„Materialistic immersion ultimately leads to bloodshed.”

The murder of Cain and Abel shook humanity; it created within man the capacity to destroy and put an end to the life of his fellow.

What caused the murder? Rav Kook says that immersion in matter causes a person to darken his character traits. It is of very great importance that a person be connected to matter, to the earth, to labor. That is how the world endures. But when materialism overpowers a person, he must know how to stop and rise spiritually.

This world requires us to engage with matter; that is true. But we must be connected at the same time to the Holy One and to spirituality, in order to preserve the image of the human within us and not to fall, neither into hatred nor into counterfeit love.

Only days ago we began to ask for "He who makes the wind blow and brings down the rain"; this is the time to bring back a bit of the spirit...

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Shabbat Shalom

For the healing of body and soul of the victims of the attacks.