This ITV interview dealt with Rav Kook’s teachings of the Three Weeks leading to the Ninth of Av: “Unconditional love is the repair to needless hatred.” (Rav Kook)/
“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
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We must become powerfully heroic forces to ensure that kindness rules the world.” Rav Kook TZ’L
