Questions tagged [eretz-yisrael]
Questions related to the religiously-defined geographical area, the Land of Israel / *Eretz Yisrael*.
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Difference between Halperin and Tzomet switches?
I am reading about the various so-called Grama and other Shabbat switches developed in Israel for use in hospitals and security situations.
It seems that there was one solution created by Rabbi ...
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Promised Land vs Promised Ground in the Torah (ארץ vs אדמה)
The Torah refers to the Promised Land with two different words: ארץ and אדמה.:
"וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ וּבֵרַכְתָּ אֶת־ה"א עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַטֹּבָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לָךְ׃" (Deut 8,10)
"כַּבֵּד אֶת־...
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Changing customs from a Holy place to a non-Holy place
The mishnah in Pesachim (4:1) says:
הַהוֹלֵךְ מִמְּקוֹם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין לִמְקוֹם שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין, אוֹ מִמְּקוֹם שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין לִמְקוֹם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין, נוֹתְנִין עָלָיו חֻמְרֵי מָקוֹם שֶׁיָּצָא מִשָּׁם ...
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Definition of a Land-Related Mitzvah (מצוות התלויות בארץ)
The Mishnah (Kiddushin1,9) says:
כָּל מִצְוָה שֶׁהִיא תְלוּיָה בָאָרֶץ אֵינָהּ נוֹהֶגֶת אֶלָּא בָאָרֶץ. וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ תְּלוּיָה בָאָרֶץ נוֹהֶגֶת בֵּין בָּאָרֶץ בֵּין בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ, חוּץ מִן ...
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Dividing the world for the sons of Noah
Rashi (Gen 12,6) mentions that Noah divided the world between his sons and that Israel was given to Shem and his descendants:
והכנעני אז בארץ. הָיָה הוֹלֵךְ וְכוֹבֵשׁ אֶת אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל ...
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Why not include the second Sefer Torah for Aliyah #7 when Simchat Torah is on Shabbat in Israel?
This question mentions that in Israel, when Simchat Torah is on Shabbat, Vezot Habracha is divided into 7 aliyot, followed by Chatan Torah and Chatan Breishit.
I'm curious as to why they don't make ...
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Torah reading for foreigners in Israel on Chol HaMoed Sukkot
The Torah reading on Chol HaMoed Sukkot is different in Israel (each day’s mussaf sacrifice is read four times) and the Diaspora (more than one day’s portion is read to take account of sfeika d’yoma (...
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Why did Jacob not return to Israel?
Why did Jacob and his clan not return to the Land of Israel when the famine subsided, after their stay in Egypt? We might have avoided slavery. God did not tell Abraham his descendants would be ...
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What is the reason of the post-high-school year in an Israeli yeshiva?
Almost all the yeshiva high schools strongly push all the graduates to spend their year after high school in one of these programs. I am curious as to why there is this emphasis? What do rashei ...
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Why do Ashkenazim in Israel tend to use Nusach Sefard?
Generally, the original non-Chassidic Ashkenazi community in Israel were followers of the Vilna Gaon. Since they were practically the only Ashkenaz presence in Israel, they were able to institute many ...
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Re Mezuzah: What is the definition of a Pundak and when does it apply?
We learn in Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 286:22 - סימן רפו - מקומות החיבים במזוזה - that if you rent a house in Eretz Yisrael you have to affix a Mezuza immediately.
However, if you live in a פֻנְדָּק ...
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Where would Reuven and Gad have been?
The tribes of Reuven and Gad ask Moshe for permission to settle on the east side of the Jordan river. They are granted permission and half of Menashe is placed there as well.
Is there any way to know ...
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When did the trans-Jordanian territories acquire kedusha?
Two-and-a-half tribes (Reuben, Gad and half of Menasseh) had land on "the other side" of the Jordan river, allocated to them by Moses in Bemidbar 32, and made conditional on their participation in the ...
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Why does Hashem make Moshe go look at the Land?
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Why does H' make Moshe -- more than once, I think -- go up a mountain to look at the Land of Israel which he will never enter?
This seems cruel. Moshe was the holiest and most self-sacrificing ...
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How can tzedakah to the needy of Israel be justified?
In the Yad, the Rambam gives a set of priorities about tzedakah that could be summarized "near before far" except for the #1 priority of ransoming the captive. (Matenot Aniyim, 10.5)
How does giving ...
