Bechukotai: Why Exile?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi and advocate for returning to the Land, on the anguished question: Why should the Jewish people be in exile?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi and advocate for returning to the Land, on the anguished question: Why should the Jewish people be in exile?
The incredible wonder of Lag Ba’Omer in Israel, where the revival of the Jewish Nation in Israel is a wonder that is impossible to explain.
Rabbi Greenblatt passed away last week, after almost 100 years in which he was able to study, teach and share his memories of Rav Kook.
In 1907, decades before the Holocaust, Rabbi Kook called out to the entire House of Israel with a plea:to come to Eretz Yisrael. Op-ed.
Rav Kook, in England, fought the letter written by Jewish leaders against a Jewish state - and won.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Not remonstrating wtih someone doing something wrong shows that instrinsically, you do not really object..
Israel's first chief rabbi: In the Torah, the Jews were told to eat matza two weeks before Pesach, so what is the real reason we eat matza?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: If we know the significance of matza and maror, we will understand Hillel's way of eating them.
Israel's firrst Chief Rabbi and iconic leader of religious Zionism: Why do only Jews get tzora'at? What are the two levels of speech?
Young Israeli Torah scholars: Rabbi Kook z”tl writes that wars raging anywhere in the world influence Am Yisrael.
Israel's 1st Chief Rabbi: We aspire to attain higher levels, to ascend God’s mountain. And we stop to stand still and internalize His laws.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi and the iconic leader of Religious Zionism: What comes first in value - quantity or quality?
In the midst of WWI when the nations were engaged in a savage outburst of killing and destruction, Rav Kook penned prophetic words.
As Torah-true Jews, should we ignore it or pray for those in the war zone, feel vindicated because of their history, or actively help them?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi and the iconic leader of Religious Zionism: What was the nature of the Divine call to Moshe?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi and iconic leader of Religious Zionism explains the prayer for the New Month.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Our progress in science and technology is also part of creation.
Jewish independence in Eretz Yisrael ushers in the Messianic era.
Rabbi Kook museum publishes photograph of Rabbi Kook with mayor of Chicago from rabbinical delegation to the US in 1924.
Israel's first Cheif Rabbi: 'A blessing for a miracle must include recognition of the benefits of the miracle’s accompanying details.'
“Until Your people have crossed, O God; until the people that You acquired have crossed over.”- why is the crossing mentioned twice?
Rabbi Kook:We bind these memories of G-d's role in history to our hand, heart, and mind, and transform our coarse nature to a holy one.'
Israel's first chief rabbi, Torah luminary and iconic leader of Religious Zionism: The Names of G-d are connected to living in Eretz Yisrael
Did Moses' covering his face reflect awe or unwarranted timidity?
The Jewish people have spent more years in exile than in their own land. Why?
The special rules of Hannukah lights parallel the Maccabean struggle against the Greeks but also how Judaism meets foreign philosophies.
Berachot 55a: “Even if most of a dream comes true, not all of it will come to pass.”
One rock or many stones?.What typifies the Jewish people? What makes them a klal?
First, we must learn to identify ourselves as servants of God.
Jacob held on to Esau’s heel holding him back. The name Jacob refers to this aspect of restraint, reining in fierce forces of our nature.
Rabbi Kook shows how the text hints at Abraham’s remarkable strength and composure as he readied himself to fulfill God’s command.
The difference between them concerns their atitude to contributing to the world's progress as well as to its spiritual level.
The very fact that the Sabbath is able to influence the days of work reveals the soul’s innate closeness to God.
Why the Torah begins with the letter bet and not aleph has a meaning connected with the nature of light.
Now, after the High Holydays, we can attain a comprehensive unity, one that extends its holy light over all. Op-ed.
If I get punished, I want it to be for the sin of focusing too much on the good that Hashem has given us. Op-ed.
Why do we need two sets of shofar blasts?
Many of those present cherished the memory of that winter night when young secular pioneers sang and danced with the Chief Rabbi of Jaffa.
Tefillin, containing passages from the Torah mentioning God’s Name, are a visible sign for others that “God’s Name is called upon you."
We should never give up on a single Jewish soul. “A myrtle among the reeds is still a myrtle and is called a myrtle“ (Sanhedrin 44a).