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As part of the Gemara’s discussion about rabbinic ordinances established in order to encourage the settlement of the land of Israel, our Gemara quotes a baraita that enumerates a number of conditions that Joshua established upon entering the land.
In his commentary to Rambam he explains that although our Gemara does not mention that Yehoshua set these rules as conditions to the division of the land, Rambam understood that this was the case based upon the discussion later (81b) regarding other conditions and stipulations that were set among the tribes regarding the division of the land.
We explore these enactments as well as the mitzvah of Aliyah in our day.