Ohr Somayach :: Love Of The Land :: The Motive of Moshe

Why did Moshe Rabbeinu so desire to enter Eretz Yisrael? Surely it was not in order to eat its fruits and enjoy its goodness!

Thus reasoned Moshe: Many of the mitzvot which the Jews have been commanded can be fulfilled only in Eretz Yisrael. I therefore pray to God to allow me to enter the Land so that I will be able to fulfill all of them.

(Mesechta Sotah 14a )

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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