Reply To: Tel Aviv No. 1

“…everyone would agree that in the ruchniyus aspect [Brooklyn] IS better than tel aviv..”

The baal kabalah, R’ YL Ashlag (aka the Ba’al Hasulam) asked the rhetorical question as to “what’s the difference between gashmius and ruchniyus. Gashmius, he answered “everyone wants, but once you have it, there is no feeling of fulfillment”. Ruchniyus, on the other hand he noted, “nobody wants, but when you have it, there is such a deep feeling of fulfillment!” For some yidden in EY, Tel Aviv may offer BOTH to a greater extent than might BP or Willy to yidden in chutz la’aretz.