Is it a Mitzvah to Make Aliyah?

Is it a Mitzvah to Make Aliyah? Is it a Mitzvah to Make Aliyah?

Bring <strong>it</strong> home: Ask the rabbi at your synagogue or someone you know who is planning onmaking <strong>Aliyah</strong> or has made <strong>Aliyah</strong>, what his/her approach may be. <strong>Is</strong> <strong>Aliyah</strong> a M<strong>it</strong>zvah? AHalachik obligation? If not, are there other ways you can connect <strong>to</strong> <strong>Is</strong>rael on varying degreesw<strong>it</strong>hout moving there? Try and comm<strong>it</strong> <strong>to</strong> any <strong>Is</strong>rael activ<strong>it</strong>y you can do in your commun<strong>it</strong>y!Now, that’s a m<strong>it</strong>zvah!Attachments: Text ‐ <strong>Is</strong> <strong>it</strong> a M<strong>it</strong>zvah <strong>to</strong> make <strong>Aliyah</strong>? USY Sourcebook “Ayin L’tzyon,” 2008,Connections <strong>to</strong> <strong>Is</strong>rael, levels of Engagement w<strong>it</strong>h <strong>Is</strong>rael.


Levels of Engaging w<strong>it</strong>h <strong>Is</strong>raelTo vis<strong>it</strong> <strong>Is</strong>raelTo give money <strong>to</strong> <strong>Is</strong>raelTo work for a Zionist organizationTo make <strong>Aliyah</strong>To live in <strong>Is</strong>rael on a program (Nativ, sabbatical…)To be involved in AIPAC or any lobby for <strong>Is</strong>rael


To serve in the IDFTo raise a family in <strong>Is</strong>raelTo help others <strong>to</strong> make <strong>Aliyah</strong>To work in <strong>Is</strong>raeli pol<strong>it</strong>icsTo pray for the state of <strong>Is</strong>rael


To go on USY Pilgrimage or any other educational<strong>to</strong>ur


Source: Ayin L’tzyon: An Eye Toward Zion, USY, 2008


Source: Ayin L’tzyon: An Eye Toward Zion, USY, 2008

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