Love of the Land - A Land Like Yours
Selections from classical Torah sources which express the special relationship between the People of Israel and Eretz Yisrael A LAND LIKE YOURS The respect he showed for Eretz Yisrael by not daring to suggest that there was a land superior to it, say our Sages, gained for him the merit of being referred to elsewhere (Ezra 4:10) as "the great and noble Asnappar" (Sanhedrin 94a). |
Written by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, Dean, Ohr Somayach Institutions
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