judaism
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Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever of the Chovevei Zion: Military conquest not allowed in our time
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever (1824-1898) was a leader of the Chovevei Zion movement. In an article printed in the book Shivas Tzion, he exhorts his fellow Jews to buy farmland in Palestine and till the soil. After quoting the Ramban in Sefer Hamitzvos, who says that settling in the land is a positive commandment that applies…
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Okay, but what do we do about it now?
The purpose of my book was to raise awareness of a problem. How to solve it is another story. In fact, many people have questioned the purpose in studying a subject when we have no workable solution. Therefore, I’ve dedicated this section of the site, “The Future” to talking about the solutions that have been…
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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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