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Murder in Eretz Yisrael
The Gemara in Yoma (85a) argues that murder is more chamur than chilul Shabbos because it "contaminates the land and drives away the Shechina"
ושפיכות דמים מטמא את הארץ וגורם לשכינה שתסתלק מישראל
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Bracha of Matziv Gevul Almanah
In which practically applicable situation(s) (if ever) nowadays would one make the Beracha of מציב גבול אלמנה?
I'm looking for a Halachic definition of which places would qualify, when the Beracha ...
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Why are specifically the land of Israel and the Torah called a “Morasha”?
If I have this correct, the Torah calls only two items מורשה - the Torah, itself as in Devarim 33:4 and the land of Israel (Cana'an) as in Shemot 6:8. I read, I think in both Art Scroll as well as ...
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Distance from Chevron to Sedom
Rashi (Genesis 19:1, "BaErev") asks rhetorically, וכי כל כך שהו המלאכים מחברון לסדום , implying that it's close from Chevron to Sedom. But if we assume that Sedom was located where the current Dead ...
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Forcing a spouse to move to Israel
If one's spouse wants to move (or moves) to Israel the other spouse halachically responsible for not going (see Mishne Torah 19-20 here)
I heard that this is might not be the practical/contemporary ...
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Av HaRachamim on Shabbat Isru Chag Pesach in Israel?
This year (5778) the 22rd of Nisan falls on Shabbat. In Israel this day is Isru Chag Pesach (as opposed to the diaspora, where it is Acharon Shel Pesach).
Does one say Av HaRachamim?
On the one hand,...
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Why does G-d tell Yitchak to remain in Cana'an?
Breishit 26:1 mentions that there was a famine, so Yitzhak and Rivka go to Gerar. From verse 2, it seems apparent that Yitzhak's intent was to eventually go to Egypt, but G-d tells him to stay in Cana'...
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Is studying in a university while at a yeshiva possible in israel?
I would like to learn in Israel in a university, but besides that i would like to study in a yeshiva. Is that possible?
Thanks
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No Flood in Israel?
I read somewhere that the flood of Noah did not affect Israel. If so, why were there no survivors there?
also, where did the olive branch come from if all trees were destroyed. From Israel?
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Havdoloh made by Israeli for chutznik after Thurs. Fri. (Yom Tov) and Shabbos - effective?
Reuven from outside Israel spends Yom Tov (Thursday, Friday [for him]) followed by Shabbos with Shimon, an Israeli. I was told that Shimon cannot make havdoloh for Reuven after Shabbos because Reuven ...
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Can an Israeli and and American fulfill havdalah after Shabbos the first day of Yom Tov together?
Inspired by this answer and the comments following.
If the first day of Yom Tov (not Rosh Hashana) is Shabbos, an Israeli will make a normal havdalah המבדיל בין קדש לחול, while someone from outside ...
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Tosafos - Not a mitzvah to live in Israel since can't keep the land mitzvos
In Kesubos 110b, Tosafos writes
הוא אומר לעלות כו' - ...והיה אומר רבינו חיים דעכשיו אינו מצוה לדור בא"י כי יש כמה מצות התלויות בארץ וכמה עונשין דאין אנו יכולין ליזהר בהם ולעמוד עליהם:
He says ...
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Source for 37 Israeli Mitzvot Today
According to the accepted answer of this question, there are 37 mitzvot unique to the land of Israel that one can fulfill nowadays. Notably, however, he includes in that count mitzvot such as those ...
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Maaser Sheni Coin Value
I've been reading about redeeming maaser sheni and I've noticed people mentioning redeeming maaser on a coin of value significantly less than the value of the maaser:
"For example, a cRc company ...
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Where is exactly is שָֽׁם in the pasuk גַּם־בִּי֙ הִתְאַנַּ֣ף יְהוָ֔ה בִּגְלַלְכֶ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר גַּם־אַתָּ֖ה לֹא־תָבֹ֥א שָֽׁם (Devarim 1:37)
In Devarim 1:37, Moshe tells us that
גַּם־בִּי֙ הִתְאַנַּ֣ף יְהוָ֔ה בִּגְלַלְכֶ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר גַּם־אַתָּ֖ה לֹא־תָבֹ֥א שָֽׁם
Because of you the LORD was incensed with me too, and He said: You ...
