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7. Sovereignty vs. Presence: What Counts as Building the Land?
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Rav Shlomo Katz explores one of the most misunderstood aspects of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael: the difference between Jews merely living in the Land, and actual sovereignty over it. Drawing on the halachic writings of the Beit Yosef and the Bach, we learn that the mitzvah klalit—national fulfillment—requires Jewish control, not just Jewish presence. Even a city that’s mostly Jewish, if ruled by foreign powers, is still in a state of churban. But when Jewish sovereignty exists, even over a minority, it’s considered built. This episode challenges us to reframe what redemption looks like and why the return of shilton Yehudi (Jewish governance) is a mitzvah in itself.
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