The Chofetz Chaim on the Relationship Between the Torah and the Land of Israel

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, good morning everyone. Uh, as you may have realized, I was in Artistra the last week. So, I want to share with you something on paras paras. Uh, and the reason is because first of all, we missed it last week and you'll see it's relevant to uh's perspect perspective on the land of Israel. Take a look at this. Somebody uh Israel. Take a look at this. Somebody uh mentioned to me while I was there if I saw I'm not sure if this is what he was referring to, but this is a really good one. The are from the acquisitions Hashem purchased in this world. So the question is are they are they connected to each other? Is a relationship between and They are connected. The soul is the body is now. So the Torah is the soul and the body and Israel is the body. Now everybody knows that if the body is not functioning the soul has no functionability in this world either. So a a soul needs a body. The soul alone cannot be sustained. The soul alone cannot be sustained. Needs a body. The body itself is just a cloud of earth. It needs a soul. The soul of the Jew is a body of the Jew is the land of Israel. It is absolutely sure uh certain the soul cannot exist without the body tora cannot exist without

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1. 0:01Okay, good morning everyone. Uh, as you may have realized, I was in Artistra the last…
2. 0:31Israel. Take a look at this. Somebody uh mentioned to me while I was there if…
3. 1:02They are connected. The soul is the body is now. So the Torah is the soul…
4. 1:35The soul alone cannot be sustained. Needs a body. The body itself is just a cloud…
5. 2:09all the dependent on the land you can't fulfill without it's not only those mitzvah like…
6. 2:41Here they make false accusations against us. In the gulus, as difficult as it is, we…
7. 3:31Look on the bottom. Never divert his attention from the mitzvah of living. I remember 1918,…
8. 4:01broke out crying what's the what room is there for joy didn't hashem promise us that…
9. 4:31And now a guy in England agrees that we could have a little parcel of land…
10. 5:01He continued to cry. I'd like to have a great day. See everybody Monday. >> Recording…

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