Re’eh: The Torah Temimah’s Counterintuitive Take on the Mitzvah to Live in Israel (and Rav Chaim Brisker’s Zionism)

Length of FREE article: 2 pages (PAID version is 3 pages)
Length of FREE audio: 7 minutes 44 seconds (PAID version is 11 minutes 37 seconds)
Synopsis: This is the audio version of the FREE version of the 2-page article I wrote and published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/20/25, titled: Re’eh: The Torah Temimah’s Counterintuitive Take on the Mitzvah to Live in Israel (and Rav Chaim Brisker’s Zionism). Yes, there is a third answer to the question of whether it is a mitzvah to live in Israel. And paid subscribers get access to the fourth article on my Zionism, as well as the full audio which can be found on my substack.

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