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The Fallacy of Surrendering Land in Hopes of Peace PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 17 January 2011 10:21

Part One: Why Is It Wrong?

Rav Ovadiah says that you should surrender land to save lives, but his Talmudic source discusses a threat to an individual, not a nation. A Scriptural example of a judge who ignores Rav Ovadiah's edict. His logic doesn't allow a Jewish state to exist. How to deal with Israel's enemies. Why Torah sages couldn't have set up the State of Israel.


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Part Two: We Don't Need the Land, Right?

The philosophy behind giving Israel to its enemies: King Solomon surrendered Jewish land, so we can't we? Jews don't need the land of Israel, merely for the world to leave us alone. Is a suicide bombing an act of war?


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Part Three: The Misswah of Eress Yisrael
The Ramban explains the Torah misswah of settling and living in the land of Israel. Why a Jew who leaves Eress Yisrael is like an idol worshipper. A Jew can buy land in Eress Yisrael from a goy even on Shabbath.


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Part Four: Observing the Misswah of Eress Yisrael
How to fulfill the misswah of settling the land of Israel without living here. Why the Rambam does not count it among the 613 misswoth. The reason that a great Torah scholar was wrong about establishing the state.


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