Coming home : living in the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition and thought / Rabbi Dov Lipman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipman, Dov Moshe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestine--In rabbinical literature.

Palestine.

Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Emigration and immigration.

Israel--Emigration and immigration.

Israel.

Palestine in rabbinical literature.

Rabbinical literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 141 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem ; New York : Gefen Publishing House ; Edison, NJ Gefen Books, [2018 = 5778]

Summary:

Haim Lifshitz relates in his book on Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, Shivchei Harayah, Someone once told Rabbi Kook, God willing, we will move to the Land of Israel. Rav Kook replied, 'God is certainly willing. What counts is that you be willing.' Rabbi Dov Lipmans Coming Home, a survey of Jewish thought on the significance of living in the Land of Israel, is epitomized by this exchange. Coming Home presents the sources in classic Jewish texts regarding the primacy of living in the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition. Beginning with the story of the first aliyah Avraham to twentieth-century leaders, the book includes sources, commentaries, and stories to make the point that living in the Land of Israel is among the highest ideals in Judaism. The book can be appreciated by teenagers through seniors and can be used as a basis for a syllabus or curriculum for a course in schools and synagogues

Contents:

1. Destination : the Land of Israel

2. Benefits of living in the Land of Israel

3. Lech Lecha : the first aliyah

4. A Talmudic passage

5. The Ramban

6. Rav Yehuda Halevi

7. Rav Yaakov Emden : "Sulam Beit El"

8. The Vilna Gaon : Kol Hator

9. Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld

10. Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook

11. Eim Habanim Semeichah

12. Israel's special mitzvot

13. The beginning of the redemption

14. The mitzvah to live in the Land of Israel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"Coming Home presents the sources in classic Jewish texts regarding the primacy of living in the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition. Beginning with the story of the first aliyah - Avraham - to twentieth-century rabbinic leaders, the book includes sources, commentaries, and stories to make the point that living in the Land of Israel is among the highest ideals in Judaism. The book can be appreciated by teenagers through seniors and can be used as a basis for a syllabus or curriculum for a course in schools and synagogues"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9789652299369

9652299367

OCLC:

1004225072