ISRAEL: The Land and the Soul - Lesson One Why Every Argument For Israel Is WRONG (Except One)

We live in a moment of unprecedented challenge. Israel is being delegitimized by the very international community that created it. Jewish voices are competing to condemn their own people. And well-meaning defenders of Israel are using arguments that can be — and are — being dismantled one by one. In this landmark teaching, Rabbi Greenberg cuts through the noise with the clarity of Torah itself: six secular arguments, each with a fatal flaw, and one biblical argument that stands outside the reach of politics, demographics, and opinion. Whether you are deeply knowledgeable or just beginning to understand the Jewish connection to Israel, this class will leave you with unshakeable conviction — and the words to articulate it.

📚 In this transformative teaching, you will discover: Why the international community’s recognition of Israel is a double-edged sword that now threatens to undo what it created The Talmudic story of Geviah ben Pesisa — a simple Jew who defeated the Canaanite claim before Alexander the Great How Rashi’s very first comment on the Torah — written 1,000 years ago during the Crusades — directly answers the modern anti-Israel movement Why Mount Sinai was actually Israel — and what that reveals about the secret of Jewish unity The profound difference between Jewish conquest and every other conquest in history The Rebbe’s teaching to Ambassador Netanyahu: how truth as light dispels the darkness of lies Why Israel’s extraordinary success has made it MORE delegitimized, not less — and what the Torah says about this paradox

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📖 Primary Sources & References: Genesis 12:1, 13:14–15, 15:18, 17:8 — God’s covenant with Abraham Genesis 26:3 — Covenant renewed with Isaac Genesis 28:13 — Covenant renewed with Jacob Exodus 6:8 — “I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” Leviticus 26:42–45 — Even in exile, God remembers the covenant and the land Deuteronomy — Repeatedly describes Israel as “sworn to the fathers” Psalms 111:6 — “He declared to His people the power of His works to give them the inheritance of nations” (Rashi’s source) Rashi on Bereishit 1:1 — The foundational comment on Jewish ownership of Israel Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin — Geviah ben Pesisa before Alexander the Great Midrash — Mount Moriah transported to become Mount Sinai Talmud Sukkah — Temple courtyard: “Crowded like sardines, yet enough room for all to bow”