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    Army and War

    Do I Deserve It?

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 9 Adar I 5784
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    Army and War

    Remember to Look at the Big Picture

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 3 Adar I 5784
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    Mishpatim

    Decisive Sentences

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 2 Adar I5784
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    Mishpatim

    Angels in gaza

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 29 Shvat 5784
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    Subjects of Jewish Thougts

    The Community vs the Individual

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 20 Shvat 5784
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    Orot Hamilchama

    "Rav Kook on Modern Warfare, Technology & Culture"

    Orot HaMilchama part x, ch. 8

    Rav Kook's holistic & complex thought praises modern technology and culture in many places, but he warns here in Orot HaMilchama, that modern warfare shows that without a strong base in Torah & the Godly Morality and a Jewish State of Israel as a modern Light for the Nations, mankind can and will misuse these Godly gifts in a destructive way that the world will greatly regret. The class relates to the spiritual "upgrade" referred to in Rav Kook and as seen in Israel following the 6 Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and presently the war after the Hamas Simchat Torah attack, where the religious-Zionists are beginning to lead the way back to nationalism, Tanach and the original & appealing Torat Eretz Yisrael, the effective way to keep the unity & consensus in Israel even after the war.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | 13 Shvat 5784
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    Beshalach

    Even Over The Trees And Under The Stones

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 13 Shvat 5784
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    The Land of Israel

    Yaakov plans to return to Eretz Yisrael

    Question #1: This Land is My Land! How do we take possession of Eretz Yisrael? Question #2: This Land is Your Land How do you make Eretz Yisrael into “your” land? Question #3: From California How far west does Eretz Yisrael extend? The answers to these questions are addressed in the attached article.

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
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    Orot Hamilchama

    War Reveals our Essence - Israel Reveals Mankind

    Rav Kook's Orot HaMilchama (part viii)-ch. 6

    As all extreme situations, war reveals the essence and personality of the individual & the nation. Similarly Am Yisrael was dispersed in all of the countries of the historical super-powers, and includes, unites and is meant to harmonize all of the aspects of all nations & movements. In this classic paragraph, Rav Kook discusses the need for Israel as an eternal nation. serving as a "control group" for comparison, and eventually, the gathering of the exiles and the "sparks", showing how all the various world cultures are meant to work together in Knesset Yisrael. History has shown that all ideological movements are represented in Am Yisrael and our Torah.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | 5 Shvat 5874
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    Understanding Circumstances

    COPING WITH TERROR AND TRAGEDY

    On a spiritual level, two theological questions cry out to us: Is there justice in the world? And what is the nature of a God of love and mercy in a world filled with evil? When we witness the brutal murder of both soldiers and civilians, the young and the old, we are numbed and bewildered, at a loss as to making religious sense of it all. We feel helpless at even beginning to comprehend the ways of God.

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tishrei 26 5784
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    The Land of Israel

    Why Were the 7 Nations Not Driven Out of Israel

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 5783
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    Settling the land

    Only Jews Who Acknowledge Israel Can Belong To It

    ...The fact that Moshe wasn't buried in the Holy Land is not a punishment ... but is rather the straight-out reality! That is, whoever does not acknowledge that the Land is his, no matter what the reasons for this might be, simply does not belong to it; the Land does not want him...

    Rabbi Haim Shmuelvitz Ztk"l | Tevet 5 5783
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Going to and from an Aliya

    Can you explain the details of how one should walk to an aliya and how and when he should return?

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Cheshvan 5 5783
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    The Torah Perspective

    Accepting Hashem’s Kingdom

    Aroch Siach, Yamim Noraim, an address from 5714 (1953)

    Chazal set a role for all of the special days. We should clarify to what extent the days fulfill their roles, including their special place within the year.

    Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | Elul 25 5782
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Does Pruzbol Ruin the Ability to Fulfill Shemittat Kesafim?

    Why can’t the prz apply to everything, and I still fulfill the mitzva by voluntarily waiving my right to payment of the loan of my choice?

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Elul 19 5782
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    Shmitta

    Pruzbul

    The mitzvah of Shemittas Kesafim comes into effect this year immediately before Rosh Hashanah. This law cancels all debts that someone is owed, meaning that the creditor cannot force collection.

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 17 5782
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    Heter Mechira

    Otzar Bais Din or Heter Otzar Beis Din

    An Otzar Beis Din is literally ‘a storehouse operated by Beis Din.’ Why would Beis Din operate a warehouse?

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 10 5782
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    Shmitta

    Shemittas Kesafim

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 27 Av 5782
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    The Mitzvah of Settling the Land

    G-d: "I want Israel in the Land - even if they defile it!"

    Here's a question that repeatedly arises: Given that we see some Jewish communities that by and large traditionally observed the Torah and its commandments, yet ceased doing so to a significant extent after they immigrated to the Land of Israel – was it worth it? There were great rabbis who said, prior to the Holocaust, that religious Jews should not ascend to the Land as long as its Zionist leaders were sinners and sometimes even heretics; perhaps they were right?

    Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel | Tammuz 9 5782
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    Trumot & Ma'asrot

    Separating Terumah and Maaser

    I have been looking for a specialty shampoo that contains oat bran. Someone found it in a very expensive store, and it does exactly what I want. One day, after showering, I noticed the label says that it is made in Israel! Does this mean that it is prohibited as Tevel?

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 1 5782
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