something that everyone has dealt with, meaning that there is some rasha in all of us. Every Jew is required to use healthy logic to analyze his steps in life. At the end of the process we realize that we need to rely on Chazal to provide ultimate guidance, but "only to a drunk does the world seem straight." Everyone sometimes acts with unquestioned faith. The question is only how frequently. He overcomes his physical weaknesses and brings expression to the fact that he is created in Hashem’s image. His tam element, even if often dormant, is always present. On rare occasions one can even serve Hashem with a "lofty silence" or a "thunderous noiselessness," thus reaching the level of one who does not know to ask.
If all Jews have all of these elements then we are all connected in a real unity despite our apparent differences. Only if we actualize a strong unity in the style of "go assemble all of the Jews" (Esther 4:16), as we read thirty days before Pesach, is it possible to celebrate the festival properly. Let us hope that this message will help increase unity and a meeting of the hearts this coming seder night.
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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.
Chukat "HOW ENTEBBE STOLE THE BICENTENNIAL
The Difference Between Historic & Eternal"
As we approach America's 250th birthday, it's worth remembering her 200th Bicentennial birthday, on Jul. 4th 1976, when Israel "stole the show" by shocking the world & miraculously saving 101 hostages in a foreign continent. As Pres. As Pres. Trump decides which countries get priority in his new Middle-East, it's worth reminding him of the difference between historic events and eternally historic ones. This obviously connects with this week's parsha, as well!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 6 - The Parable of the King of India
The advantages of testimony over circumstantial evidence or philosophical speculation.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 5- "Proofs of G-d"
This may be the most important class of the entire book, where we finally get to the Jewish proof of the existence of G-d and truth of the Torah. We should follow His own direction where He tells us how to get to Him: through the Nation of Israel: Jewish history, Jewish prophets (and today, prophecies fulfilled), and national reward & punishment towards Am Yisrael.
Ein Aya One Humanity, One Creator, One Jerusalem
Rav Kook innovatively and beautifully explains this aggadeta where our sages say that after Jerusalem was destroyed her cinnamon fragrance is only found locked in a particular kingdom's treasury.
