articles on Additional Lessons
Aliya Vs. Children Education
Someone told me that children of people who make Aliya are in a bigger danger of Leaving the Derech. If so, should I make aliya?
This Land is Our Land
It is only when we appreciate the fact that this land is our land, received from Hashem, that the claims of the nations are silenced.
Aliya Vs. Children Education
Someone told me that children of people who make Aliya are in a bigger danger of Leaving the Derech. If so, should I make aliya?
This Land is Our Land
It is only when we appreciate the fact that this land is our land, received from Hashem, that the claims of the nations are silenced.
Lessons on Additional Lessons
Every Good Reason a Jew Needs to Come on Aliya to Israel
What's so special about the land of Israel? Why should we make Aliya?
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Tammuz 1 5781
Answering Accusations of Israeli-Occupation
& Why the Moral Mitzvot are Geared Only to Jews- Not Gentiles?
These oft-debated issues of "hasbara", demand good answers. Rav Shvat suggests 4 replies to the accusation of Israel occupying arab "territories" based upon the difficulty western & rational man has in understanding why the arabs could be the aggressors if they always suffer more casualties? The world doesn't understand the Jihad mindset which doesn't mind losing wars and being suicide bombers which in fact, defies logic and prevents deterrance. History, both old and new also bolster the Jewish claims. Anti-semitism is an additional unfortunate clouding factor. Among several approaches to why the moral mitzvot are geared particularly to Jews: is simply that the Torah addresses Jewish life, among Jews, in the Jewish Land for the Jewish People, and more.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 24 5780
The Centrality of Eretz Yisrael in Judaism
Why Do We Speak So Much About Aliyah
A concise & encompassing explanation of WHY chazal teach us that "Living in Eretz Yisrael is equated with all of the mitzvot combined"? Proofs and 5 reasons why this mitzva is unique and special among the mitzvot aseh, and 9 additional points why especially today, Israel is that much more important to Judaism, including halachic, philosophic, historical, logical, national, religious, and spiritual reasons.
Rabbi Ari Shvat
Walking in Israel
What are the parameters of the idea that every 4 amot one walks in Eretz Yisrael is a mitzva? Is it only to new places? Does one have to walk on foot?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Cheshvan 10 5779
Yishuv Ha'artz and Pikuach Nefesh
Is there a Mitzva to settle the land of Israel although the danger of war and terror?
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Adar 5754
Frequent Questions about Mitzvat Yishuv Eretz Yisrael
The issue of whether Mitzvat Yishuv Eretz Yisrael is one of the 613 mitzvot is just about the most irrelevent of all the so important aspects of Eretz Yisrael. This shiur explains the shotot of the Megilat Esther, R. Chaim in Tosafot, and R. Moshe Feinstein.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shvat 5773
Serenity
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5770