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XX century Aliyah, State of Israel, and righteousness of the Jews
Rabbi David Forhman argues that this is exactly the case in a video dvar torah on Parashah Haazinu as part of his Aleph Beta video series. His argument is that the process for teshuva on a national ...
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Seeking a demographic "pamphlet" of Israeli neighborhoods
I have found Nefesh b' Nefesh's community database to be an excellent resource for this sort of information.
Jerusalem is of course a fantastic place in Israel for Torah learning because of the ...
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How far must one be able to trace one's Jewish lineage?
in regard to aliya, touching wine, and counting for minyan one can rely on chazka that if someone was assumed a Jew he is. when it comes to marriage so long as there is no reason to suspect one can ...
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Prophesy in the book of Ezekiel
RaDa”Q (R’ Dawidh Qimhi), commenting on Yehezqel 47:23, writes (my translation):
והיה בשבט אשר גר הגר אתו - כי לעתיד בצאת ישראל מהגלות יודעו השבטים, אף על פי שהם מעורבים עתה ולא ידעו איש את שבטו, ...
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Maaser on Sal Klita
The short answer to your first question is yes. The short answer to your second question is any income from any source.
As explained in When does the obligation of Maaser money begin? ma'aser applies ...
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Flying to Eretz Yisrael or G-d transporting him to there?
Rambam writes (Hilkhot Teshuva 9:10) that his predecessors (cf. Berakhot 34b)[i] write that there is no difference between this era, and the coming epoch, except foreign subjugation (which will be ...
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Converting in US and making Aliyah
Conversion isn't always necessary if you are looking to make Aliyah. The political situation in Israel is such that the state has a separate definition of Jewishness from the Rabbinate. It gets ...
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Law of Return and Step Children
Stepchildren must be allowed in under the Law of Return, witness a very specific case described below:
https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-despite-grievances-cuban-olim-feel-lucky-to-be-...
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Source for diaspora Jews not being able to return to the Land of Israel during the days of the Messiah
the prophesy about moshiach in isaiah chapter 11 ends with a very detailed description about the gathering of the exiles see there. prophesies about קיבוץ גליות the gathering of the exiles, are found ...
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Why did G-d get angry with Moses' prayers?
The Likutei Besser Lekutei (ad. loc.) brings (among other sources) the following: The jewish people was about to enter the land. The LBL then brings a Gemara in berachot saying that if a person pleads ...
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Usage of "Making Aaliyah"
"Making Aliyah" is the phrase used for someone moving to Eretz Yisrael permanently. "Having an Aliyah" is used for someone being called to the Torah. We say on the yahtzeit (anniversary of a person's ...
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When do you become "Ben Eretz Yisrael" as far as the laws regarding doing only 1 day of Hag?
In the beginning of the sefer "Yom Tov Sheini K'hilchasa", Rav Shlomo Zalman and the Chazon Ish are both quoted as saying that if someone who is not Israeli is in Israel on Yom Tov and makes ...
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Importance of Aliyah in judaism
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein ruled that there is no obligation to move to Israel nowadays, but if one does they fulfill a positive mitzvah of the Torah.
See Igros Moshe, Even Ha'ezer (a), page 253, last ...
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