[The sages] made many other such emphatic statements regarding this positive commandment that we are commanded to possess the Land and settle it. It is therefore an eternal positive command, obligating every single individual even during the time of Exile as is known from the Talmud in many places.Nachmanides, Addendum to Maimonides' Book of Commandments (positive commandment #4)Dr. Reuven Firestone, "Judaism – Medieval Period"
