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What Is Our Right to the Land?
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What Is Our Right to the Land?Torah is replete with references about the special connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. Yet Rashi, the foremost commentator of Torah, sees it in the very first words of the book of Genesis: “In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the Earth.”
What Is Our Right to the Land?
Disc 145, Program 579
Event Date: 29 Tishrei 5740 - October 20, 1979
Torah is replete with references about the special connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. Yet Rashi, the foremost commentator of Torah, sees it in the very first words of the book of Genesis: “In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the Earth.” According to Rashi, the first verse in Torah provides the Jewish people with an indisputable claim to the Land of Israel; one they must proclaim to an often hostile world. |
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Rivky Weinfeld
October 7, 2026
fantastic shiur! Thanks a lot!
מנחם מענדל
July 27, 2025
The point of this sicha is that jews should explain logically to the non jews Rashi's point. So why worry? This is so simple
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Our land, in principle yes, but we were exiled, and with good reason as in the Mussaf of Yuntif, ....
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, וּמִפְּנֵי חֲטָאֵינוּ גָּלִינוּ מֵאַרְצֵנוּ, וְנִתְרַחַקְנוּ מֵעַל אַדְמָתֵנוּ, וְאֵין אֲנַחְנוּ יְכוֹלִים לַעֲשׂוֹת קָרְבְּנוֹת חוֹבוֹתֵינוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ. יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ רַחֲמָן, שֶׁתָּשׁוּב וּתְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל מִקְדָּֽשְׁךָֽ בְּרַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים, וְתִבְנֵהוּ מְהֵרָה וּתְגַדֵּל כְּבוֹדוֹ.
And at Shacharit ... רִבּון הָעולָמִים. אַתָּה צִוִּיתָנוּ לְהַקְרִיב קָרְבַּן הַתָּמִיד בְּמועֲדו וְלִהְיות כּהֲנִים בַּעֲבודָתָם וּלְוִיִּם בְּדוּכָנָם וְיִשרָאֵל בְּמַעֲמָדָם. וְעַתָּה בַּעֲונותֵינוּ חָרֵב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וּבָטֵל הַתָּמִיד. וְאֵין לָנוּ לא כהֵן בַּעֲבודָתו וְלא לֵוִי בְּדוּכָנו וְלא יִשרָאֵל בְּמַעֲמָדו
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or do we not have to return to HaShem who will send Moshiach?
Right now we are GUESTS there with our human rights, until HaShem ends our exile.