Matzav article about Golus and Eretz Yisrael

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I did NOT write this article or any part of it.
I do NOT know who wrote this letter.

I just copied it from www (dot) matzav (dot) com.
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ARTICLE TITLED:
“The Attraction of Golus & The Spiritual Failure of the Meraglim”

SOURCE: www (dot) matzav (dot) com
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For two thousand years, Judaism in Golus
has been centered on Torah and tefillah.
That was all we had.
And we built a beautiful world of ruchniyus —
yeshivos, gedolim, sifrei Torah, deep learning, powerful tefillos.

But now we are being asked to shift gears.

For anyone with open eyes and heart its obvious that the Geulah is here.
But for many, the responsibility and risk that comes along with that, are terrifying. 

If the Golus is over, then we need to enter Eretz Yisroel,
and build cities, create a government, defend borders,
establish sovereignty, and prepare for a real Beis HaMikdash
— one made of stone and wood and labor.

And just like the Meraglim, today, we hesitate.

It’s safer in the Beis Medrash. It’s safer in exile-mode.
It’s spiritually cleaner to stay away from politics,
from armies, from national responsibility.

So we say: “We’re still in Golus.”

Because if we’re still in Golus, we are patur.
No need for Korban Pesach.
No need for Milchemes Mitzvah.
No need for Aliyah.
We don’t need to take the risk and we can justify it.

But that mindset — even if well-intentioned
— is the exact mistake of the Meraglim.

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PERSONAL COMMENT:

If I remember correctly, the meraglim were all
great tzaddikim, who did not want to enter
Eretz Yisrael because fighting to conquer
Eretz Yisrael would have interrupted
their full-time Torah-study.

In our times, the Chareidim are big tzaddikim,
who do not want to fight to defend Eretz Yisrael
because that would interrupt their full-time Torah-study.

How much difference is there,
between the meraglim and the Chareidim?

The Hesder Yeshivah Jews, who spend half their time
learning Torah and half their time fighting to defend Eretz Yisrael,
they are practicing the correct Derech HaTorah.

The Chareidim who do not want to fight to defend Eretz Yisrael
because that would interrupt their full-time Torah-study,
they are similar to the meraglim (Rachmana Latzlan).