Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara:

Ketuvot 

Halacha:

Yom Ha'atzmaut 

Machshava:

Geulah,  Hashem,  Leadership,  Religious Zionism,  Torah She-Ba'al Peh,  Yom Ha'atzmaut,  Zionism 

Nach:

Melachim 

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Yom ha-Atzmaut shiur

References: Ketuvot: 110B ,  Ketuvot: 111A ,  Sanhedrin: 98A  

Description

Whether, Why and How Should I Celebrate Yom ha-Atzmaut? Whether, Why and How Should I Celebrate Yom ha-Atzmaut? * Toras Emes and Chayei Olam - We seek to live authentically, according to substantive Torah sources. * Machlokes in both halacha and machshava * The array of actual opinions about hakamas ha-Medina among prewar gedolei Yisrael. * Responses to two major kushyos: Rav Meir Simcha and Shem mi-Shmuel on Kesubos 111a; Radak and Rav M. M. Kasher on yeshuas Hashem via ovdei avoda zara.