parshas Devarim

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem, Zekaini Moiri R' Baruch Moshe Aryeh ben Harav Zev Yehuda, my cousin Zev Yehuda ben Rav Shmuel Mordechai, Avraham ben R' Yitzchak Zev, R' Dovid Meir ben R' Shmuel

In perek alef posuk zayin Moshe delivers the following message from Hashem to  Klal Yisroel "Pnu u'siu lachem uvou har ha'Emori v'el kal shcheinav ba'arava bahar uvashfeila uvanegev uvichof hayam eretz ha'canani v'halvanon ad hanahar hagadol nahar pras" "Turn Yourselves and journey, and come to Mountain of the Emori and all its neighbors, in the plain, on the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and at the seacoast. The land of the Cannanite and the Lebanon, until the great river the Euphrates river."

 Rashi explains, that because Nahar Pras is mentioned with Eretz Yisroel it is call "Nahar Gadol". The slave of a king is considered a king to the common folk. Chazal say that in actuality the Nahar Hagadol is the smallest from all the rivers, but its association with Eretz Yisroel makes it great.

Reb Chaim Shmulevitz Ztl explains, that if that is the Kedusha of things associated with Eretz Yisroel, Kal V'chomer Eretz Yisroel itself. Ein Torah K'Toras Eretz Yisroel.

 Reb Chaim Explains that people don't understand and utilize the greatness of Eretz Yisroel. Moshe Rabeinu came to Hashem with a taayna "The Atzmos Yosef are entering Eretz Yisroel, and I can't?" Hashem explained to him that Yosef acknowledged and appreciated that Eretz Yisrael was his land he was called an Ivri by the Mitzriim, and even called himself "gunov gonavti mei'eretz Ha'Ivrim" He on the other hand was called an Ish Mitzri by Yisro's family and was quiet. We don't find there being a  taayna on him for not correcting them from believing he was a non jew. Perhaps it would have been a sakana. However, because he was not "hoda ba'aretz" he was not buried in Eretz Yisroel.
 Good Shabbos