Rav Kook on The Sabbath and Holidays

Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook, visiting the religious settlement of Kfar Hittin, around 1925

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 — שבת: Sabbath Peace, Inside and Out; The Proper Time to Light; The Sabbath Bride; Shabbat and Water; What is True Success?; Technology and the Sabbath; The Sabbath Influence; Our Response to Illness and Crisis
Rosh Chodesh — ראש חודש: Our Prayers for the New Month; Atonement for the New Moon
Elul and Rosh Hashanah — ראש השנה: Unity and Repentance; Teshuvah for the Generation of Rebirth; The Teshuvah of Rosh Hashana; Personal Judgment; The Call of the Great Shofar; The Dual Call of the Shofar; The Music of Teshuvah; Knowing the Teru'ah-Blast; Awakening the Mind and Heart; The Shofar of Redemption; The Holy King; Blasts That Penetrate the Heart
Yom Kippur — יום הכיפורים: Complete Teshuvah; Eating Before Yom Kippur; The Value of Life; The Bull and the Goat; The Goat for Azazel; The Triple Measure of Incense; "You Know the Mysteries of the Universe"; The Shofar and the Wall; Healing the Universe
Succoth — סוכות: 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; The Merit of a Dance; Israel's Triumph of Faith
Chanukah — חנוכה: The Hellenist Challenge; Flickering Lights in Dark Times; Richness of Spirit; The Single Light of Chanuka; The Beauty of Yefeth; The Sacred Protects Itself; The Highest Love
Tu B'Shvat — ט"ו בשבט: Two Types of Love for Eretz Yisrael; Planting a Tree in Magdiel; Our Ties to the Land of Israel; Every Creature Utters Its Song; "How Splendid This Tree is!"
Purim — פורים: 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; Mystical Scythes and Guardrails
Passover — פסח: Nissan: 'How Splendid This Tree is!'; The Strong Hand and Outstretched Arm; Destroy Chametz, Gain Freedom; The Special Laws of the Korban Pesach; A Fatal Mistake; Who is Free?; Answering the Wise Child; "Because of This"; The Hillel Sandwich; Matzah of Love; Priceless Jewels on Tattered Clothes; Next Year in Jerusalem; Aiming for Greatness; The Birth of a Nation; The Second Seder in Jerusalem; Shir HaShirim – "Song of Songs"; "Song of Songs"
Holocaust Remembrance Day — יום השואה: Nations Who Forget God
Israel Independence Day — יום העצמאות: Rav Kook and Zionism; The Significance of the Day; "Who are you, Great Mountain?"; Fluctuations in Redemption; Redeeming the Land; The Balfour Declaration; Rav Tzvi Yehudah Kook and Yom HaAtzma'ut; Children of Zion; Mizmor 19 of the State of Israel
Lag Ba'Omer — ל"ג בעומר: Elevated Souls; Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai Returns; The Torah of Rashbi
Jerusalem Day — יום ירושלים: The City of One Gate; Windows to World Peace; Rav Kook Arrives in Jaffa; The Kotel Affair; The Two Messengers; Zion and Jerusalem; The Kotel - Stones with Hearts; Returning to the Kotel; Longing for Jerusalem
Shavuot — שבועות: Seeing Sound; The King's Torah Scroll; Revealing Our Inner Essence; The Date of Matan Torah; Accepting Two Torahs; The Lesson of Mount Sinai; A Pure Revelation; Like an Apple Tree; Coercion at Sinai; Connecting to Torah Study; 7 Tips for Success in Torah Study
Tisha Be'Av and the Three Weeks — תשעה באב: Teachers Armed with Spiritual Might; Rebuilding the World with Love; The Three Watches of the Night; The Wall of Iron; The Poel Mizrachi Kitchen; Seeing Jerusalem in its Joy; Anticipating Redemption; The Beauty of the Universe; The Call for Sacred Splendor; Rebuilding the Temple
Sundry: The Healthy Suspicion of Hillel; The Peace of Torah Scholars; The Holiness of the Ark and the Synagogue; Why does the Earth Shake?; Orot HaTorah - The Lights of Torah; Reverence for Sacred Vessels; The Message of the Scholars of Yavneh

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Rav Kook on The Sabbath and Holidays

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