Rav Kook believed that all political and cultural controversies represent a fundamental failure to grasp the fullness of God.
Culture war is a symptom, in Kabbalistic terms, of shevirat hakelim (the broken vessels of divine Creation). Since God is involved in all things, all views have an aspect of divine truth, but they are also flawed and partial. To …
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