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The latest from Rabbi Brand; it’s too short to summarize.

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I highly recommend the following article. The most interesting sentence for me (I like hard, unequivocal sources):

Hebrew sovereignty over Eretz Yisrael is the foundation for proper Torah observance (see Mishnah Torah Hilkhot Ḥanukah 3:1, the Ramban’s supplement to the Rambam’s Sefer HaMitzvot 4, Shulḥan ArukhEven HaEzer 75:6, Pesikta Rabati 34, Magid Mesharim Parshat Vayikra and Ḥesed L’Avraham 3:7) and Hashem’s Divine blueprint for mankind demands Jewish independence in the historic Jewish homeland.

Mitzvos cannot, practically speaking, be fully active without sovereignty (Geography is less important for this; Uganda works).

From Arutz Sheva, here.

I just heard the following quote from Rabbi Steinman:

לא נלחמים באייפון בהפגנות אלא באביי ורבא

My paraphrase:

One does not battle open internet access by protest rallies, but by Gemara study.

Here’s a quote from an architect of the Oslo Peace Accords:

“Peace is not a goal in and of itself. It is the means to bring Israel from one era to the next; to the era that I consider the era of the normal state. ‘Israelization’ of society instead of its ‘Judaization’ will foster the synthesis of Jewish nationalism, flourishing of Israeli culture, separation of religion and state and complete equality for the Arab minority in Israel.” (Ron Pundak, Jan. ’14)

(Thanks to Moshe Feiglin. Again.)

Oslo is not just our physical destruction but our religious ruin as well (“Shmad”).

This is shocking to admit to ourselves, but the Rabbis who endorsed the peace process with ridiculous claims of “land for Pikuach Nefesh” – i.e., almost all of them – were and still are destroying Judaism itself. Rabbi Brand has often pointed this out.