Israel

(1) The daughters of Zelophehad, of Manassite family—son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh son of Joseph—came forward. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (2) They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the chieftains, and the whole assembly, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and they said, (3) “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not one of the faction, Korah’s faction, which banded together against the LORD, but died for his own sin; and he has left no sons. (4) Let not our father’s name be lost to his clan just because he had no son! Give us a holding among our father’s kinsmen!” (5) Moses brought their case before the LORD. (6) And the LORD said to Moses, (7) “The plea of Zelophehad’s daughters is just: you should give them a hereditary holding among their father’s kinsmen; transfer their father’s share to them. (8) “Further, speak to the Israelite people as follows: ‘If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his property to his daughter. (9) If he has no daughter, you shall assign his property to his brothers. (10) If he has no brothers, you shall assign his property to his father’s brothers. (11) If his father had no brothers, you shall assign his property to his nearest relative in his own clan, and he shall inherit it.’ This shall be the law of procedure for the Israelites, in accordance with the LORD’s command to Moses.” (12) The LORD said to Moses, “Ascend these heights of Abarim and view the land that I have given to the Israelite people. (13) When you have seen it, you too shall be gathered to your kin, just as your brother Aaron was. (14) For, in the wilderness of Zin, when the community was contentious, you disobeyed My command to uphold My sanctity in their sight by means of the water.” Those are the Waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.

(10) And the daughters of Tzelophad approached: In that generation, the women would seal what the men would puncture. As so do you find that Aharon said to them (Exodus 32:2), "Remove the earrings of gold that are in the ears of your wives" - and the women did not want and they protested against their husbands, as it is stated (Exodus 32:3), "And the entire people removed the earrings of gold, etc." And the women did not participate with them in the [building of the] golden calf. And so [too] with the scouts that put out calumny: "And they came back and they brought the entire congregation to complain" (Numbers 14:36), and upon them was the decree decreed, as they [were the ones that] said, "we cannot go up" (Numbers 13:31). But the women were not with them in the counsel, as it it written beyond this section (Numbers 26:65), "As God said to them, 'You shall surely die in the desert,' and not a man remained from them except for Calev the son of Yefuneh" - [it is written] "a man," but not a woman; because of [the men] not wanting to enter the land, but the women approached to request an inheritance in the land. Therefore, this section is written adjacent to the death of the generation of the wilderness (that came out of Egypt) - as from there did the men puncture and the women seal.

(1) And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have assigned the land for you to possess: In my opinion, this is a positive commandment. He commands them to settle in the land and inherit it; He gave it to them and they should not abhor Hashem's inheritance. And if it should enter their minds to go and conquer the land of Shinar or the land of Ashur [Assyria] or to settle in some other place, they would be transgressing Hashem's commandment. And our rabbis have stressed (Ketubot 110b) the commandment to settle in the Land of Israel and forbade leaving it; they judged a woman rebellious for not wanting to ascend with her husband to the Land of Israel, and vice-versa for a man. It is from here that this commandment [of settling in the land of Israel] has been commanded to us, as this verse is a positive commandment. It is a commandment that recurs in many places [in the Torah]; e.g., "go in and possess the land" (Deuteronomy 1:8)...

(187) 187. To destroy the seven nations that are from the land of Israel [the Hitites, the Amorite, the Cananite, the Perizzite, the Hivvite and the Jebusite”.] as it says “You shall surely destroy them ...” (Devarim 20,17)

The Sages taught: One may not leave Eretz Yisrael to live outside of Eretz Yisrael unless the price of two se’a of grain stood at a sela, which is double its usual price. Rabbi Shimon said: When does this exception, permitting one to leave Eretz Yisrael under certain circumstances, apply? It applies when one is unable to find produce to buy, as he has no money...

