Questions tagged [eretz-yisrael]
Questions related to the religiously-defined geographical area, the Land of Israel / *Eretz Yisrael*.
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Talmud Yerushalmi vs Bavli
We all know that only a Sanhedrin can vote conclusively on a halakha for the entire nation. Since the Sanhedrin was dismantled, the next best option was to listening to the hachamim of your locale. ...
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If Jews conquer a random new land does it become holy like Eretz Yisrael? How might this relate to kibbush yachid? And does kibbush yachid even count?
If Jews conquered New York City let's say does New York City become holy just like Eretz Yisrael?
What if a "Jewish king" declared it as a Jewish state? I'm very curious..
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Eretz Yisroel as G-ds palace
Based on this answer, I was looking for sources that describe Eretz Yisroel as the "palace of G-d".
Are there any sources that describe Eretz Yisroel as such? As "Palace of the King&...
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Original version of Radak on borders of Eretz Yisrael after Moshiach comes
Sefaria offers a translation of the Radak's commentary to Bereishis 26:23. The translation of that Radak says:
ויעל משם באר שבע. This was not far away from Gerar as we already
explained. As to the ...
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Rav Elchonon Wasserman's parable on living without bread and air
In Kovetz Maamarim (p. 130, sv. "Eretz Yisrael"), Rav Elchonon Wasserman zt"l explains the need to "breath the air of Torah". He says that for two thousand years, we endured ...
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What should one do to help Israel during war?
Regarding this terrible attack and subsequent war on October 2023, how would our Sages say we can help Israel during a war like this? I’m not just looking for answers like “pray”, but rather maybe ...
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What’s the Chabad psak on Beit Yosef and sinta (sirloin steak) in Israel?
I’m in Israel and most Ashkenazim don’t eat sinta (sirloin steak) but I was wondering if Chabad does.
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There were foreigners living in the Holy Land during the times of the Monarchy. Were they Noahides? If not, why didn't Israelites convert them?
Often throughout the Tanakh, you will see references to foreigners living the Holy Land, e.g. in Leviticus 19 I think.
Were these foreigners Noahides, and if not, why didn't they convert them so that ...
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"And you shall place My words upon your heart" - even in exile
In parasahas Eikev (Devarim 11:18), the Torah instructs us that we:
shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they will be as frontlets ...
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Did God give the entire land of Israel?
I am having trouble understanding Joshua 21:41-43, which states that God gave to Israel the entire land that He swore to their fathers, and all of the good things that God spoke came to pass.
How do ...
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Who are some Kings of Ancient Israel who didn't have major flaws/sins/etc.?
The Tanakh isn't at all shy of mentioning the flaws of many of the most famous and looked up to Kings, and for good reasons too. David and Batsheba is one such story as far as I know where David ended ...
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Do Zachariah 14 and Ezekiel 37 claim that the state of Israel will exist before the arrival of the Messiah?
I heard someone say that the task of the Messiah will be to establish Israel as a theocratic monarchy. However, this person claimed that Zachariah 14 and Ezekiel 37 claim that Israel will exist ...
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Chofetz Chaim and Eretz Israel
Does the Chofetz Chaim writes about the prohibition of speaking Lashon Hara about Eretz Israel?
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Why the Land of Israel?
Commentators have asked: "Why did God choose the Land of Israel for us?" It is not as rich and fertile as the Nile valley or Mesopotamia, it has few natural resources, it has no oil, it's ...
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Satmar Rav in Divrei Yoel: the goal of Eretz Yisrael
This article on Parashas Pinchas quotes the Satmar Rav in Divrei Yoel, vol. 6, where it says:
The Satmar Rebbe, ZY"A, in Divrei Yoel (Parashas Emor pp. 184-185) decries the false ideas ...
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Are Jews allowed to destroy the fruit trees and give bad water to cattle if they're fighting a war outside/unrelated to the Holy Land & Mesopotamia?
Deuteronomy 20:19-20 (NIV) states the following:
When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can ...
