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The Obligation to Immigrate to the Land Of Israel

by Rabbi Mordechai Atiyah

✦ Forward by Yishai Fleisher of Kumah
✦ Introduction: On the Obligation to Make Aliyah to the Land of Israel
1.Jewish People Bring Abundance by Living in the Land
2.The More Jews in the Land, the Better
3.The Torah's Secrets are Within Grasp
4.He Who Comes to the Land, Comes Nearer to His Source
5.Fortunate is One Who Hears a Heavenly Voice
6.The Reason for Stalling Aliyah
7.The Evil Inclination is the Key
8.Those Who Remain Abroad Will Have to Face Judgment
9.The Immigrants Bring About the Return of the Divine Presence
10.Prayer in the Land of Israel: A Direct Route
11.Evil Inclination Entices for its Own Good
12.One Who Makes Aliyah
13.You Shall Walk in His Ways
14.Be Totally Faithful and Pure to Hashem
15.Hearken to Me, You Hard-Hearted
16.The Tribulations of Exile are Caused by Dwelling Outside the Land
17.Those Who Await the Messiah While in Exile
18.Faith in G-d's Providence
19.The Establishment of the State: An Act of Divine Supervision
20.One Must Not Second-Guess G-d's Ways
21.No Security Living Outside the Land
22.The First Miracles: G-d's Miracles at the Establishment of the State
23.Why Spirituality Declines: Discord Among the Leaders
24.To Dwell in the Land is to Take Shelter Beneath the Divine Presence
25.The Obligation to Make Aliyah, Per the Talmud
26.A Little in the Land of Israel is Worth More than the Abundance of Abroad
27.Added Value: Torah Study and Good Deeds in the Land of Israel
28.The Great Mitzvah of Living in the Land of Israel
29.Seeking to Condemn Those Who Dwell in the Land
30.Humility Helps Us Achieve the Land of Israel
31.He Who Resides in the Land is Surrounded by Sanctity
32.A Mitzvah to Believe in the Goodness of the Land
33.Life in Chutz Laaretz: Under the Minister of Gentiles
34.A Return to the Land is a Return to One's Source
35.Why Did Rav Zera Starve Himself?
36.Residence in the Land: A Refuge from the World's Dangers
37.The Privilege of Being Pushed Out
38.Living in Exile: A Dangerous Net
39.The Rishonim Made Aliyah With Tremendous Self-Sacrifice
40.Waiting for Messiah?

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Dedicated in the merit & loving memory of Chaim ben Shlome v'Sara Gitl Gove-Litmanovicz and Yosef ben Yishayahu v'Rachel Masri-Sherem אשרי איש שישמע למצוותיך ותורתך ודברך ישים על לבו

A work quoting the words of our holy teachers, the Sages of blessed memory

of the Medrash and Kabbalah and particularly the opinion of the Divine Tannaitic Sage Rabi Shimon bar Yochai, may his memory protect us

on the topic of The Obligation to Immigrate to the Land Of Israel

by Rabbi Mordechai Atiyah of holy blessed memory

formerly Rabbi of the Rodfei Tzedek Congregation in Mexico City

Translated by Hillel Fendel

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