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Rav Kook on the Sabbath and Holidays




Every Sabbath, the individual sheds the trappings of secular life. "With the Sabbath, comes rest."
The soul begins to free itself of its heavy shackles. It seeks higher paths, spiritual acquisitions befitting its nature.

Shabbat HaAretz p. 8

 
Shabbat and Jewish Holidays

Shabbat

The Sabbath Bride
Shabbat and Water
What is True Success?
The Proper Time to Light
Shabbat – At All Levels
Technology and the Sabbath
The Sabbath Influence

Elul and Rosh Hashanah
Unity and Repentance
Teshuvah for the Generation of Rebirth
The Call of the Great Shofar
The Shofar of Redemption
The Holy King
The Teshuvah of Rosh Hashana
Heartrending Blasts
Personal Judgment
Knowing the Teru'ah-Blast
The Dual Call of the Shofar
Awakening the Mind and Heart
The Music of Teshuvah

Yom Kippur
Complete Teshuvah
Eating Before Yom Kippur
The Value of Life
The Bull and the Goat
The Goat for Azazel
Attaining Complete Teshuva
The Shofar and the Wall
Healing the Universe

Succoth
Completing the Days of Awe
The Role of the Lowly Willow
Joy in Drawing Water
Bridging the Natural and the Supernatural
Succah of Peace
Succoth and the Land of Israel
All of Israel in One Sukkah
Our Protective Fortress

Chanukah
Richness of Spirit
The Single Light of Chanuka
The Hellenist Challenge
The Beauty of Yefeth
The Sacred Protects Itself
Flickering Lights in Dark Times
The Highest Love

Tu B'Shvat
Two Types of Love for Eretz Yisrael
Emulating the Divine

Purim
All For One
Timna and Purim
Wine Enters, Secrets Emerge
Accepting the Torah in the Days of Ahasuerus
The Assault of Amalek
The Influence of Amalek
"Go Gather All the Jews"
Purim in Volozhin
The Joy of Purim

Passover
The Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm
Destroy Chametz, Gain Freedom
A Mindless Decision
Who is Free?
Answering the Wise Child
"Because of This"
The Hillel Sandwich
Matzah of Love
Next Year in Jerusalem
Aiming for Greatness
Shir HaShirim – "Song of Songs"
"Song of Songs"

Israel Independence Day
"Who are you, Great Mountain?"
Fluctuations in Redemption
Redeeming the Land
The Balfour Declaration
Rav Kook and Zionism

Lag Ba'Omer
Elevated Souls
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai Returns

Jerusalem Day
The City of One Gate
Windows to World Peace
Rav Kook Arrives in Jaffa
The Kotel Affair
The Two Messengers
Zion and Jerusalem

Shavuot
Seeing Sound
The King's Torah Scroll
Revealing Our Inner Essence
The Ultimate Value of the Torah
Accepting Two Torahs
The Lesson of Mount Sinai
Connecting to Torah Study
A Pure Revelation
Like an Apple Tree

Tisha Be'Av
The Three Watches of the Night
The Kosher Kitchen of the Poel Mizrachi
Seeing Jerusalem in its Joy
Anticipating Redemption
The Beauty of the Universe
Sundry
The Healthy Suspicion of Hillel
The Peace of Torah Scholars
The Holiness of the Ark and the Synagogue
Why does the Earth Shake?

 

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