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How does timing work for shechiyanu on fruits?
For purposes of reciting shechiyanu, how do we determine if I am having a fruit for the first time "this season"? Do I need to have gone a whole year (or some other period of time) without ...
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Yaakov Avinu Talking About Eretz Yisroel
Since it is forbidden to speak badly about Eretz Yisroel, was it considered lashon hara for Yaakov Avinu to tell Pharaoh that he had to leave the Holy Land because it was negatively impacted by famine ...
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Source that 2nd day Yom Tov is spiritually needed for those outside Israel
I heard a view that those outside Israel need a second day Yom Tov in order to achieve the spiritual status that those in Israel can achieve in one day. I would like to see the source of this ...
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Out of breath in Eretz Yisroel
I once heard in the name of the Gerrer Rebbe (Imrei Emes) 2 explanations as to why people get easily out of breath while walking in Eretz Yisroel
(1. Since there is a Mitzva to walk 4 Amos in Eretz ...
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Order of the nations
Around 8 times in Chumash we mention the 7 nations who inhabited the land of Israel. Yet almost each time the order of the nations is changed. Is there a reason for this, do the conquests relate to ...
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What's the source that Eretz Yisroel has another name- Eretz Hakodesh
I am looking for an answer for the following question: Where do we find the source in the Tora that Eretz Hakodesh is another name for Eretz Yisroel? if you know the source I will greatly appreciate ...
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What's the source that Eretz Yisroel was promised by Hashem?
I am looking for sources on the topic of when Hashem promised Eretz Yisroel to the Avos. If there's anyone who can help me, I will greatly appreciate it.
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Explanation of a Tosfos on Kesubos 111a; ד"ה בבלה
I was reading the Gemara about whether it is permissible to emigrate from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael (Kesubos 111a). Rav Yehudah holds that whoever ascends from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael, ...
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Where do we find the sources in the tora for these places/actions [closed]
What is the mekor for the names of the Land of Israel: Eretz Yisroel and Eretz Hakodesh?
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Why don't Jews return to Israel?
Why are Jews still scattered around the world? Why do most live outside of Israel? Many are orthodox or have a very nostalgic religious view of belonging to that place. So what prevents them from ...
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Why did Ahron Hakohen not daven to be allowed to Enter E"Y?
How come Ahron Hakohen didn't pray to enter E"Y like moshe did? Did he have less of a desire to enter?
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Gathering of the tribes: contradiction between Rambam and mefarshim
It is a well known principle that Moshiach will gather all the people that are in exile, and bring them into Eretz Yisrael (Yeshayahu 11:12; Mishneh Torah Hilchos Melachim uMilchamot 11:1][1]).
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Moshe, Israel entry
HaShem tells Moshe Rabbeinu that he will not be allowed into Eretz Ha-Kodesh. Moshe Rabbeinu is shown the Eretz Ha-Kodesh will standing on the banks of the river Jordan ( or somewhere in that area ...
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Spitting on the ground
In an essay on how seeing others sin makes the sin seem acceptable to you, I read that when 20th-century Rabbi Elya Lopian first came to Eretz Yisrael, he refrained from spitting on the ground (as was ...
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Chabad Yeshiva Ketana?
Does anyone know a Chabad Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel for boys aged 15/16 preferably with a summer program? Thanks in advance
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I need to know if it is the ketuvah of my parents, what does it say? Dates, names, etc
I have to travel to Israel and they ask me for a marriage certificate from my parents or grandparents I have this document but I don't know if it is and I don't have anyone who can translate it for me,...
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Why were the spies commanded to assess if the Land is good?
God promised that the Land he would bring us into was good. Exodus 3:8:
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and ...
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How did Abraham end up in Ur Kasdim when Shem and Ever lived in Israel?
IIRC, it starts with Noah landing on the Ararat mountains somewhere in nowadays Turkey. Some 300 years later we hear that Shem runs a Yeshiva in Eretz Israel together with his grand-grandson Ever and ...
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Where does the name הגליל, The Galilee, come from?
