Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 23: Shluchei D'Rachmana - God's Flawed Agents: Pharaohs, Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers

 

Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 23:

Shluchei D'Rachmana - God's Flawed Agents:

Pharaohs, Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers

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Ta'arich (That's An Arabic Word!): Writing Dates in Hebrew (The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 37)

Ta'arich (That's An Arabic Word!):

Writing Dates in Hebrew

 (The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 37)

The many, many ways to write a date in Hebrew.

And, yes, תאריך comes from the Arabic תאריח.

Subsequent shiurim in this series will be listed in the comments here.

Rav Kook for People who are not Adherents of Rav Kook's Thought: Orot part 14

Yisroel U'Techiyaso 4-5

In answer to my challenge (while we were learning) what are we getting out of this, my chevrusa responded (after we finished learning):

"Rav Yosef. A few thoughts about Orot. As someone who has learned Mussar and tried to use the techniques and practical advice of the various pathways in Mussar I have always been focused on the practical aspects of Mussar which can help us to change and improve ourselves modify our behaviors elevate our spiritual connections to Hashem, etc. Anything which doesn't have some conclusion I can use for personal change and improvements really has not been of much interest to me.

"In Orot we have a discussion of only Ideas. Conceptualism and ephemera without a practical connection. So I guess as Mussarniks, we must ask ourselves: Is there any value or purpose for these essays? Do pure theoretical investigations offer us a pathway to understanding ourselves or the world in a different way? I don't know the answer to this question and it may be different for each person. I can only say that when I read sublime poetry I may not know what is really being said, but I still am able to recognize its Inner Light."

Good response!

Update: For a parallel assessment of Rav Kook zt"l, see the clip from Rabbi Soloveitchik zt"l below our session!

Interrupting Elokai Netzor to Say Vayechulu with the Tzibbur

A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS

Cowardly vs. Courageous Mussar - A Critique by Reb Avrohom Elya Kaplan zt"l

Translation of Reb Avrohom Elya's important critique of some adherents of Mussar. 

Written by RAEK around the same times as he wrote Shak'ah Chamah, at the age of 17, so I would assume shortly after leaving Kelm and arriving in Slabodka. 

The translation is by Jeremy Rovinsky.

 

It is a free translation, not 100% literal. For example, RAEK speaks about rabbits, not ostriches.