Reply To: I want to talk about Israel etc.

The point is:

Some opinions come from Halacha and some opinions come from a personal experience that we had.

For example, when the person told me that she went to a certain kind of school and she was treated so nice and she never had any trouble I was thinking she was living in LA LA land.

Now I see that the Rambam and the Ramban have a different opinion on a subject that people feel very passionate about and I would definitely say they’re both right from their point of view. If I went to Israel and I was allowed to stay I would be insisting that other people move there. If I had a very difficult experience when I was there then I wouldn’t be so encouraging to others.

In the case of both of the girls who had an easy time of it, most likely in a few generations their children will be lost to Klal Yisroel through intermarriage. If I love non-Jews so much then there’s no reason for my child to stay away from them in any way shape or form. So although my opinion was shaped through my experiences as was the Rambam and Ramban I am still not able to validate her experience.

Basically, when can we really say when we’re really right?