Nachmanides (also known as Ramban), the thirteenth-century Jewish scholar and philosopher, who, in his enumeration of the Torah’s 613 commandments, includes living in Israel as one of them. The Talmud teaches that if one partner in a marriage (either the husband or wife) insists on making aliyah, they can demand that their partner go with them; refusal is grounds for divorce (Ketubot 110b).
