“The Land that I Will Show You” In the article on the mitzvah of Aliyah, we will explore some halachic questions about the journey itself. Before making Aliyah, Rabbi Mordechai Tzion was Rabbi of Kehilat Ohr Tzion, in Buffalo, NY. In Israel, he has translated several...
Not Even on the Radar In Part 2 of our series on Aliyah, we will hear from a few more former American Rabbis now living in Israel. But first, it is interesting always edifying to hear what Gedolim have said about the mitzvah of living in Israel. It is told that Rabbi...
Where is the Aliyah from America? If you ask a Chabadnik in Crown Heights why he doesn’t move to Israel, he is likely to answer that he loves Eretz Yisrael, and that the Rebbe spoke out strongly against proposals to surrender parts of the Land for peace, and that many...
“I Was Wrong!” I could cite an impressive list of Torah giants who emphasize that the Torah obligation to live in Eretz Yisrael applies in every generation, but it wouldn’t do any good. Jews in the Diaspora who want to believe otherwise will respond with a list of...
“The Kuzari” Arguably one of the Top Ten books on Judaism ever written, “The Kuzari,” by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, is universally accepted as a classic of Torah scholarship. After the Rabbi explains the role of the Jewish People as G-d’s Chosen Nation, who are commanded to...
