To zalman….Well, at least you acknowledge that there is no trace of the chofetz chaim -in his seforim- saying anything like what you mentioned. You qute Reb Elchonon Wasserman in “Kobetz Shiurim”. Can you give me the exact place and quotation? Till I see it , then, I will still ignore this remark.i have learned quite a bit of reb elchonon’s sefer and I do not remember this remark ever appearing.
I have no idea what Reb Eliohu Lopion’s words have anything to do with our converation about Eretz Ysroel and the medinah. I am sure you now that Reb Elye zz’l had his yeshiva in Kfar Chassidim….in the “evil’ medinah!
To PASHUTE YID !! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. As I wrote, the Kastner controversy is a sterile debate and has NOTHING to do with the magnificent success of Eretz Ysroel and the revival of our own rule in our homeland,due, in no small matter, to chilonim..but then the detractors will never admit what their own eyes see. To paraphrase a famous remark: “What are you going to believe, your own eyes or what your evil inclination wants you to believe? “