Love of the Land

Love of the Land

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Love of the Land
Selections from classical Torah sources
which express the special relationship between
the People of Israel and Eretz Yisrael

    The Land of Israel
  1. Aware Through the Air
  2. Worth Moving For
  3. Where The Good Gold Is
  4. Other Worldly Experiences
  5. Sage On The Bridge
  6. Land of the Deer
  7. Kissing The Earth
  8. First In Creation
  9. Stones of Substance
  10. Four Cubits To Eternity
  11. Made For Each Other
  12. The Waterproof Land
  13. Land of Milk and Honey
  14. By Any Other Name
  15. The Land of Return
  16. A Sacred Birthright
  17. Share in the Land
  18. The Motive of Moshe
  19. A City and a Throne
  20. Remembering the Land
  21. Giving Expression To Love
  22. Gateway to Heaven
  23. Where Wisdom is Widespread
  24. Enough to be Thankful For
  25. A Desirable Portion
  26. Measure for Measure
  27. The Merit System
  28. The Heavenly Gift
  29. Price of Prosperity
  30. The Torah and the Land
  31. The Missing Ingredient
  32. Mitzvah Monopoly
  33. The Great Lover of the Land
  34. Home Is Where The Heart Is
  35. Stones Like Iron
  36. The Consolation of Desolation
  37. Those Who Should Love the Land
  38. The Other Jerusalem
  39. Why Cry? - A Tale of Two Cities
  40. What's In A Name
  41. Where Angels Fear To Tread
  42. The Critical Condition
  43. Indirect Vandalism
  44. Zecher Lemikdash - Seeking Zion
  45. The Loftiest Level
  46. Indirect Vandalism
  47. The Promised Land

    Cities of Israel

  48. Jerusalem - Yerushalayim
  49. Hebron
  50. Rechovot
  51. Beit El
  52. Beit Lechem (Bethlehem)
  53. Tel Aviv - Jaffa
  54. Modi'in
  55. Haifa
  56. Bnei Brak
  57. Beit Shean
  58. Antipatris
  59. Beit She’arim
  60. Tsipori
  61. Tiberias (Teveriya)
  62. Peki'in
  63. Ein Gedi
  64. The Walled Cities of Eretz Israel
  65. Afula
  66. Beit Shemesh
  67. Beersheba
  68. Gilgal - The First Korban Pesach In The Land We Love
  69. Yavneh
  70. Ashkelon
  71. Megiddo
  72. Ashdod
  73. Gagot Tzerifin and Ayin Sukar: Two Places, Two Grains, Two Holidays
  74. Akko
  75. Jericho
  76. Tsefat

    Places in Israel

  77. Yam HaMelach (Dead Sea)
  78. Nehar Hayarden (Jordan River)
  79. Yam Kinneret (Sea Of Galilee)
  80. Mount Tavor

    More Cities &
    Places in Israel

  81. Azaikah
  82. Lod
  83. Eilat
  84. Har Hazeitim - Mount of Olives
  85. Har Hatzofim - Mount Scopus
  86. Tekoah
  87. Nov
  88. Shiloh
  89. Har Gerizim And Har Eyval
  90. Kiryat Sefer
  91. Tifrach
  92. Zichron Yaakov
  93. Motza
  94. Ein Dor
  95. Telz Stone - Kiryat Yearim
  96. Ein Charod
  97. Mount Gilboa
  98. Shunem
  99. Valley of Ayalon (Emek Ayalon)

    Landmarks & Sites in Israel

  100. Nebi Samuil (Tomb of the Prophet Shmuel)
  101. Jaffa Gate (Sha'ar Yaffo)
  102. The Carmel Plan
  103. Old City Gates
  104. Gofnit
  105. The "Desirable Land"
  106. Hosting The Divine Presence
  107. Machaneh Yehuda
  108. Mishkenot Sha'ananim
  109. Aveiloh Bet Ma'acha
  110. Valley Of Elah
  111. Gush Chalav
  112. Petach Tikva
  113. Rishon Letziyon
  114. Sephardic Synagogues of Old Jerusalem
  115. Yesod Hama'ala
  116. Kiryat Shemona
  117. Shemer
  118. A Land Like Yours
  119. Land of the Living
  120. The Desirable Land
  121. Alonei Mamrei
  122. Beth El
  123. The Land that has Everything
  124. The Almost Volcano
  125. Timnat Serach
  126. Yosef's Tomb
  127. Unchallengable Claim

    People of the Land
  128. Adam - Making of a Man
  129. Noach - A Tale of Two Survivors
  130. Noach - The Perpetual Altar
  131. Shem - King of the Righteous City
  132. Avraham - A Sense of the Land
  133. Avraham - Avraham and the Promised Land
  134. Avraham - Avraham and the City of Peace
  135. Yitzchak - Too Good for Anywhere Else
  136. Yitzchak - The Original Meah Shearim
  137. Yitzchak - Restating the Claim
  138. Yitzchak - Wells for Eternity
  139. Yitzchak - Fulfillment of a Prophecy
  140. Yaakov - Fulfillment of a Vow
  141. Yaakov - A Priceless Plot
  142. Yaakov - Laying the Foundation
  143. Rachel - The Pleading Mother
  144. Yosef - Proud of His Origins
  145. Yosef - A Reson to Return
  146. Binyamin - Born in Holiness
  147. Moshe - "515 Ways to Get There"
  148. Yehoshua - "A National Brit"
  149. Yehoshua - Conquerer of the Land
  150. Yehoshua - Stopper of the Sun
  151. Yehoshua - The Passing of a Giant
  152. Kalev - Reward for the Faithful Spy
  153. Kalev and Othniel - A Tale of Two Brothers
  154. Gideon - The Numbers that Count
  155. Shimshon - The Powerful Judge
  156. Devorah - A Mother in Israel
  157. Barak - The Modest Warrior
  158. Shmuel - Borrowed from Hashem


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General Editor: Rabbi Moshe Newman
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