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The Land of Israel's Torah
articles on The Land of Israel's Torah
The First Day Of School
positive signs to the growth of Jewish education the world over
Principles in Learning Gemmarah
Learning Methods and Basic Teaching Techniques
Holy? Super holy? Holy of holies?
We went out to find out the special place of the Five Books of the Torah, thanks to the next question we received in the Q&A section
Studying Jewish faith "Emuna"
An introduction to different approaches in studying Emuna
Lessons on The Land of Israel's Torah
"Don't Be Too Machmir"
Rav Kook on How the Living Torah Must Be "Normal" & Not Contradict Life"
The Living Torah, or Torat Chaim, must not contradict normal life, & is not meant to aggravate nor make life difficult. Rav Kook teaches that God is described as "Melech Chafetz baChaim", and the physical world of work and even the secular aspects of life, should not be looked down upon. To the contrary, we should want to achieve and complete our plans in life, even in the field of hygiene and work. Especially in Eretz Yisrael, where the physical is also holy. Halacha, both Torah and rabbinic, is exact, and it's important to be meticulous, but not overly stringent, at the expense of life. Rav Kook provides a philosophic and hashkafic base for modern orthodoxy, and not shunning the secular world or secular studies.
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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.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
