Anger, says Rav Kook, is really understandable, though not excusable.  By understanding what it is, we can understand how we are supposed to respond to it when it comes…

We continue in our wide view of how personality and interaction actually function by looking at a variety of traits that make up a situation.  Today we explore tikkun and tochachah, which fit quite well with our recent work on anger and love.  We have learned that ‘anger=time to connect’, but how do we connect?  [...]

Alan Morinis was here this Shabbat, and we talked a lot about practice and mussar.  So we are reexamining our Monday class in that light, trying to build in more practice to keep it real.  Today we talked about love of G-d.  Rav Kook says it is inherent and inevitable.  Not everyone thinks so.  rav [...]

And how is this possible?  And what if this love is destructive?  And… but…  (exactly Rav Kook’s point.)

Rav Kook has nailed Ga’avah – arrogance.  It is all about your orientation – people who are pursuing the truth pursue it avidly.  And people who do not do not…