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A strong connection exists between learning the Land and loving the Land. The more we know about the cities and sites of Eretz Yisrael and the people whose lives were connected with it, the more we learn to love the Land. When we reflect upon the praise of the Land found in the Torah, Talmud, and Midrash, our love grows for a land so beloved to the Creator and to His beloved people.

This section of Love of the Land offers a blend of information on the names of the Land and their significance, historical background on the places and people, and a selection of praises of the Land found in our sacred sources.

It is our hope that readers will gain from the words and photographs in this section a greater understanding of the Land, which will increase their love for it.

Learning the Land

Introduction • Eretz Yisrael • Medinat Yisrael – The State of Israel • Eretz HaMuvtachat – The Promised Land • Eretz Kena’an • Yerushalayim(Jerusalem) • Hebron (Chevron) • Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) • Tel Aviv-Jaffa • Sage on the Bridge • Aware through the Air • Worth Moving For • Otherworldly Experiences • Eretz Avoteinu – Land of Our Fathers • The Dear and Cherished Land • Eretz HaChayim – Land of the Living • Eretz Rechavah – The Spacious Land • Beit El • Haifa (Chaifah) • Modi’in • Tiberias (Tiveriyah) • First in Creation • Land of the Deer • Stones of Substance • Eretz Tovah – The Good Land • Moledet – The Homeland • The Land That Has Everything • The Peaceful Land • Tzefat (Safed) • Jericho (Yericho) • Ashdod • Ashkelon • Where the Good Gold Is • Four Cubits to Eternity • By Any Other Name • Matanah Tovah – The Good Gift • Land of the Perfect Match • Ma’aravah – The Western Land • Road to Reward – The World to Come • Beit Shean • Antipatris • Tzippori • Beit She’arim • Share in the Land • The Motive of Moshe • The Good Land • Shomron – The Mountain of Shemer • Remembering the Land • Giving Expression to Love • Peki’in • Ein Gedi • Beit Shemesh • Beersheva • The Walled Cities of Eretz Yisrael • Yavneh • Gilgal – The First Korban Pesach in the Land We Love • Akko •

Lessons of the Land

Introduction • Gateway to Heaven • Where Wisdom Is Widespread • Enough to Be Thankful For • The Torah and the Land • Gagot Tzerifin and Ayin Sukar: Two Places, Two Grains, Two Holidays • Yam Hamelach (The Dead Sea) • Nehar HaYarden (Jordan River) • Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) • Measure for Measure • The Merit System • A Desirable Portion • The Heavenly Gift • Price of Prosperity • Mount Tavor • Azaikah • Lod • Eilat • The Missing Ingredient • Mitzvah Monopoly • The Great Lover of the Land • Home Is Where the Heart Is • Har HaZeitim (Mount of Olives) • Har HaTzofim (Mount Scopus) • Tifrach • Why Cry? – A Tale of Two Cities • Where Angels Fear to Tread • The Critical Condition • Indirect Vandalism • Zichron Yaakov • Motza • Tekoah • Nov • The Loftiest Level • Shiloh • Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival • Telz Stone – Kiryat Yearim • Ein Charod • Mount Gilboa • Shunem • Ein Dor • Glossary •

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