takahmamash:
“It’s not a choice, it’s a mitzvah. If you’re makpid on chumrot in other parts of your life, there’s no reason not to be makpid on the mitzva of yishuv ha’aretz.”
Its actually a rather large machlokes. (And as kj chusid wil probably be happy to explain, there are actually shittos that prohibit a Jew from living in EY today.)
Every churah needs a shikel ha’daas, a judgment of the gains and losses. For example, although there are formidable shittos that hold that one must use matzos baked on erev Pesach for the seder, many are not makpid to do so. Why? A) because they are exorbitantly expensive and B) because oftentimes, they end up being chometz gammur. A similar cheshbon can be made here; although there are indeed shittos that hold one must live in EY today, to do so one must often A) risk loving their livelihood and B) having their kids molded by a culture whose ideals they do not agree with.
kj chusdi:
“Zionism is a complete and utter failure at what it tried to (supposedly) accomplish which was to create a safe haven for Jews a
Simple look at statistics well show u that the biggest number of
Jews have been killed In Israel over the past 60 years so besides
For exacerbating anti semitism what has the state of
Israel accomplished?”
A do agree that the Zionist experiment has completely backfired; instead a curing global Antisemitism and creating a safe haven for the Jews, Israel today is the leading cause of global Antisemitism and the leading locale of Jews being killed simply because they are Jews.
That said, how lucky is one who is able to live in our land, the land of our forefathers. Love the land, hate the state.