The Land I Will Show You, table of contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section 1: The Mitzvah to Reside in Eretz Yisrael

1: The Opinion of the Ramban: Residing in EY is Counted as one of the 613 Mitzvahs

2: The Opinion of the Majority of the Sages who Disagree with the Ramban

3: Other Sources for the Mitzvah to Reside in EY

4: The Definition of “Mitzvah”

5: Conclusion of Previous Chapters

Section 2: The Three Oaths that Hashem Adjured the Jewish People

1: The Three Oaths and their Severity

2: The Oaths as Prohibition

3: The Oaths as Warning against Danger

4: Transgression of the Oaths as Cause for the Holocaust

5: Conclusion

Section 3: The Decree of Exile and its Ramifications

1: The Mitzvah of Residing in EY during the Exilic Era

2: The Decree of Exile vis-à-vis the Mitzvah to Reside in EY

3: Divine Decrees, the Good, and Mitzvahs

4: Actions in Opposition to the Divine Plan

5: Waiting for Complete Redemption

6: The Advantages of EY during the Exilic Era

7: Is EY Exclusively for Righteous People?

Section 4: The Jewish People in the Diaspora – Generations that Didn’t Return to Eretz Yisrael

1: Those Who Didn’t Return

2: Conditions in the Mitzvah to Reside in EY

3: The Nature of the Mitzvah to Reside in EY, for Righteous People

4: The Babylonian Community in the Second Temple Era

5: The Opinion of the Babylonian Sages Regarding Return to the Land

6: Remembrance and Exile; Establishing the Era of Second Temple

Section 5: Who Should be in Exile and When?

1: Opposition of the Jews in Israel toward Diaspora Jews

2: The Length of the Exile

3: Exilic People – the Divine Plan and the Oaths

4: Is Redemption Truly Dependent on Us?

5: Prophecy, Idolatry and Rectifying the Sin of the Spies

6: The Sin that Caused the Shechinah to not Return to the Second Temple

7: “If a Wall” – Did the Nation of Israel Pass the Test?

8: Changes in the Torah

9: The Secret of Exile and Redemption

10: Divine Redemption as Opposed to Human Redemption

11: The Decree of Exile and the Possibility of Repentance

Section 6: The Problem of the Mitzvahs of the Land

1: The Opinion of Rabbi Chaim Kohen – There is Currently no Mitzvah to Reside in EY

2: What is the Halachah?

3: Rectifying the Sin of Tithes as Preparation for Return to Zion

Section 7: The Concept of Eretz Yisrael

Introduction

1: The Opinion of Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi: Eretz Yisrael is the Place of the Divine Providence

2: The Opinion of Rambam: Eretz Yisrael is the Place of the Jewish Nation

3: The Opinion of Ramban: Eretz Yisrael is the Place Exclusive to Hashem

4: Seeing the Land

5: Hashem’s Vision in Contrast to Man’s Vision

6: Knowledge of Hashem in the Land

7: On the Good

8: The Binding of Yitzchak and the Mission of the Spies

9: Heaven on Earth

10: Rectifying the Sin of the Spies

11: Tzitzis and Proper Vision

12: Tzitzis, Resurrection of the Dead, and the Sanctity of the Land

13: The Half-Shekel Coin: Group and Individual Identity

Conclusion