The Land of Israel & the Jews From a Spiritual Perspective

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

Okay, today we're going to talk about Israel, the heart of every Jew. And what we're looking to do is understand the connection between the land of Israel and the people of Israel. To understand the spiritual connection because a little bit of a disclaimer here to start off, today we're not going to be talking about anything politically. A lot of times people talk about Israel or Jerusalem and quickly the conversation turns to politics or Israel advocacy, but this is not my topic. My topic here today is to understand the spiritual connection between the land of Israel and the people of Israel. Now, in order to understand the spiritual connection between the land of Israel and the people of Israel, we're going to have to understand what is the essence of land, what is the essence of people, and what is the essence of Israel. If we can go ahead and understand that clearly, we'll be able to ultimately come out with an understanding of the connection between the land of Israel and the people of Israel. So, in order to understand the essence of land, people, and Israel, we need to understand how do we understand the essence of anything? So, there's a couple of ways to do that. Uh one way is by understanding

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