DY- Yishuv Eretz Yisroel is not many small mitzvos like tzedakah, it’s one mitzvah (albeit kiyumis according to R’ Moshe) you either do it or you don’t. But I hear your point that the two mitzvos aren’t comparable. Yishuv Eretz Yisroel is really really hard to do and there are many reasons not to go, like parnassah and family, and R’ Moshe’s teshuvah allows us to stay in Chutz La’Aretz for these reasons. But that’s what R’ Moshe’s teshuvah is… a heter, not a reason. R’ Moshe wasn’t advocating staying in Chutz La’Aretz. And just like if I were given a heter not to do a mitzvah, like not to wear tzitzis, or not to give any tzedakah, or not to fast on Yom Kippur, I would feel sad that I am not (or couldn’t) fulfill that mitzvah, we should feel the same way about Yishuv Eretz Yisroel. For those of us that are relying on R’ Moshe’s heter, we should feel sad that we need to rely on that heter, and we should hope that soon we don’t need to rely on that heter anymore. And I’m not taling about when Mashiach comes because Yishuv Eretz Yisroel can be fulfilled long before that happens. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m not being dan lekaf zechus, but I don’t get the feeling that people feel sad that they are relying on R’ Moshe’s heter. I get the feeling that people are using it as a reason or an excuse not to go. I don’t think that was R’ Moshe’s intention.
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