6. Is Risking Your Life for Eretz Yisrael a Mitzvah?

Rav Shlomo Katz delves into the deep halachic question: does conquering and settling the Land of Israel override pikuach nefesh—the Torah’s command to preserve life? Through the teachings of Rav Kook, Rav Goren, and the Minchat Chinuch, we discover that Yishuv Eretz Yisrael is a klal Yisraeli mitzvah, one that may require mesirut nefesh when it comes to the collective mission of Am Yisrael. But when does that apply, and when doesn’t it? This episode invites us to see even peaceful life in the Land as a sacred, daily act of selfless devotion on behalf of the whole nation.