This week's Torah reading, Shelach, is built around the sad rejection of the Jewish people in the desert to "making aliyah" to the Promised Land.
The antidote is to arouse in ourselves love and fondness for the Land
and for life in it.
Articles 4-5 are from the Tuv HaAretz, a mystical 17th century book explaining about the holiness of the Land as understood in Kabbalah.
The last two articles (6-7) also relate to the subject.
Next week: special SOULMATES edition!