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Understanding an apparent conflict regarding Israel's Biblical eastern boundary
I'm trying to understand what appears (for me) to be a conflict regarding the Biblical eastern boundary of the "Promised land".
It seems that the land promised to the fathers went all the way as east ...
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Are all conversions to Orthodox Judaism (Haredi, Hasidic and Modern) recognized in Israel?
I am ready to convert to Judaism, but I am curious about how conversions performed under Orthodox auspices are perceived in Israel. For example, I understand that the current Israeli government is run ...
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Location of land for Gad, Reuven and 1/2 Menashe and randomness
In Bemidbar 26:55, G-d tells Moshe that the land should be apportioned by lottery. I.e., no tribe was to know or choose its section of land, in advance.
Yet, we see that Moshe gives the tribes of ...
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A Tnach Guidebook to Israel?
I'm looking for a guide to Eretz Yisroel of tnach.
Most books in this genre are guides to what happened in a particular sefer, I'm looking for one that is set up like a tour book, for example in this ...
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Who gave the land of Israel its name?
As a follow up to this M.Y. question, it seems that the first time in Tanac"h that the land is named ארץ ישראל occurs in Samuel. The Torah calls the land Cana'an or just describes its features as in "...
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Evidence that Yovel was ever observed?
In the 5773 podcast at 21:38m Behar, Bechukotai: An Economic Vision of Justice from the Pardes Institute, Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy says that there is no historical evidence that the Yovel year was ever ...
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An Aspect of Eretz Yisroel in Every Country?
According to Chazal, Eretz Yisroel is the birthplace of the world (ex: Rambam sefer Avodah Hilchos Bais Habechira 2:2). But, is there any source claiming that each nation and land has a "spark" or "...
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Kivrei Tanaim and Amoraim
How do we know for certain where in Israel Tanaim and Amoraim are buried if we've been exiled for so long?
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Melacha for people observing Yom Tov Sheni in Israel
Can a non-resident of Israel keeping 2 days or 1.5 days of yom tov benefit from melacha (forbidden-type labor) done for him by an Israeli on the second day?
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Geshem and Tal in Eretz Yisrael
Why are Geshem and Tal said before the chatzi kaddish of mussaf in most ashkenazi communities in eretz yisrael as opposed to during chazarat hashatz like in chutz laaretz?
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1 day Yom Tov in Eilat or anywhere in “Israel” outside biblical boundaries [duplicate]
does anyone know the Halacha regarding one day of yom tov in areas where currently they keep one day , but are not in the "real", biblical borders of eretz yisrael.
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Did Rav Shach allow people to move to the Occupied Territories?
Did Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach forbid people from moving into the Occupied Territories after they were captured in 1967? If yes, what was his reason for forbidding it?
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Vayigash - Why didn't the family go back?
The brothers and Yaakov moved to Egypt after Yosef revealed himself. Yosef asked them to move to Goshen because "there still remains 5 years of famine, and [if you were to stay in the land" you may ...
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The “Galil” in the times of Chazal
The Galil is a portion of Eretz Yisrael mentioned often in Chazal (Mishnayos, Tosefta, Bavli, Yerushalmi.) It's generally referring to the "northern" part of Eretz Yisrael. We even see in the ...
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Why did the Jews turn away from the promised land even though Egypt was hardly a challenge?
As I understand, they received substantial help from God in the form of plagues, etc, so after the defeat of the immensely powerful Egyptian empire, why did they not think the same would happen with ...
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Minyan of 9 Israelis and 1 American on first day chol hamoed?
If there were 10 men in Israel, 9 Israelis and 1 American, together in a small shul on the morning of the first day of chol hamoed, would they form a minyan? The question is whether the one person ...
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Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel?
Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
Does everyone in Judaism agree that we are talking about the geographic Land of Israel as it is right now or at some time in history (the ...
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Talking improperly about Eretz Israel
The Torah in Bamidbar 13-14, describes the story of the 12 spies in which 10 of them deceit Am Israel speaking slander about the land. This causes the people to fear and cry for no reason, leading to ...
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Settling in the dangerous areas in the West Bank
Why is it permissible (or is it permissible) to live in communities in the West Bank that are situated in very dangerous areas even if it constitutes a danger to your own life and the life of your ...
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Leaving Eretz Yisrael on vacation
The Rambam in Hilchot Melachim 5:9 describes the prohibition of leaving Eretz Yisrael, and the reasons why one would be allowed to leave. This topic has been dealt with already on this site.
One heter ...
