Mechikas Shem Hashem

Is There a Mitzvah of Kibbush Eretz Yisrael Nowadays?

Please note that I misspoke when describing Rashi on the pasuk of והורשתם את הארץ וישיבתם בה. I said in the shiur that Rashi understood the pasuk to be a הבטחה. The Or HaChaim explains that Rashi understands והורשתם to be a command and וישיבתם בה is a הבטחה. My apologies.

Mechikas Shem Hashem

The Name of Hashem in a Bathroom and the Shuls of Gush Katif:  Can one Destroy a Kadosh Object to Save It From Desecration?

Simcha’dik Slichot? A Halachik Analysis

What is the change in the texture and the mood of slichot? The actual text of the the slichot is more somber, more serious. Where does the simcha, upbeat niggunim play into this?