As far as I was aware, the Galilee isn't considered a significant region of Israel in the Tanach. But when we get to the Mishna, the Galilee is mentioned everywhere. For example, https://www.sefaria....
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Borders of Eretz Yisrael: Ibn Ezra
In his commentary on תהלים פרק צח פסוק ג - Psalm 98:3, Ibn Ezra writes as follows:
זכר, כל אפסי ארץ - כנגד מקומות הישוב שהם שבעה גבולות בצפון ואחד בדרום
I have been unable to determine which גבולות, ...
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Where are the regions Kerutim & Hatoulim, mentioned in the Mishna as having the best wine grapes, located on a map?
I have not been able to find these locations that are mentioned in the Mishna. I came across this quote:
The Mishna also (Menahot, 8, 6) points to the regions where the best
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Why specifically mention Yosef?
When listing who will settle in land on the east of the Jordan river, Moshe adds in part of the tribe of Menashe, but Bamidbar 32:33 identifies the group as coming from the tribe of "Menashe ben ...
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A few Questions about Machir ben Menashe and Gilad
A few questions in regards to the Bnei Machir ben Menashe;
In Numbers 32:39-40
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ בְּנֵ֨י מָכִ֧יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה גִּלְעָ֖דָה וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִ֥י אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃
The ...
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Link between the Land of Israel giving fruit when Jews living there and biblical Shmita?
Shemita (the prohibition to work the land every seventh year) is today observed in Israel as a rabbinic commandment. It will become again observed biblically when the majority of Jews will live in ...
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Is there a source for owning property in Israel means keeping 1 day yom tov
People have said, and I have seen mentioned on this site that owning land/property/apartment in Israel is enough on its own to keep 1 day when in Israel. Is there a source for this? A shita that the ...
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IDF ceremony on the Temple Mount
Last year someone sent me this video. It shows an IDF "misdar", a kind of military formation/inspection/ceremony (not really sure how to translate it) on the Temple Mount after it was freed ...
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2 day חג and being Oleh regel
Why do people who come to Israel for the shalosh regalim keep two days if there is no mention of people who were Oleh regel keeping two days during the first/second temple?
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How do Rishonim ignore R Yehuda's opinion on not making aliyah in Ketubot 111a?
As an amateur in the workings of Gemara, and as a Jew who has just made Aliyah, this is a problem that is really biting at me.
R Yehuda's statement is obviously Aggadeta, and is seemingly refuted by R ...
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On tunneling to Israel after death
I don't understand this passage in the Talmud:
The righteous outside of Eretz Yisrael will be resurrected and roll [until they reach Eretz Yisrael]… Rabbi Abba Salla Rava strongly objects to this: ...
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Three times Moshe begged to enter אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל
According to Rashi to Devarim 3:24 (here):
לאמר TO SAY (i.e. that God should say) — This is one of the three occasions where Moses spoke before the Omnipresent: I will not let You go until You tell ...
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Does one need to light Chanukah lights at both entrances nowadays in Israel?
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 671:8 rules that if one has a courtyard with two entrances on different sides, one lights Chanukah lights at both entrances, to prevent passersby from suspecting that the ...
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What land did Isaac sow in and how did he own it?
וַיִּזְרַע יִצְחָק בָּאָרֶץ הַהִוא ...׃ - Isaac sowed in that land ... Genesis.26.12
I recall Abraham buying a lot in Hebron and Yaakov buying one near Shechem, but I don't recall Isaac buying lands. ...
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Which Hoshana teffilot and Musaf Korbonos go with which days in Israel?
I have an Artscroll siddur which lists the different Hoshanos to say on which days of Chol Hamoed
Sukkos in America, and also in the Musaf which korbonos to say for each day, but it seems to be ...
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What siddur is used by Reform communities in Israel?
Understood, Reform Judaism is not as widespread in Israel as it is in America. Nevertheless, what siddur do Reform Jewish communities in Israel use? In America, Mishkan T'fila is popular (or the older ...
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