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Orot HaTshuva
articles on Orot HaTshuva
New Beginnings
Why should beginnings be so difficult?
?Why does it say that charity is one of the three things that removes bad decrees
See here the rabbis answer
Setting Out on a New Path
working-from-within approach is destined to fail.
Sparks of Teshuva
The month of Elul has arrived, and it's a good time to make teshuva, click here to watch Sparks of Teshuva - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah
Lessons on Orot HaTshuva
The Only Way to "Peace of Mind"- "The Strive for Perfection is Perfection"
How can we ever "quiet" our God-given conscience, if we do sincerely strive for improvement, but can never achieve moral & spiritual perfection?! Sounds frustrating, until Rav Kook teaches us in Orot HaTeshuva that the strive for perfection is (!) as perfect as man can be, and that's all God asks. Although it's hard to understand how we can actually erase mistakes that were already done, the sources teach that even when our sages say that in particular cases, Teshuva doesn't help, they're just saying so as part of the test, where if despite that, if one doesn't "despair" & does Teshuva, it's a sign that he's really sincere, his thought of improvement has no ulterior motives & is accepted! It's a lot easier & more natural than we think.
Lessons
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
