Halacha:

Israel 

Machshava:

Rav Kook,  Religious Zionism,  Yom Ha'atzmaut 

Collections: R' Shvat The Centrality of Eretz Yisrael in Judaism

Description

Chazal teach us that "Living in Eretz Yisrael is equated with the rest of the mitzvot combined", but the quesion is: Why?. This classic she'ur suggest 6 different expalantaions to that phrase, and why Yishuv Eretz Yisrael is such a unique mitzva, who's specialness is expressed halachically in many practical applications. The reasons range from halachic, technical, historic, philosophic and kabbalistic.