14 Lessons

Refusing Anti-Torah Military Orders
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 7 Cheshvan 5785

Must I Honor My Parents if They Tell Me Not to Live In Judea/Samaria?
What if one's parents tell him not to live in Judea/Samaria? Is living there considered an extra important mitzvah, and therefore he should ignore his parents, or is it only a "beautification" of the existing mitzvah of living in the Land of Israel?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Nissan 7 5782

How Should One Repent For Oslo?
How does one do teshuva for voting for a party that participated in carrying out the Oslo Accords with the Palestinian Authority?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 2 5782

The Death of the Righteous
The leaders in building the country in our times are those who cling more firmly to the Torah. They also cling to the frontlines of settlement in the Land of Israel.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tishrei 26 5776

Monetary Torah Laws at the Close of the Shmitta Year
What is shimittat ksafim, when does it apply and what is the pruzbul?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Elul 13 5775

The Haredi Boycott of Heter Mechira Fruits is Unsustainable
The only logical explanation for the fierceness of haredi opposition to the heter mechira is that they associate it with Zionism
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tamuz 8 5775

The History of the Heter Mechira
The heter mechira came about in the first shmitta year, 5649 (1888), after thousands of years in exile. Some opposing poskim changed their positions when they saw how urgent the situation was. Anti-Zionism caused more opposition.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tamuz 1 5775

"Do Not Give Them a Resting Place in the Land"
Does the biblical prohibition in the title of the article contradict the application of heter mechira (selling land temporarily to a non-Jew during the shmitta year).
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Sivan 10 5775

The Mitzvah of Settling the Land of Israel
Granted, we are not yet in control of the entire Land, and we are partially dependent on the nations of the world, but we are actually fulfilling, once again, the mitzvah of Yishuv HaAretz.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5575

Waking to the Call: Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael
If we had dedicated ourselves to redeveloping the Nation in Eretz Yisrael, then the resettlement of the Land, in accordance with the words of the Prophets, would have filled the hearts of our people with awe, and brought wanderers back to the fold.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5575

Results of the War – An Interim Assessment
Assessing the war and the future.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774

The Commandment to Settle the Land of Israel
Part 1
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5761

The Commandment to Settle the Land of Israel
Part 2
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5761
