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R. Meir b"r Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld
My own opinion, though, is that such a analogy is inaccurate. The comparison itself is a misleading one and represents a crooked portrayal of our situation. If one wishes to present an analogy, the following one would be more accurate: A family anxiously awaited the birth of a child for a long time. Yet a short time before the child was about to be born the family was overtaken by severe sicknesses and hardships. Despite these difficulties, they were blessed with a healthy child. Is it not fitting, then, that they celebrate the event? Should their joy at the birth of this child be diminished by their other misfortunes? To the contrary, they ought to be comforted by the fact that the child was born healthy, happy, and energetic. It is not the state that is sick but the nation. The State of Israel is not responsible for the spiritual crisis of the Jews. This crisis existed before the arrival of the state, and were it not for the establishment of the state who knows what would have happened to the Jewish people from a spiritual point of view. Just take a look at what is happening to the Jews of the Diaspora today. The rate of assimilation there is frightening. Were it not for the establishment of the State of Israel which has given dignity to Jews everywhere in the world, the situation would be much worse. The State of Israel halted assimilation very significantly.
We received the state while in the midst of a crisis, and because of out lowly condition, we have not derived from the state all of the spiritual strength that we might have were our spiritual condition better. Were this the case our people would rise to a new spiritual height by virtue of the state.
Yet even in her present condition, the State of Israel managed to save a half of a million Jews from Russia who were otherwise destined for spiritual destruction. She has become the spiritual center of the Jewish people in the world. Educators are sent from Israel to Jewish communities all over the world in order to strengthen them in their Jewishness. There is certainly much to be happy about. There is also much to pray for. We must be happy about all that is good, and pray concerning those things which still need perfecting.
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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.
