Why do we say hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz but borei pri ha'adama? What is the difference between the 2 words? The word eretz/aretz always refers to the land of Israel.
Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold zt"l, born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY, attended Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in NY, Ner Israel in Baltimore, and Yeshivot Ponevezh and Hevron in Israel.
He received semicha from Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Halevi Herzog and from HaRav Yaacov Yitzchok Halevi Ruderman.
Rabbi Gold was in the vanguard of building communit...