Machshava:

Rav Kook,  Religious Zionism,  Zionism 

Collections: R' Shvat Ain Aya- Rav Kook's commentary on the Aggadeta of Masechet Shabbat

Description

One of the disadvantages of western culture's obsession with ourselves, is that often we see people who make their life decisions, both small and large, as if they live in a vacuum, forgetting their families, communities, Am Yisrael and previous, as well as future, generations. The fact that we don't live alone can sometimes be problematic, that it limits our "free-will" and we suffer from others' decisions & actions, but Rav Kook explains that it's also the solution, and we end up gaining a lot more than we lose by being part of something larger.