ubiquitin:
I do not recall asking that question. I did, however, point out above that Rav Chaim Vital was not talking about these oaths, as the Satmar Rav explains.
AAQ:
An “Am” and “Goy” is a people, meaning a group of people with something in common. In our case, that would be the Torah, including (for men) having been brought into “briso shel Avraham Avinu”. That’s what that means, not anything to do with land, culture, language, and the other trappings of “Nationalism” (including Zionism).
Let’s try to clarify. Take, for example, a nation called France. Its citizens, whether or not the actually live in that country, are called French. France is a Nation, in the Nationalist sense of the word, like Italy and Spain and all the rest. What makes each of those a nation? The answer is that they have a common land, language, culture etc.
Now try to apply that to Jews. You can’t, because Jews do not have a common land, language and culture. Yes, E”Y is G-d’s holy land from which He expelled us and to which He will return us and in which we can still do mitzvos that cannot be done elsewhere. But it is not our land, certainly not in the sense of France to the French, et al. In other words, the land does not define us; the Torah does. Same with the language: yes, we have a lashon haKodesh in common, with G-d created the world, but that is not what defines us, and, on a practical level, not the language that we use daily, unlike Italiano for Italians, et al. Even more so with culture: there is no Torah-defined “culture” other than following the Torah, like being holy and keeping separate from the nations. We do not have a Torah-defined arts, plays, favorite outdoor activities, etc. all of which are part of a normal national culture.
Zionism has unfortunately largely changed all that by claiming to be the replacement theology for Judaism and convincing even many religious Jews that Judaism is just a nationality (like Graetz proposed centuries ago), and that the Nation-State (and language and culture, etc.) of that Nationality is Israel. Religion is your own business, in the Zionist faith, unless (oddly enough) you subscribe to another religion. But, in the Zionist faith, it is the Nation (Israel) and Nation-State (Israel) and its culture, language, etc. that define you, not the Torah. Every Zionist believes that, even those that put on Tefillin. That is how they write nonsense like everything the State of Israel does is holy, etc.