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About two months ago, while sitting in the bomb shelter waiting for the all-clear message, i had a conversation with a fellow Jew visiting Eretz Yisrael from the USA..
We discussed the current situation, both here and abroad, and he made the following comment:
“Here in Israel there is more danger. There in the USA there is more fear”
Here I know that I am at home, not a guest whose presence is dependent on the good will of my host. As long as the good will remains, we live with the illusion that it will.last forever, but historically it never has, It always weakens, and when that starts happening if we are perceptive we start to understand our vulnerability and we begin to fear for our safety and the safety of our loved ones despite our faith in the One Above, for deep down we know that the Exile of our people from our land was never meant to be permanent, and by living in the exile we have placed our fate in the good will of our Gentile hosts, which could quickly evaporate.
Here I may face enemies, wars, terrorism, missiles, and international hostility. But here we defend ourselves as a sovereign people in our soverign homeland, Here we are no longer a defenseless minority dependent on the mercy of our host nation. Here iwe have an army, intelligence services, and the capacity for self-defense. Here “the eyes of G-D are upon the land..” always. Here is the natural environment for the Jewish soul and the only place where Torah can be fulfilled in its entirety. Here we have not outsourced our fate to others.
The aftemath of October 7th saw an unexplainable eruption of anti-semitismn all over the world. Perhaps this is G-d’s way of waking up a nation that prays to return to Zion, faces Jerusalem in prayer, mourns its destruction, breaks a glass under the wedding canopy, and ends Yom Kippur and the Seder with the proclamation “Next year in Jerusalem” so that we not just “talk the talk” but “walk the walk”.
I therefore think it is very important that Rabbis and community leaders all over the world – without rxception – seriously begin to encourage Aliyah amongst their congregants and communities. Certainly there will be many for whom such a move will be too difficult, and no one should judge his fellow, but “words from the heart enter the heart”, and many will heed the call, especially the youth who have not yet “planted roots” – for it is much easier and less complicated for one who has not yet planted roots to make Aliyah then one who needs uproot himself.
The exile, even a golden, comfortable one, was never meant to be permanent, and all of the Jewish people will eventually return to Eretz Yisrael. To think and plan otherwise is not only to ignore this basic, universal Jewish belief, but it may be a dangerous bet whereby you prioritize your comfort to the point that you are willing to gamble your safety and the safety of your loved ones.
So why wait, especially if you can come now, for the longer you wait the more roots you plant and the harder it becomes to “uproot” yourself in the future?
I disagree with the premise of your argument. Jewish life in Israel is not guaranteed till moshiach. It wouldn’t break my faith if g-d forbid we were exiled again. I say this as a jew in Israel
you are at home, but you are at the mercy of the owners of the land — the seculars, who own and control the State, and more or less tolerate you now, but may not in the future. Just like Americans or British more or less tolerate you now, but not in the future.
The evidence for my claim is the language the seculars use when the current religious/secular-right government came to power and thought about implementing a non-secular agenda — “גנבו לנו את המדינה”. They stole our State. Meaning that the seculars do not see the State as belonging to all Jews, but only to secular ones. It’s the same response UK right has toward Indian and Pakistan Members of Parliament — who are you to come into our nation and to rule over us?
Consider also the anti judicial reform protests. When there was a chance at breaking the secular rule over power by transferring power from embedded secular institutions — Attorney General and Supreme Court — to elected Knesset where any group can become the ruling coalition, the response was overwhelming. Not only grassroots — hundreds of thousands of protestors every single day, but also complete institutional sabotage including from the IDF.
It’s their State, they guard their ownership ferociously, and you are here at their mercy.
you are at home, but you are at the mercy of the owners of the land — the seculars, who own and control the State, and more or less tolerate you now, but may not in the future. Just like Americans or British more or less tolerate you now, but not in the future.
The evidence for my claim is the language the seculars use when the current religious/secular-right government came to power and thought about implementing a non-secular agenda — “גנבו לנו את המדינה”. They stole our State. Meaning that the seculars do not see the State as belonging to all Jews, but only to secular ones. It’s the same response UK right has toward Indian and Pakistan Members of Parliament — who are you to come into our nation and to rule over us?
Consider also the anti judicial reform protests. When there was a chance at breaking the secular rule over power by transfering power from embedded secular institutions — Attorney General and Supreme Court — to elected Knesset where any group can become the ruling coalition, the response was overwhelming. Not only grassroots — hundreds of thousands of protestors every single day, but also complete institutional sabotage including from the IDF.
It’s their State, they guard their ownership ferociously, and you are here at their mercy.
In Israel there is more fear in the USA there is more danger.
we jews are all coming to Israel. the only question is will we come willingly or will hashem have to shlep us there.
The Ramban says in his peirish on Ki Suvo that Eretz Yisroel is the most dangerous place for Jews during exile, since we only have Divine guarantee not to be – chas v’shulem – destroyed when in Chitz L’Uretz.
This opening post is full of disgusting “koch v’oztem yudi”, highlighting the absurdity of the zionist lust for violent control and military domination, after the failures of the zionist state to protect its citizens on “Oct 7”, fools like the author of this opening post react with “see how much we all need to come and be protected by these heretics!”
Thinking Cap, dont let the naysayers talk you out if what you wrote! Every word is correct!! and True!! We are in a struggle here in EY for our true identity and the more frum Jews who come the faster we’ll win over. Most Jews In EY want to keep Torah and Mitzvos. There is a huge Hissorirus by the youth. There is an Erev rav that is trying its best to cause hatred and harm but Iy”H we will prevail. This is our home! Come home while you can still sell your property and businesses. Friends from France have told us that it hard to sell their real estate now because the goyim say, we know that you will eventually leave and then we’ll get it cheap. Every word you said is truth!! Israeli mentality reflects the Jews who come here. If American jews come the mentality will be Amenrican. If English jews come the mentality will be English and so on. Hashem is despeartly waiting for his children to come. You write –
I therefore think it is very important that Rabbis and community leaders all over the world – without rxception – seriously begin to encourage Aliyah amongst their congregants and communities.- and this is 100% correct. Communal Aliyah is so much easier than doing it on your own!! I dont have enough words to encourage you to trust your instincts. The naysayers are scared of change at best and agents of the erev rav at worst. לך בכחך זה.somejewiknow, thats interesting. I’d like to look that up. What passuk is that on? It sounds like you may not have understood the Ramban so welI. If that was his shita then why oh why did he himself go on aliyah? Interesting that Hitler Yimach shemo was davka defeated at the entrance to EY.
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I recently heard that two Chassidishe gedolim, I forgot their names, went to daven at the kever of the Ohr Hachaim when Rommel was preparing to invade Israel and they got a sign from Shamayim that he wouldn’t be successful.
doom > It’s their State, they guard their ownership ferociously, and you are here at their mercy.
well, there were simply not enough religious Jews at the knesset when the structure was set up. First, there was a wave of anti-religious sentiment going through the whole Jewish world at the time. Second, many European rabbis did not recommend going to EY at the time. 3rd, it was difficult to go there.
B’H, there are more religious Jews there now, bit if you are not a kibutz-raised BT who possibly met R Kook or a chabad shaliach, but someone who arrived from another country to an already developed medinah, you should start by respecting and acknowledging those who made it possible for you to come comfortably.
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