My
chevruta, study partners, and I are repeating
Matan's Al Haperek program in which we learn Na"Ch, meaning the Prophets and Writings Sections of the Bible. We enjoyed It so much when the program was running that we decided to repeat it on our own. We finished Joshua and now we're up to Shoftim, Book of Judges.
Learning the Bible puts a very good perspective on today's political situation here in Israel. Certain things get repetitive. I'm not talking about the sins here. I'm talking about conquering the Land. We notice that some cities end up being conquered more than once. Apropos to the fact that we're a half a century, yes a full fifty years, since the miraculous 1967 Six Days War, way back when the Jewish People had to reconquer Land, meaning go to war again for a very simple reason.
Conquering is one thing, but it doesn't change facts on the ground unless you keep the mitzvah of
yishuv ha"Aretz, live in the Land, build homes, cities, plant vineyards etc. That's part of being sovereign.
Unfortunately, successive Israeli Governments have intentionally left most of the Land we liberated in 1967
judenrein, empty of Jews. In addition it hasn't been fully annexed and made part of sovereign Israel. That's why we're under diplomatic and terrorist attack.
It's not enough to have a miraculous victory of Biblical proportions. We must use the Land for the good of the Jewish People. Gd willing, speedily in our days...
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| Shiloh celebrating 40 years |
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| Ancient Biblical Shiloh |
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| Ancient Biblical Shiloh |
