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If masses of Jews in Eretz Yisroel violates the oaths, what about the Jews between the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kochba?
A quick question regarding the hypothesis of your book. How do you understand the time of Bar Kochba,as I’m sure you would be quick to agree, at that time the oaths did apply halachacly speaking, the proof for that is that we see from Chazal that the Jewish people got punished for transgressing the oaths.…
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The Zera Shimshon’s opinion on the oaths
(This question relates to p. 258 of the book I Will Await Him.) Happy Chanukah, I was learning Zera Shimshon on Vayeishev, section 8, and found an explicit reference that holds that if gentiles oppress us more than the measure, we’re not allowed to exit the golus. I looked up that Zera Shimshon. He is saying…
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The Khazar Correspondence and its implications for Jewish statehood
(Based on the English edition of I Will Await Him, p. 466, and the Hebrew Achakeh Lo p. 341.) Q: In the eighth century, the king of the Khazar nation and much of its aristocracy converted to Judaism. Judaism remained the official religion of the nation until it was conquered by the Kievan Rus in…
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Letter of support from Rabbi Yechezkel Rubin
Rabbi Yechezkel Rubin, Rav of the Tomashover Beis Medrash of Flatbush, writes in his letter of approbation, printed in the sefer: “The subject of this book is a matter of supreme importance, relevant to emunah and hoping for the geulah. This is especially significant at this time, as the Jewish people sits and awaits moshiach…
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Where to get the book
Both editions of the book are available for online purchase in the US. In addition, they are available for free download. Buy the English edition Buy the Hebrew edition Download the English edition Download the Hebrew edition In Eretz Yisroel, physical copies may be purchased from Shaar Hasefer in Jerusalem, or Abramovitch Seforim in Bnei…
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Letter of support from Rabbi Mordechai Marcus
Rabbi Mordechai Marcus zt”l, Rav of Congregation Beth Medrash Govoha of Flatbush, writes in his letter of approbation, printed in the sefer: “My signature testifies that Rabbi Yirmiyahu Cohen, a wise young man whom I have known for many years, came before me. I know him as someone whose Yiras Shomayim precedes his chochma and…
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Letter of support from Rabbi Elya Ber Wachtfogel
Rabbi Elya Ber Wachtfogel, Rosh Yeshiva of South Fallsburg, writes in his letter of approbation, printed in the sefer: “The sefer Achakeh Lo is overflowing with material on a legal subject that is very relevant in our time, the subject of the Three Oaths. I see that the author has covered all the details of…
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Review published on The Lehrhaus
A Controversial Halakhic Case Against the State of Israel By Shmuel Silberman January 3, 2019 I Will Await Him by Yirmiyahu Cohen (Natruna Publishers, 2018) thoughtfully advocates a position anathema to many Lehrhaus readers: anti-Zionism. After arguing that the establishment of the State of Israel violates Halakhah,[1] Cohen goes on to claim that the State is illegitimate, and religious…
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