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Podcast: The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton
Episode: S1, E31 Eretz Yisrael, Land of Holiness, according to the Kuzari
Description: What is the most central aspect of a Torah life, the axis of all spiritual experience?
Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi gives a surprising answer which is foundational to his system of man's connection to the divine: the Holy Land.
If a land can be hallowed, then the dimension of holiness can be manifest in the physical world – heaven can be brought down to earth. This inspiring concept is the heart and motivation of all spiritual living.
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