When and why was the Holy Land given the name Palestine? What was its name before that?

Good afternoon,

I read the content of your site and am astounded! But what shocked me the most is that the modern hebrew language is not the original one! Could you please give me some sort of explanation?

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I have read some of the comments here about the Zionist movement amongst worldwide Judaism.

The Vilna Gaon was the leading adversary of Chassidism. The Vilna Gaon was probably the greatest scholar of the past thousand years or more, no one argues about that. Many of his contemporaries who agreed with

Peace and blessings Rabbi,

Dear Rabbi,

i read a very interesting phrase in the holocaust chapter:

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Have you considered using this clip from the British/Jewish Cabinet Minister Sir Edwin Montagu, who said in a secret memoranda (August 1917, later made public) on the subject of Zionism:

My question is historical, on your holocaust page you mention that Rabbis Wise in 1943 went to congress to oppose any changes in US immigration laws to allow more Jews into the country from Europe.

Dear Rabbi,

Greetings to you.
Would you please explain how the Jews are to know when they are to return to Israel.

Thank you,

Tom

is the messiah a person or spirit and how will you recognize him?

Dear Rabbi,

Have you read Rabbi Gil Student's book, "Can the Rebbe be Moshiach" with large
segments available at http://moshiachtalk.tripod.com/

Dear Rabbi,

LIVING in Chutz laaretz is a great Chliull hashem.

And this is what the Naavi says chapter yehezkel 36 verses 20.21

Dear Rabbi,

Dear Rabbi,

In one of your responses, you said that zionism is an attempt to return
the Jewish kindom on our own, without waiting for the Messiah.

Dear Rabbi,

Dear sir,
As your opposition of the present State of Israël is based on the Thora, which texts of the Thora do you use and how do you read them?
Yours sincerely,
H. Frank

Dear Rabbi,