Rabbi Druckman on Vayechi: Don’t bury me in Egypt!
Why is it so important to Yaakov to be buried in Eretz Yisrael and not in Egypt? Rav Chaim Druckman zts"l answers this question.
Why is it so important to Yaakov to be buried in Eretz Yisrael and not in Egypt? Rav Chaim Druckman zts"l answers this question.
How can our Sages say that there is no Torah in the Diaspora? The Jews continued learning Torah all over the world.
When Am Yisrael is scattered and out of its place, then the Name of G-d, which is the Torah, cannot come to full expression in this world
Rabbi Yossi bar Chalafta said to Rabbi Yishmael his son: 'If you wish to see the Shechinah in this world, learn Torah in Eretz Yisrael.'
The word “Morasha” (inheritance) is written only twice in the Torah. Once in reference to the Land and once in reference to the Torah
55 years ago the two parts of divided Yerushalayim were reunited – east and west. Now we must reunite celestial and physical Jerusalem.
What is the best way to make the world a better place. Revolution or Evolution? What was Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's misconception?
There is no rational explanation for this country's victory in 1948 and its success. We thank Hashem for it, but a new holiday? and Hallel?
The Exodus from Egypt constitutes a revolution in the concept of reality.
Only when Am Yisrael returns to its full vitality in Eretz Yisrael, is the Divine flow of life to all things activated.
The Gerrer Rebbe explains that when the Jews enter the Land of Israel they receive a "Neshama Yeteira" as it says: One nation in the Land.
The essential message of Torah is directed to the Nation as a whole.If one soul was not at Sinai, we would not have received the Torah.
Seeing beyond the external, secular facade of Modern Zionism requires a higher perspective, like the all-encompassing vision of Rabbi Akiva.
Jewish independence in Eretz Yisrael ushers in the Messianic era.
An independent Jewish government is not just a political accomplishment or a refuge against enemies, but the beginning of the Redemption.
'Eim HaBanim Semeichah', by a great Haredi Torah scholar, Rabbi Yisachar Shlomo Teichtal Hy'd, explains why haredi anti-Zionism is wrong..