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Three Oaths, Secular Zionists, and the Balfour Declaration: A Religious Dilemma?

Speaker:: Rabbi Avraham Wein
Date:: December 03 2025

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Halacha:

Israel

Machshava:

History

Collections: R' Wein Medinat Yisrael Where History Meets Halacha

Description

How did/do religious Jews respond to Secular Zionism and the Balfour Declaration? Also a discussion of responses to the three oaths (שלש שבועות). Part of the "Medinat Yisrael: Where History Meets Halacha series."

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Three Oaths, Secular Zionists, and the Balfour Declaration: A Religious Dilemma?

Halacha:

Israel

Machshava:

History

Collections: R' Wein Medinat Yisrael Where History Meets Halacha

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Three Oaths, Secular Zionists, and the Balfour Declaration: A Religious Dilemma?

Halacha: Israel Machshava: History

Collections: R' Wein Medinat Yisrael Where History Meets Halacha

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Halacha:

Israel

Machshava:

History