Questions tagged [eretz-yisrael]
Questions related to the religiously-defined geographical area, the Land of Israel / *Eretz Yisrael*.
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Why didn't Moses and his siblings ask to be buried in Israel?
It appears that the merit of being buried in the Holy Land of Israel is huge and our forefathers, as well as numerous prominent Rabbis, demanded to be buried here.
Why didn't Moses, Aharon and ...
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Apportioning the Holy Land by family
The Torah tells us how the Promised Land was apportioned by Tribe of Israel. But within each tribe, how was the land apportioned by family? On what basis? Anything in the Sources?
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Did the Israelites train for war in the desert?
During their forty-year trek in the desert, the Israelites knew they would have to fight their way into their promised land. Did they train for war during that time? Being former slaves, they had no ...
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Moses' briefing before sending spies - Land vs People
Here's how the Torah depict Moses' briefing to the spies (Numbers 13) - first the whole passage:
וּרְאִיתֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ מַה־הִוא וְאֶת־הָעָם הַיֹּשֵׁב עָלֶיהָ הֶחָזָק הוּא הֲרָפֶה הַמְעַט הוּא אִם־...
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When did Israel stop having giant fruit?
Chazal tell us that the fruit the spies came back with from the land of Israel were huge. But I don't recall hearing mention of these giant fruit after the people entered the land (e.g. during the ...
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Levi tribe and the spies story investigation
I gathered a couple of questions together because they might be linked but I'm OK with splitting them:
Why didn't Levi send a spy?
I know, I know they didn't have Nahalah in Israel. So what?
The ...
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Meaning of komemiyyut (קוֹמְמִיּוּת)
The word "komemiyyut" (קוֹמְמִיּוּת) appears only once in the Torah:
אֲנִ֞י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֤אתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִֽהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם עֲבָדִ֑ים וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙ מֹטֹ֣ת ...
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How did Jethro know Moshe's God?
Jethro appeared to be a friendly guy to Moshe, and even appeared to agree with what Moshe believed in, especially in theological terms (i.e. worshipping Hashem).
If that's the case, then how did ...
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Why extra words in birchat ha hodesh in Israel?
Some siddurim (e.g., in the Koren but not in the Artscroll) have extra words in the last paragraph, to be said in Israel, asking for additional blessings, including rain. Why do we who are outside ...
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Difference of leining between Israel and Chutz Laaretz in 5779 [duplicate]
As anyone may know, because the last day of Pesach in chutz laarets fall out on Shabbat we read the special parsha for the 8th day of Pesach while in Israel since it wasn't Pesach anymore, they read ...
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Customs for Yom Tov Sheini in Israel [duplicate]
My question concerns the observance of yom tov sheini for a person who is visiting Israel during a chag.
If the person is not observing yom tov sheini, are there any different customs they need to ...
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Are the borders of Eretz Israel going to be the same in regard to the Torah when moshiach comes? [closed]
I have read before an opinion that they are not going to be the same borders, I am hoping for some backup information.
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How does one travelling from Israel abroad (or vice versa) perform Shnayim Mikra when the parshiyot are out of sync?
Shulchan Aruch 285 codifies the obligation for each individual to read that week's parshah, the text twice and the (Aramaic) translation once.
In some years (e.g. this year, 5779) the parshiyot read ...
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Is Mt Hermon located within the biblical boundaries of the Holy Land?
According to interpreters, Is Mt Hermon located within the biblical boundaries of the Holy Land?
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Is grain from outside Israel usable for offerings or not?
There seems to be a contradiction between what the Mishna explicitly says in Menachot 8:1 and what R' Ovadia miBartenura says in his commentary on it.
The Mishna says:
כָּל קָרְבְּנוֹת הַצִּבּוּר ...
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Expel them or kill them?
In some places the Torah tells the Israelites about to enter the Land of Israel to expel all its inhabitants. For example, in Numbers 33:52-33:55:
You shall drive out all the inhabitants of the ...
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Why would Ashkenazim read a “double” haftarah for Parshat Pekudei in Israel?
All printed chumashim that I've seen list the following consecutive selections as the Ashkenazi hafatarot for Vayakhel and Pekudei:
Vayakhel: Melachim I 7:40-50
Pekudei: Melachim I 7:51-8:21
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Is living outside Israel a sin according to Talmud?
In Berachot 57a:15 Chazal mention that one who sees a dream of himself standing naked in Babylonia, it's a sign that he is free of transgression. Then it's written that "living outside of Israel is ...
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Someone from Chutz Laaretz cooking for Israeli on the second day of Yom Tov
When I was writing this (PTIJ) answer, I assumed that someone from outside Israel can't cook for someone from Israel on the second day of Yom Tov. I didn't realize until afterwards that I couldn't ...
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Has anyone tried out the Har Hakarmel bein hashemashos climb according to various Rishonim?
The Gemara on Shabbos 35a says:
אמר רבי חנינא: הרוצה לידע שיעורו של רבי נחמיה יניח חמה בראש הכרמל, וירד ויטבול בים ויעלה, וזהו שיעורו של רבי נחמיה.
Anyone who wants to know the shiur of ...
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Steipler keeping 2 days yomtov in Bnei Brak
I was listening to a shuir of Rav Hershel Schacter and he mentioned that the Steipler kept 2 days yomtov undercover in Bnei Brak. I think he mentioned the source as the Orchos Rabbeinu,even though he ...
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The borders of the promised land
Is this a correct border for what God promised Abraham in the 1st covenant?
According to Wikipedia:
"This map representing biblical King David's Kingdom at the time of his death is probably close to ...
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Justification for a Religious Party to Participate in a Secular Government
I can think of quite a few refrains that I have heard or read from anti-Zionist camps saying that joining the (secular) Israeli government which has a hand in certain aveiros is prohibited due to ...
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Pre-1948 Haredi view on political Zionism and how it developed
Are there any readings discussing the Haredi (Hasidic, orthodox non-Mizrachi) stance on political Zionism prior to the establishment of the State of Israel?
Did it change with the establishment of ...
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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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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
Tosafos in Kesubos 110b 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 ...
