Reply To: Zionism, Why the Big Debate?

Yosi7:

To address some of your points:

1) When we say ??? ??? ??? ?????? are we saying that H’ should tear up halachos?

2) About Mitzrayim, R’ Shlomo Kluger discusses this and explicitly agrees with Avi K:

???’ ???”? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??’ ?????? ???? ???? ??????? ???’ ?????? ???”? ?? ????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ?????”? ??? ????? ????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ???? ?????? ?”? ??’ ????? ?? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ?????? ????’ ???? ????? ???? ?? ?????’ ???’ ???? ??? ???? ?? ???? ???? ????? ???’ ??? ????? ????? ???? ???

???”? ?”? ?? ????’ ?? ?????? ???”? ?? ?????’ ??? ????? ?? ??? ?? ?”? ??? ????? ????? ?? ???”? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ??? ????? ???

????? ??”? ??’ ???? ??? ???? ??? ???”? ?????? ????? ????? ?? ????? ?? ?????’ ?? ??? ??? ?????? ???”? ?? ????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?????

?? ?????? ??? ????? ????? ?? ????? ???? ???? ????? ????? ??”? ????? ?????? ???? ???”?

???? ???”? ?? ????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?? ??? ???? ?? ?????

?? ???? ???? ???

?? ?? ??? ?????? ??????? ?? ?????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?? ??? ????? ????? ????? ?? ??? ???

???? ??? ???? ???’ ????? ????? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ?????

????? ?? ?????? ?????? ??? ?”? ?????? ?? ????

Here is the link: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?sits=1&req=10836&st=%u05D9%u05D5%u05EA%u05E8%20%u05DE%u05D3%u05D0%u05D9

3) About the oaths and the nations giving permission, R’ Menachem Kasher wrote at length about this in Hatekufa Hagedolah. Unfortunately, it is not on hebrewbooks so I can’t link it, and I can’t type out everything as it would probably take me several hours. Tomorrow, I will quote one or two paragraphs.