Venue: NCSY Kollel NCSY Kollel

Gemara:

Yevamot 

Halacha:

Beit Hamikdash,  Israel 

Machshava:

Torah She-Ba'al Peh 

Parsha:

Nitzavim 

Personalities:

Rambam,  Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik 

Yerushalmi:

Sheviis 

Collections: Rabbi Berzon: NCSY Insights of the Rav on Eretz Yisrael

Description

The Rav's analysis of the difference between the first Kiddush of Eretz Yisrael by Yehoshua, and the second by Ezra. Why is the first nullified by the victory of the Babylonians while the second is permanent despite the victory of the Romans? How does "kibbush", i.e. military conquest, sanctify the Land? What does the Rambam mean when he says that the sanctification of Ezra was achieved through "chazaka" rather than "kibbush"? What role did the Aaron HaBrit play in the process of sanctification and why? These and other questions will be addressed in this shiur.