Reply To: DO WE REALLY HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE TO LIVE IN CHUTZ LA'ARETZ?

Sam, do you wear tzitziot? That is also a mitzva kiumit (according to those opinions that there is such a thing. BTW, Rav Ovadia (Minchat Shmuel 14, p. 252 sof dibbur elkeh sheraiti) says that if it is an obligation and proves it from the fact that a spouse can compel another spouse to make aliya (Shulchan Aruch EH 75:3-4 – and see Pitchei Teshuva). Rav Avraham Shaprira says that there is no such thing as a mitzva kiumit. If you wear a four-cornered garment it must have tzitziot. If you live you must live in EY. Rav Eliezer Waldenberg (Responsa Tzitz Eliezer 7:48:12) also says that it is an obligatory mitzva in our time, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE A STATE.