One may go to a bazaar of Nochrim, and buy animals, slaves, houses, fields and vineyards; He may go to their courts (to get deeds of ownership), lest he lose the property.A Kohen may go to Chutz la'Aretz, even though this makes him Tamei mid'Rabanan, to plead his case;

Similarly, he may become Tamei there (passing through) a cemetery for this0 That is Tum'ah mid'Oraisa. Surely it is forbidden!Rather, he may become Tamei through a Beis ha'Pras (a field in which a corpse was plowed). Its Tum'ah is mid'Rabanan (perhaps the plow dragged bones and he will step on one). He may become Tamei (mid'Rabanan) to learn Torah or marry a woman. R. Yehudah says, if he can find a Rebbi here, he may not become Tamei to learn elsewhere.R. Yosi permits this, for perhaps he will learn better from the Rebbi there; Yosef ha'Kohen followed his Rebbi to Tzidon (in Chutz la'Aretz) to learn.The Halachah follows R. Yosi.

(9) It is always prohibited to go from the land of Israel to outside of the land, except to study Torah or to marry a woman or to save (possessions) from non-Jews, and [then] to return to the land. And so [too] may he go out for merchandise. But to dwell outside the Land is prohibited unless there is intense famine, where the amount of wheat purchasable for one dinar becomes two dinars. To what does these words refer? When money is ample and produce is expensive. However, if produce is inexpensive and money is not ample, and there is not from what to earn [it] and coinage is gone from the pocket, he may go out to any place where he can find relief. And even though it is permissible to go out [in these circumstances], it is not the measure of piety; as behold, Machlon and Khilion were two leaders of the generation and they left because of great anguish, and [nonetheless] they became liable for destruction from the Omnipresent.

Leket, Shikhehah, Peah

(9) When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. (10) You shall not pick your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I the LORD am your God.

Shemita

(10) Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; (11) but in the seventh you shall let it rest and lie fallow. Let the needy among your people eat of it, and what they leave let the wild beasts eat. You shall do the same with your vineyards and your olive groves.

Ma'aser Ani

(12) When you have set aside in full the tenth part of your yield—in the third year, the year of the tithe—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat their fill in your settlements, (13) you shall declare before the LORD your God: “I have cleared out the consecrated portion from the house; and I have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, just as You commanded me; I have neither transgressed nor neglected any of Your commandments:

Bikkurim

(19) The choice first fruits of your soil you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

Hafrashat Challah

(19) and you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set some aside as a gift to the LORD:

Teruma

(8) The LORD spoke further to Aaron: I hereby give you charge of My gifts, all the sacred donations of the Israelites; I grant them to you and to your sons as a perquisite, a due for all time.

Ma'aser Rishon

(21) And to the Levites I hereby give all the tithes in Israel as their share in return for the services that they perform, the services of the Tent of Meeting. (22) Henceforth, Israelites shall not trespass on the Tent of Meeting, and thus incur guilt and die: (23) only Levites shall perform the services of the Tent of Meeting; others would incur guilt. It is the law for all time throughout the ages. But they shall have no territorial share among the Israelites; (24) for it is the tithes set aside by the Israelites as a gift to the LORD that I give to the Levites as their share. Therefore I have said concerning them: They shall have no territorial share among the Israelites.

Trumat Maaser

(29) You shall set aside all gifts due to the LORD from everything that is donated to you, from each thing its best portion, the part thereof that is to be consecrated.

Maaser Sheni

(30) All tithes from the land, whether seed from the ground or fruit from the tree, are the LORD’s; they are holy to the LORD. (31) If anyone wishes to redeem any of his tithes, he must add one-fifth to them.

Kilayim

(19) You shall observe My laws. You shall not let your cattle mate with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; you shall not put on cloth from a mixture of two kinds of material.

Orlah

(23) When you enter the land and plant any tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden for you, not to be eaten.

Hadash

(10) Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving to you and you reap its harvest, you shall bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest. (11) He shall elevate the sheaf before the LORD for acceptance in your behalf; the priest shall elevate it on the day after the sabbath. (12) On the day that you elevate the sheaf, you shall offer as a burnt offering to the LORD a lamb of the first year without blemish.