A talk with Rabbi David Samson about his new English series of commentaries on the meditative path of the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Abulafia. "It’s as if Rav Kook bequeathed to us the map of the territory, and Rabbi Abulafia handed me the compass and walking stick."
A heartbroken cry in 1947 becomes a clarion call and prophecy in 1967, as HaRav Tzvi Yehuda Kook rejoices over the State of Israel even though it is not perfect. And on each Yom HaAtzmaut he danced with great joy.
Rabbi Charlap: “If I had to name the worst disaster that could befall me it would be to leave the Land of Israel for Chutz L’Aretz."
The Sages of the Great Sanhedrin were the leading Rabbis of the time, yet the Torah defines a situation where even they can make an error of judgment.
The Land of Israel belongs to all of the Jewish People. Not only all the Jews living in Israel must rise up to defend it.All of us are called upon to take part.
The infinite availability of information and the complexity of spiritual questions require deep and creative thinking from parents and educators.
The holiday of Purim encompassing the miracle, the salvation, happiness, the Diaspora, Eretz Yisrael, the Jerusalem Temple and more....
About the holiday of Tu BiShvat and the special connection of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel.
Of course, Aliyah is the only answer, but while the Rabbis I met are aware of the instability of continued Diaspora existence, in my opinion, a lingering spirit of denial prevents them from seeing how immediate the danger is.
“There is another type of T’shuva, not the penitence over specific sins, but a T’shuva aroused by a vague inner anxiety."
In the generation of National Revival, as the revitalized Jewish Nation returns to its Homeland, a new type of religious Jew must appear to take up the challenge, wrote Rabbi Kook.
When the Rebbe of Belz came on aliyah, he said, ‘We realize now that we erred in our estrangement from Eretz Yisrael.’
To commemorate the yahrtzeit of HaRav Tzvi Yehuda Kook on Purim Katan, an interview with Rabbi David Samson, one of Rav Tzvi Yehuda’s longtime students.
Where is the Redemption in all this?
“Is it permissible to travel to Israel, to stay in Israel in a time of danger?” The Chafetz Chaim, too, was asked.that question.
Rabbi Kook on teshuva: To attain teshuva a person must rise above his focus on himself and forge an attachment with the Jewish Nation.
Why do we need a Holy Temple, asks a youngster. This short film provides an answer.
A new video project and a dinner in his honor gives Arutz Sheva the opportunity to ask a visionary educator questions that concern parents.
Rabbi Kook loved man but hated evil. In his thought, the IDF's recent achievements against terror have significance far beyond Gaza..
People say there is no mitzvah to make Aliya today, since the Rambam did not include it on his list of mitzahs.They need to delve deeper.
If a young person fights with his or her parents and becomes estranged from them, it has a direct influence on happiness and success.Op-ed.
if we had a Geiger counter to measure the Divine Presence, in Israel it would crackle loudly, while outside Israel it would hardly be heard.
The Talmud says a person should envision that the master of what he is learning stands before him. Rav Soloveitchik describes doing so.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could simply talk to God, ask God Himself why the sky is blue or why bad things happen to good people?
Rabbi Kook writes that the rebirth of the Jewish nation in Eretz Yisrael is the foundation for the ultimate t’shuva.
Elul 3 is the yahrzeit of the Torah Luminary who is the source of the ethos of Religious Zionism. Who was he? Who was his son?
Head of English-speaking high school in Jerusalem says parents have no need to fear making aliyah with older children.
