In this second shiur of the My Generation series, we continue exploring Rav Kook’s Meimor HaDor — his lament over the emotional collapse and inner defeat of the generation.
Rav Kook describes a world where individuals, families, and communities are wrapped in emotional pain and existential angst, leading to isolation, despair, and even psychosomatic suffering. Yet beneath the surface of this darkness, something sacred is taking shape — a new light beginning to emerge, and new-old souls descending into the world.
The old structures must decay for something more whole to be born. What appears on the outside as disintegration is, on the inside, the beginning of renewal.
We also learn a powerful piece from Orot Yisrael 5:13, where Rav Kook speaks of the birth of a “new Jew,” one who transcends outdated forms to embody a more complete spiritual consciousness.
All of this, he writes, unfolds specifically in Eretz Yisrael, the spiritual ground of transformation.
Topics:
The emotional pain of the generation
Isolation, despair, and psychosomatic suffering
Rebirth through decay and disintegration
“New-old souls” and spiritual evolution
Orot Yisrael 5:13 – The birth of a new Jew in Eretz Yisrael
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In this second shiur of the My Generation series, we continue exploring Rav Kook’s Meimor HaDor — his lament over the emotional collapse and inner defeat of the generation.
Rav Kook describes a world where individuals, families, and communities are wrapped in emotional pain and existential angst, leading to isolation, despair, and even psychosomatic suffering. Yet beneath the surface of this darkness, something sacred is taking shape — a new light beginning to emerge, and new-old souls descending into the world.
The old structures must decay for something more whole to be born. What appears on the outside as disintegration is, on the inside, the beginning of renewal.
We also learn a powerful piece from Orot Yisrael 5:13, where Rav Kook speaks of the birth of a “new Jew,” one who transcends outdated forms to embody a more complete spiritual consciousness.
All of this, he writes, unfolds specifically in Eretz Yisrael, the spiritual ground of transformation.
Topics:
The emotional pain of the generation
Isolation, despair, and psychosomatic suffering
Rebirth through decay and disintegration
“New-old souls” and spiritual evolution
Orot Yisrael 5:13 – The birth of a new Jew in Eretz Yisrael
Rav Kook (23) Nationalism: Body & Soul - The Gap Between Ideals and Reality
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Rav Kook (23) Nationalism: Body & Soul - The Gap Between Ideals and Reality
What happens when our highest spiritual ideals descend into the messiness of real life? In this shiur, we explore Rav Kook’s profound teaching on the tension between the soul of nationalism—its pure, redemptive vision—and the body that carries it: flawed systems, politics, and human limitation.
Drawing from the opening of Zeronim: Nishmas HaLe'umiyut v’Gufah, we unpack the mystical process of light descending into vessels, the shattering of form, and the sacred work of re-integrating spirit into structure. This is not only about national life—it’s about each of us.
This class touches on Kabbalah, psychology, and Rav Kook’s visionary Torah to guide us in how to hold brokenness without losing the dream, and how to begin healing the gap between what is and what could be.
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In this second shiur of the My Generation series, we continue exploring Rav Kook’s Meimor HaDor — his lament over the emotional collapse and inner defeat of the generation.
Rav Kook describes a world where individuals, families, and communities are wrapped in emotional pain and existential angst, leading to isolation, despair, and even psychosomatic suffering. Yet beneath the surface of this darkness, something sacred is taking shape — a new light beginning to emerge, and new-old souls descending into the world.
The old structures must decay for something more whole to be born. What appears on the outside as disintegration is, on the inside, the beginning of renewal.
We also learn a powerful piece from Orot Yisrael 5:13, where Rav Kook speaks of the birth of a “new Jew,” one who transcends outdated forms to embody a more complete spiritual consciousness.
All of this, he writes, unfolds specifically in Eretz Yisrael, the spiritual ground of transformation.
Topics:
The emotional pain of the generation
Isolation, despair, and psychosomatic suffering
Rebirth through decay and disintegration
“New-old souls” and spiritual evolution
Orot Yisrael 5:13 – The birth of a new Jew in Eretz Yisrael
