(For the previous chapter of “The Land I Will Show You, click here. For the ToC, click here.) 5: Conclusion of Previous Chapters It is a minority opinion that residing in Eretz Yisrael is included as a mitzvah among the 613 mitzvahs. But even if residing in Eretz Yisrael is not included in the number of mitzvahs, according to everyone it stands at the center of the entire Torah, and this itself creates a great moral obligation to reside in it. The difference between an official mitzvah and such a mitzvah is only in the quality of the obligation created: whether it is an absolute obligation or an obligation that depends on the understanding of its idea.
The Land I Will Show You, sec. 1, chapter 5
The Land I Will Show You, sec. 1, chapter 5
The Land I Will Show You, sec. 1, chapter 5
(For the previous chapter of “The Land I Will Show You, click here. For the ToC, click here.) 5: Conclusion of Previous Chapters It is a minority opinion that residing in Eretz Yisrael is included as a mitzvah among the 613 mitzvahs. But even if residing in Eretz Yisrael is not included in the number of mitzvahs, according to everyone it stands at the center of the entire Torah, and this itself creates a great moral obligation to reside in it. The difference between an official mitzvah and such a mitzvah is only in the quality of the obligation created: whether it is an absolute obligation or an obligation that depends on the understanding of its idea.