The Spirit of the Holiday
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Yom Kippur And Succot
At first glance one may think that these two special days stand in stark contradistinction one from the other, and yet there is an underlying theme that binds them together.
Together in the Sukkah
The mitzvah of joy on Sukkot includes not only family members, but also the poor and lonely. A primer for the holiday.
Dwelling in God's Palace
Early authorities ask: Why does the Torah enjoin us to commemorate the Clouds of Glory of all things. Why not the Manna? Why not Miriam's Well? After all, the presence of these miracles may have been even more important than the Clouds of Glory.
The Commandment of Hakel
The whole nation "the men, the women, and the small children, and your stranger who is in your cities" gathers in the Temple.
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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
