Rav Ari has authored, co-authored & edited seven books: LeHarim Et HaDegel: The Israeli Flag and Hebrew Language in Judaic Sources; Haskamot HaReiya: Rav Kook's Letters of Approbation; Otzrot HaReiya: Unpublished Letters of Rav Kook; Igrot HaRe'iya תרצ"א- Rav Kook's letters- 1931; HaRe'iya BaParsha; The Annotated Version of Tz’va’at R. Yehuda HaChasid, and The Ministry of Education's Educational Guide on "The Jewish Family", and has published over 150 ideological and halachic articles in leading Torah journals, such as T'chumin, HaMa’ayan, Sinai, Tzohar, Shma’atin and Oreshet, often dealing with Tanach, religious Zionism and the writings of Rav Kook.
He holds a B.A. in Tanach and an M.A. in Jewish History and Talmud, and enjoys utilizing his music as an educational medium, producing two albums of original compositions (including a tune for the bracha of Al HaMichya taught in the religious school system in Israel and in many schools and camps around the world).
Rav Ari is a popular international lecturer, and has addressed hundreds of communities in Israel and abroad, as Scholar-In-Residence, and for the Jewish Agency, O.U., Bnei Akiva, Mizrachi, Rabbanei Tzohar, and other religious and Zionist organizations, in the U.S. (New York, Teaneck, Los Angeles, Englewood, South Florida…), Canada, Russia, France, England, and Switzerland.
His teaching style has successfully deepened the connection with the Land, the people, and the State of Israel for thousands of students from abroad, through his warm personality, informal style, music, and a unique synthesis of high-level intellectual philosophy and halacha together with history and an internalizing emotional experience.