In this fourth shiur on Meimor HaDor, we explored Rav Kook’s profound diagnosis of a generation in transition — a generation standing in a liminal space, suspended between worlds. Rav Kook describes his era, and ours, as strangely high yet deeply confused, overflowing with idealism while also wrestling with emptiness and collapse. As the neshamas of the generation rise, the old spiritual structures can no longer contain their light, leaving many — from teenagers at risk to those leaving their communities — searching for something they can’t yet name.

Rav Kook teaches that we cannot enter the Yerushalayim shel Ma’alah until we truly enter the Yerushalayim shel Matah — meaning that lofty souls must find grounding, integration, and a home in the real, concrete world of Torah and mitzvos. Our task is to illuminate a path for them: to offer deeper Torah, more inner light, and spiritual frameworks big enough to hold their greatness. Ultimately, what these souls are seeking has always been hidden within the broad and holy arc of Torah itself.