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dbrim
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I think we are missing the point, zionists and anti-zionists alike. The zionist movement has no impact on the halachik status nor the kedusha of Eretz Yisroel. For those of us who wear tzitzis, stay in a succah as much as possible on succos, etc., living in Eretz Yisroel has the same status (although there are some poskim who hold that it is a chiyuv and not just RZ ones). And please stop with the “Boo hoo – Eretz Yisroel is so secular, the govenrment doesn’t follow halacha” excuse –

Picture this – ALL frum yidden denounce the gashmius and goyishkeit of Chutz La’aretz and move to Eretz Yisroel to await the geulah – what do you think the government would look like then? What kind of nachas ruach would that give Hashem?

As far as danger goes – I lived in NY – here my children can play in the park at night, travel by bus independently – enough excuses – you sound like the meraglim – we need to be very careful about dibbas haaretz