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Yossef ben Simcha
However, the Ramban says that when Yosef remembered the dreams, he actually was concerned that they were not being fulfilled… properly. He infers from the first dream that all of Yosef’s brothers were supposed to bow down, while at that time, only ten out of eleven were doing so. Yosef felt so strongly that the dream had to be carried out fully, that he continued the mystery play by forcing Binyamin down to Egypt. He would not have done so if he did not feel a requirement to actively ensure the dreams’ fulfillment. The Ramban understands that Yosef was even convinced that the dreams had to be carried out in order, with all of the brothers first bowing down to him and only then Yaakov joining in doing so.
Let us return to the dreams and try to guess what Yosef understood the significance of the two stages was. In the first dream, the brothers’ sheaves of wheat were bowing down to Yosef’s sheaf. It was Yosef who had control over the region’s supply of grain and they whose grain supply was quickly drying up. It was not to Yosef as Yosef they were bowing down but to the role the disguised Yosef was playing. This explains the Torah’s repetition of the fact that the brothers did not recognize him, which was indeed in line with the first dream, except that it did not include Binyamin.
In the second dream and its fulfillment there were to be two major differences. On one hand, even Yaakov would take part in the bowing and it would be to the revealed Yosef himself (Bereishit 37:9), as we pointed out last week. However, they would bow down from above, from the position of luminaries. In other words, just as Yosef would not subjugate his father to a bowing down of belittlement, once the brothers knew it was Yosef, they too would not belittled but respected as the (less prominent) brothers of the powerful Tzufnat Pa’aneiach. After previously experiencing how helpless this powerful leader could make them feel, they would understand that Yosef’s interest was not to enjoy their weakness but to rise to the historical call of leadership that had been decreed upon him.
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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.
