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This Land Is My Land
Given by Rabbi Chaim Wasserman, This Land Is My Land is on ongoing series of messages about the history and the various ideas concerning religious Zionism and the modern day return en masse to the Land of Israel (Shivat Zion) which will appear about three times a month. Rabbi Chaim Wasserman served as the rabbi of Young Israel of Passaic-Clifton, New Jersey for nearly four decades. At the same time, he taught a college accredited course to seniors at Bruriah High School on "The History and Ideology of Zionism" for which he developed a 400-page study manual and sourcebook. Rabbi Wasserman is the founding editor of "The Rabbi's Letter", a professional quarterly for congregational rabbis. He presently resides with his wife, Leah, in Jerusalem. If you have any comments or questions for Rabbi Wasserman, please contact him at . |
The NeTZiV: On Board With Chovevei Tziyon: Part I
Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin, known as the NeTZiV, was the eminent rosh yeshivah of Volozhin for some 40 years. The yeshiva was known as the mother of all yeshivot in the second half of the 19th century. He was considered by the leaders of Chovevei Tziyon as its ideological decisor once he publicly declared his support for the resettlement movement of Jews in Eretz Yisrael. (Segment 20)
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One Great Lover of Zion: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part 5
ONE GREAT LOVER OF ZION:Part Five: Rav Shmuel Mohilever, the driving force behind the Chovevei Tziyyon movement, could not attend Herzl's first World Zionist Congress convened in Basle, Switzerland in August, 1897; his advanced age and failing health precluded any distant travelling. The historic Congress, however, began with the reading of a long message sent by Mohilever and delivered by Mohilever's grandson who himself was a delegate to the Congress. (Segment 19)
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One Great Lover of Zion: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part 4
ONE GREAT LOVER OF ZION: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part Four: The drive to have Jews settle on land outside of the crowded, ancient cities of Jerusalem and Chevron and have them create agricultural settlements for sustenance and for profit created a new challenge for them in 1889 which was to be a year of Shmittah, a sabbatical year for all agricultural activities according to the Torah. How would Shmittah be dealt with in these fledgling farming communities? (Segment 18)
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One Great Lover of Zion: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part 3
ONE GREAT LOVER OF ZION: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part Three: Rav Shmuel Mohilever, that Great Lover of Zion, spent 23 years, the last third of his life, in relentless activity on behalf of the resettlement of Russian Jewry in Eretz Yisrael. Two documents reveal his boundless passion for all sorts of practical activities in getting Jews resettled in Eretz Yisrael . (Segment 17)
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One Great Lover of Zion: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part 2
ONE GREAT LOVER OF ZION: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part Two: A leading talmid chacham of his days who relentlessly works for the emigration of Jews to Eretz Yisrael and their settlement there. He was the one who convinced the single greatest philanthropist on behalf of Eretz Yisrael of the importance of supporting this venture. He had to tirelessly mediate between the fervently religious and the no-longer observant maskilim that they must work together in this massive return of the Jews to their homeland. (Segment 16)
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One Great Lover of Zion: Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part 1
ONE GREAT LOVER OF ZION : Rav Shmuel Mohilever - Part One: 1881-1882, and a new, but infamous, era in Jewish history begins. Relentless pogroms break out within Russia. This time these anti-Semitic acts of violence signal the beginning of the end of a long and glorious history of the largest Jewish community in the world at that time. But where shall the down-trodden refugees find a haven? Hundreds of thousands looked towards America and Eretz Yisrael. (Segment 15)
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Supporters and Resisters
SUPPORTERS AND RESISTERS of the new message of mass return to EY. As the plans of the early precursors of modern Zionism began to take root, the resistance becomes stronger. (Segment 14)
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