“We must bring humankind out of its physical and spiritual suffering to a life of freedom full of splendor and delight.”
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYERA: PERFECTING THE WORLD DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE
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Parsha
RAV KOOK ON LECH LECHA: THE UNIVERSAL AVRAHAM AND ISRAEL
“The children of Avraham must give voice to the the vast realm of the divine calling to existence to become illuminated.” Rav Kook ZT’L
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT NOACH: HOW TO BE A COMPLETE TZADIK IN OUR GENERATION
“Noach was the complete tzadik of his generation because he fully integrated his emotions and intellect and was thus able to walk with Elohim.”
RAV KOOK ON BREISHIT: BEGINNING NOW AND AGAIN AND BETTER THAN EVER
“The Torah of Israel clarifies how the existence of the state of the world and human ethics are dependent on each other. It is clear that the improvement of the world is dependent on ethical improvement. This is the essence of the Israelite understanding of the Creator. ”
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT KI TAVO: CREATING A WORLD ‘FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY’
“Within the yearning for tshuva is a hidden life force for overcoming every factor that limits and weakens existence.”
PARSHAT SHOFTIM: RAV KOOK ON ‘CREATING A DIVINE SOCIETY’
“The true purpose of societal life is to enable human beings to fill life with light and good, with justice and knowledge of the Divine.”
PARSHAT RE’EH: RAV KOOK ON ‘HOW TO BE HAPPY’
“We can thus fully actualize the exalted ideals of life.
The Torah of Israel is outstanding in crystallizing the idealism that will spread across all of the configurations of life.” (Rav Kook)
PARSHAT EKEV: RAV KOOK ON ‘FEARING GOD FEARLESSLY’
“Let us fear God in ways that bear love and inner delight and elevate and vitalize all the potentialities of our soul.” -Rav Kook
PARSHAT VAETCHANAN: RAV KOOK ON ‘UNITING EXISTENCE’
“All life endeavors must be directed to disclose the light of the higher general harmony.”
PARSHAT MATTOT/MAASEI: RAV KOOK ON ISRAEL’S RESPONSIBILITY TO UNITE THE WORLD
The Israelite understanding of the world and life is at its foundation the dominance of the unified world perspective over the separated world perspective….