Rabbi Yitzchok Weiss found an allusion to Zionism in the story of the Akeidah. The Torah says, "On the third day, Avraham lifted up his eyes and saw the Place from afar” (Bereishis 22:4).

Fyi, in Shul today, someone brought to my attention a 35 page essay written by Rabbi Gil Student. It was taken off of his blog (title of blog is Torahmusings.com).

Dear Rabbi:

Please understand that I am asking this question respectfully, for information only.

Rabbi Avraham Lichtenstein was an eighteenth-century rabbi of Prassnysz, in the region of Plotzk, Poland, and author of Kanfei Nesharim. In his commentary Migdenos Avraham on Shir Hashirim 8:4, he says regarding the oaths:

I Am the Real King Solomon!
Building the Temple Without Moshiach
Heretics Destroy the Temple

And they shall make Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell in their midst.” (25:8)

The Zionists Are Like Titus in the Temple
A Wake-up Call to Separate from the Wicked

Haifa's long-time Chief Rabbi She'ar-Yashuv Cohen, who has taken part in many interfaith conferences and gatherings with Moslem religious leaders, says he's trying to gather support for a synagogue in the Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mo