Lessons on Jewish Laws and Thoughts
Orchot Tzaddikim class 74, "Teshuva" part vii
The class deals with how to cleave and strengthen the G-dly trait of "Truth", the need to pray for Teshuva, the importance of returning that which was wrongly taken before saying Viduy, and other aspects of Teshuva.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Special Spiritually and Imagination on Shabbat
Rav Kook explains why that which is learned on Shabbat is considered so much greater than that studied during the week, and why creativity is that much greater on Shabbat, for better or for worse!
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Orchot Tzaddikim class 74, "Teshuva" part vi
The class deals with not "resting on one's laurels", and that not a few people who lived their entire lives idealistically, "lost it" upon getting older. Similarly the importance of not focusing on luxuries but on the necessities of life.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Seemingly 'Strange' Rabbinical Decrees- Not What You Thought!
Rav Kook suggests a very innovative and important "eye-opening" way to understand some of the rabbinical decrees which are particularly difficult to understand!
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Orchot Tzaddikim class 74, "Teshuva" part v
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Positive Chutzpah= Part of Redemption- Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself!
Rav Kook ingeniously explains why the Mishna in Sotah, already 1,800 years ago, teaches that "Chutzpah" is an essential part of the Ge'ula process, and in fact today we see the necessity and positive aspect of "Israeli Chutzpah". Similarly, Rav Kook elaborates in his classic article on "Fear", how Galut (exile) refined but softened us a little too much, and how exaggerated fear and phobia is one of the worst things in life, preventing people from thinking, activism, modernism and more.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Orchot Tzaddikim class 73, "Teshuva" part iv
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
