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The Story We Tell About Ourselves
A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Bo".
A Mighty Hand and an Outstretched Arm
A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Bo".
Why Jewish Holidays Are Celebrated Differently In Israel & Diaspora?
A short video connecting the Parasha to the land of Israel.
National Light through the Darkness
Where was there light for Bnei Yisrael and for what purpose was it stressed? After all, Bnei Yisrael were spared the horrors of all of the plagues.
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PROTEKTZIA OR A BANANA REPUBLIC
Even in "Fiddler on the Roof" they mention that we wear the right shoe before the left, but why? Rav Kook's novel explanation surprisingly relates also to the danger of the Radical Progressive movement which sometimes intentionally blurs even that which should be clear, and even summarizes the laws which "lefties" do different than "righties", and when they do the same. Rav Kook's innovative mixture of halacha, kabbala and philosophy is especially interesting on this topic. BTW, there's an interesting halacha innovated by Rav Kook here which many don't realize (or intentionally omit) that he is the source!
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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.
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