“We must kindle the light of eternal freedom and loving unification for all existence.”
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT TETZAVEH: HOW TO ILLUMINATE LIFE
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RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT YITRO: BECOMING A HOLY NATION BY ESTABLISHING A HOLY GOVERNMENT
“We are obligated not only to be holy individuals, but also, and especially to be ‘a kingdom of priests and a holy nation’. We should aspire to establish a government worthy of the task.” -Rav Kook ZT’L
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYECHI-WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THESE END OF DAYS?
“We are called to a new future, full of the highest illumination, to a new era that will surpass in strength all the great eras that preceded it.”
RAV KOOK ON CHANUKAH: KINDLING THE INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL LIGHT
“Each of us is required to kindle our unique light in order to help fully illuminate the world.”
RAVKOOK ON PARSHAT VAYESHEV: THE DIVINE COINCIDENCES THAT MOVE HISTORY TO ABSOLUTE GOOD
“We must recognize that even the most distant and seemingly unrelated actions and events are part of the precise-Divine Providence bringing existence to its highest good.”
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYISHLACH:RESTORING THE BROTHERLY LOVE OF YAAKOV AND ESAU
“The brotherly love of Esau and Yaakov and of Yitzchak and Ishmael will overcome all the disturbances and transform them to eternal light and compassion.”
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYETZEH: THE HOUSE OF JACOB’S UNIVERSAL MISSION
“The descendants of Yaakov Avinu must help humankind emerge from terrible spiritual and physical suffering and to bring it to a life of freedom full of splendor and bliss.”
SHIR HASHIRIM ASHER LE’SHLOMO: RAV KOOK AND RABBI SHLOMO CARLEBACH:
“Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach was perhaps the most profound exemplar of Rav Kook’s teachings in our time.”
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYERA: PERFECTING THE WORLD DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE
“We must bring humankind out of its physical and spiritual suffering to a life of freedom full of splendor and delight.”
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