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So it also is for Am Yisrael today. The Jewish nation's faith consistently grows stronger, and any attempts to weaken and destroy it are thwarted until these attempts themselves are eventually destroyed, thereby causing the nation's faith to become greater. Those who have faith realize that nothing exists in this world which Hashem doesn't control. He directs and supervises everything. Even hardships and struggles involving faith have their purpose. They test one's faith in order to deepen it, and bring it to a higher level. That is why those who have faith are not afraid of the challenge, rather, the opposite. They rise to the challenge in order to overcome it and to develop new strengths. Indeed, the tests are hard and it is difficult to keep ones high level of faith in today's world, with its permissiveness, atheism, superficialities, and hedonism. And so, it is a test for only those who maintain excellency, for those with special strengths, for those who are great believers. Only they will pass this test successfully and their faith will grow deeper and stronger in the process. Hence the spiritual seed that has been planted will grow into a great tree. The foundation will be established upon which a great building will be built that will encompass the whole Jewish nation.
It can be said that all of Am Yisrael is in the process of a spiritual progression. On the surface it seems exactly the opposite, as if the nation is in a crisis and going through major hardships. However, this is not the case in the deeper reality. The crisis is only superficial, it is only on the outside of the hand or the feet, but the heart is beating and is being built up, the brain is growing stronger. The heart of the nation is the heart in which the faith rests and the brain is where the connection to Hashem takes place. The heart and the brain and all the appendages which the soul is dependent upon, have their developments and elevations but the soul is created by these crises an hardships. In the end, the heart and the brain will let loose a torrent of faith that will flow to the all the organs and appendages of the nation, and the life of faith will fill everyone.
There is no need to explain this concept to those who have faith, for they are growing stronger everyday. The Torah is being spread out, the benches of the Yeshivot are being filled up, more Yeshivas are being established, and with this additional knowledge and wisdom better quality is achieved. There is also no need to explain to those who love the Land of Israel that they are also growing stronger everyday. The settlement towns are growing in size and number, the love of the Land is escalating, and cleaving to the Land is reaching new heights. All mitzvahs for which the Jewish people sacrifice their lives will be everlasting, and when the heart of the nation is strengthened, the whole nation is strengthened. "The attribute of goodness is five hundred times greater than the attribute of calamity" (Tosefta Sota 4,a). Although a person may lose his soul for one sin, he will be rewarded five hundred times for each mitzvah he fulfills. Multiply by five hundred the strength that exists within Am Yisrael in today's world and the proportions will show clearly the correct relation between the Jewish nation's spiritual progressions on the one hand, and the spiritual weakening in the world on the other. It can be said at this time that the spirit is also victorious today, and in the near future this victory will spread out and surround everything. Every day it is increasing and the nation is moving forward.
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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.
