Rabbi Kook

Rav Kook offers a very innovative explanation of this Talmudic Aggada, how God's punishments are exact and just.

When one believes in God, even tragedies are really constructive and eventually beneficial. Similarly, every talent can also be challenging and sometimes detrimental. Rav Kook alludes here also to the constant evolution of mankind, the individual, and Jewish History.

Humility is always important but Rav Kook stresses here and proves it's essential necessity for Torah study.

Don't Turn Apathy into an Ideal!

Rav Kook explains the difference between secular Zionism and the Reform Jewry of his time.

One of the major themes of both Talmud study and Kabbala is to get used to understanding the world on various different levels. The world was created through the different "step-down" mechanisms like electric transformers, that direct us to climb back up in the same fashion. This is greatly beneficial also in day-to-day life.