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Rav Moshe Feinstein's opinion on the State of Israel
Interesting question and it is true that artscroll's biography of R Moshe Feinstein doesn't address the question explicitly.
Here are a few relevant statements showing R Moshe's position. From the ...
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What should one do to help Israel during war?
HaRav Asher Weiss shlita sent out a clip (in Hebrew) with divrei chizuk and hisorerus on his WhatsApp group (to join - https://chat.whatsapp.com/JSImuTgfWWlEGjwwqgvFSO). It is also now on Torah ...
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Rav Moshe Feinstein's opinion on the State of Israel
Need to provide sources, but on one foot, I think the best way to describe his position was: "a convenient distance." Zionism wasn't Rav Moshe's raison d'etre; neither was anti-Zionism. When you're ...
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Did the state of Israel fulfill ancient prophecy?
There are numerous prophecies about the Messianic era and they are generally viewed together as a "single package". As such, Orthodox Judaism is hesitant to declare a single prophecy of that package ...
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The Halachic Reasoning Behind the Neturei Karta
This question is far too broad to answer here but the essence of what they follow is based upon the teachings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum.
There are two primary sources that lay out their approach. The ...
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Does a person who kills someone by accident have to go live in Chevron nowadays?
The Sefer HaChinuch writes as follows:
Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah # 410
ונוהגת מצוה זו בזמן שישראל על אדמתן וסנהדרין של שבעים ואחד יושבין
במקומן המוכן להם בירושלם לדין דיני נפשות
And this ...
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What should one do to help Israel during war?
HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch spoke about the recent events to his talmidims. He said that:
“Each one should go learn because every little bit of limmud Torah can provide salvation. The danger is ...
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Responsa/Rabbinic Thought on Israeli Reprisal Operations
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli wrote a lengthy essay on the subject shortly after Qibiya, published in his book עמוד הימיני, pp. 113-139. He first noted:
"מאז נסתיימה המלחמה ה"רשמית" של מדינות ...
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Did the state of Israel fulfill ancient prophecy?
While the verse cited does predict a return of the Jews to the land of Israel it also includes details which have not yet been realized. The return of large numbers of Jews to Israel and an ...
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Retroactive psak and conversions
Revised psak can be three different things.
1) A Rabbi or Beis din, realizes they made a big mistake. (certain pigs are kosher ... ooops! wrong)
So after the psak (legal decision) is issued (example:...
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Burning the Israeli flag
It might be a chilul Hashem for all the reasons expressed in the comments above. But it might be more than that. Rav Soloveichik believed the Israeli flag has the Halachik status and Holiness of a ...
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What is the best way to keep updated with status of hechsheirim in Israel?
Kosharot is a website dedicated to educating consumers on Kashrut issues in Israel. They publish regular updates which might be exactly what you are looking for.
For an interesting podcast on the ...
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Does the Rashi on Sanhedrin 98a really mean that the state of Israel is going to be conquered?
Disclaimer: This is just an opinion from the Satmar Rav. There are others that feel different about this, but please don't judge if this answer does not suit you. This is the accepted among Satmar-...
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Is there an halachic basis for allowing attacks that may or even will result in civilian casualties?
The Torah has very specific rules about besieging an enemy city- how to offer peace to the inhabitants, not to destroy the fruit trees around the city, etc.
A city- not a military
base or a fort, but ...
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Why, how, and when the switch from "הנותן תשועה למלכים" to "אבינו שבשמים"?
The prayer was instituted in 1948 by the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Chief Rabbis of the newly formed State of Israel, respectively Rabbis Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel and Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. The prayer ...
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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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Is it a Mitzva Deorayta (Biblical Commandment) to serve in the IDF?
Reb Shlomo Zalman Auerbach says IDF soldiers may risk their lives to recover the body of a slain comrade because if soldiers think that if they are killed their bodies will be left in the field this ...
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What should one do to help Israel during war?
Rav Michoel Sorotzkin https://youtu.be/F_XmSeR23OA quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky Zt"l who would always tell people to learn something that has to do with the problem.
For example, during the Gulf ...
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Is there an halachic basis for allowing attacks that may or even will result in civilian casualties?
Even in a defensive war (which will be the presumed context going forward), first you offer peace. Then you offer anyone from the enemy who wishes to flee to be able to flee, and let them - both of ...
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How do soldiers in the IDF obey Deuteronomy 23:13?
One thing that seems to have been overlooked by both the OP and the other, highly upvoted answer, is that the article that the OP cites for the explanation of this Mitzvah already answered the ...
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Seeking conversion programmes in Israel for women
There are least two organizations focused on supporting women converts in Israel through the conversion process
Machon Meir/Machon Ora (here and here)
ITIM (here)
In addition here are three serious ...
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Can someone who lives in Israel visit Eilat?
Rav Wosner(zatzal) and Rav Yitzchak Yosef (shlita) paskened it is not part of Israel according to halacha, and one may not go there strictly for a pleasure trip.
Sources :
http://revach.net/halacha/...
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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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In Israel, what is the difference between l'mehadrin and badatz
Mehadrin is a general term, meaning enhanced/ stricter kashrut. People use it to describe a particular standard, or they might mean a general term for one or several hechsherim (kosher supervisions) e....
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How do I determine kashrut status of fresh produce from Israel?
This lists the Last Dates of Kedushas Shevi’is, Sefichin and Biur 5775/5776:
http://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/3023/last-dates-of-kedushas-sheviis-sefichin-and-biur-57755776/
Here is a ...
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Rav Moshe Feinstein's opinion on the State of Israel
BezH I wrote an extensive article regarding R. Moshe Feinstein's relationship with the State of Israel (including many previously unknown sources), and how it changed over the years to be more ...
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Rabbi Grossman's tzedakkah segula for soldiers
Partial answer...
Possibly see the Kaf HaChaim on SA OC 110:27:
ישתדל ההולך שיעשהו שליח מצוה או יקח בעצמו איזה מטבע ויעשה בו
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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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A Tnach Guidebook to Israel?
I saw this question at the time and knew I had seen such a book but couldn't find it - today I saw it in person (at Pomerantz since I see you are from Yerushalaim) and liked it.
The Bible on ...
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Why, how, and when the switch from "הנותן תשועה למלכים" to "אבינו שבשמים"?
To add to AviSch's answer, this article (Hebrew) from Tzohar has an anecdote which may shed some light on why Hanotein Teshuah was replaced soon after the establishment of the state.
על הזיקה בין ...
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