Articles on Diaspora emissaries in the Land of Israel, the land-dependent mitzvot, and the partnership that credits the mitzvah as if performed by oneself.
When December pressure turns Hanukkah into a competition with the surrounding culture, the real miracle gets lost. The true light of Hanukkah begins in the olive groves of the Galilee and the mitzvah of pure oil from the Land of Israel.
Read moreSupporting Israel is about more than solidarity. Choosing to buy directly from Israel strengthens the local economy, sustains small business owners, and keeps the timeless bond between global Jewry and the Land of Israel alive.
Read moreA clear, question-and-answer guide to how every Jew can take part in the 613 mitzvot, especially the commandments that depend on the Land of Israel and its soil, from anywhere in the world.
Read moreIn the seventh year, the land rests, the produce is released to all, and every debt is remitted. The sabbatical year expresses faith in the Creator who sustains all creatures, and renews both the land and society.
Read moreOn the principle that 'one's agent is as oneself,' a Diaspora Jew becomes a real partner in the land-dependent mitzvot through emissaries in the field - and the mitzvah is credited as if done by oneself.
Read moreThe Rambam opened the Book of Commandments with the distinction between positive and negative mitzvot. What is the difference, and how both are included in the land partnership.
Read moreWomen are exempt from positive, time-bound commandments, but the land's mitzvot are divided. On the connection between time and place, and the Diaspora partnership.
Read moreTerumot, ma'asrot, shemitah, kilayim, orlah, neta revai and challah - the seven mitzvot of the land, and how partnership merits all of them.
Read moreSending the mother bird, kilayim of animals, firstborn of a clean animal, and priestly gifts from the living - mitzvot of living creatures, and the Diaspora partnership in them.
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