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 •