Aggadeta: Berachot 2a - Perspective of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook - Class 28 Class highlights: A less literal reading of the Talmud through the lens of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, using his book En Ayah on the En Yaakov; understanding why the Chachamim chose to read a Torah verse in an unusual manner; clarifying that the terms "Tameh and Tahor" do not translate properly as "pure and impure"; an Ashenazi custom regarding Niddah status; the Rambam's Judaism is the Chachamim's Judaism; spiritual Tumah and Tahrah; the shift in modern mental health care; determining essential businesses in the latest pandemic; Rabbi Kook, Rabbi Aryeh Levin, and a heavenly blade of grass; our actions have direct consequences that we are responsible for; "killing time" in current society; Shimon Peres and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef as the crown jewel of the Jewish people; Binyamin Netanyahu and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's writing the future of the Jewish people; Rabbi Yosef Tendler and not wasting one's life; wasting time is loss of life; doing Teshuvah restores ourselves to the place we were before our wrongdoing; passive and active purification; the Slonimer Rebbe and the parable of the farmer's boots; dealing with the danger of overwhelming guilt; and more! (2/18/2021) — The Shiviti Night Kollel has expanded with a unique Talmud Track! Join us as we delve into the non-Halachic segments of the Talmud, otherwise known as Aggadeta!