“Often many obstacles can prevent one from fulfilling their own life path fully…One must overcome these with all one’s might…All the obstacles in the world cannot prevent one from living their lives fully.”
In Honor Of Shavuot: Rav Kook On Why The Creator Spoke To Israel
“Knesset Yisrael/The Community of Israel aspires to the tikkun/repair of the world in all its fullness.”
RAV KOOK ON JERUSALEM AS THE GATEWAY TO EDEN:
“Yerushalayim, and Zion in particular, is a teaching about the return of humankind to its highest status -to the point that all the nations who divided into many streams in the past will return to form one pure and good unit”. -Rav Kook, TZ”L
RAV KOOK IN HONOR OF YOM HA’ATZMAUT: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NATION STATE OF ISRAEL
“Our state, the State of Israel, is the foundation of God’s throne in the world- her whole desire is that God will be one and God’s Name one.” -Rav Kook
?מה רב קוק זצ”ל היה אומר למדינת ישראל היום
קטעים מאורות התחיה -פרק יז-יח: המקור -קובץ ג:א,ב - נכתב ביפו בתרע"ד/1914 ,אנחנו שואפים לתחית האומה ותחית הארץ, כדי להחיות את מעמד הנשמה שלנו" כדי להעמיד את ישראל חי, להחיות את האמונה והאהבה בחוסן של התורה והמצוה בכל מילואן.… אנו דורשים לציון, אנו משתוקקים...
PESACH FREEDOM AND LIBERATION
“The foundational essence of freedom is that elevated spirit by which a human being and a nation rises to be loyal to their inner being-to the Tzelem Elokim-The Divine Image within.”
OUR FREEDOM AND THE BURNING OF CHAMETZ
“Intrinsic freedom is that exalted spirit by which a person- as well as the nation as a whole- is inspired to remain faithful to their inner essence, to the spiritual attribute of the Divine image within. It is that attribute which enables one to feel that their life has purpose and value.” – Rav Kook
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYAKHEL: WE MUST BUILD A TEMPLE OF GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS
“The holy temple must be built in our inner spirit every day through thoughts and acts of kindness and compassion. We need to know that when the longing to be good to all is intensified in us an illumination from the higher realm has reached us.” -Rav Kook ZT’L
“IN COMES THE WINE, OUT COME THE SECRETS”
“Wine enters, and secrets emerge” (Eiruvin 65a). In our generation, we very much need our inner secrets to come out and be revealed. Through this revelation, we will discover that which is hidden in our souls and learn to recognize our true selves.”
RAV KOOK’S 1934 PURIM LETTER:”GO GATHER ALL THE JEWS”
“The eternal words ‘Go, gather all the Jews’ must once again revitalize and elevate us. In the final analysis, we are, and shall be one nation, and Israel shall once again rise to the eternal words ‘Go, gather all the Jews’.”- Rav Kook