Jewish Settlements: How to Study Torah - Vayigash
Pharaoh designates the district of Goshen for the family of Joseph. There the Jewish people build settlements which ultimately enrage the locals who then use this as a pretext to prosecute the Jewish people.
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Temple Mount Rabbi Kaplan: Why do you say in Israel Jews are deprived of praying on the Temple Mount? This misleads Jews into thinking they should be permitted to walk where they are halachically forbidden to be because of tumat met. This misunderstanding is causing harm to Jews in hand to hand combat with the Palestinians who are actually preventing them the punishment of karet.