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@square_root @SomeJewIKnow

You miss the point entirely. This thread is about common sense. Antisemitism is on the rise. We have seen it before. We know how it grows and we have seen that that it has never ended well for our people, may the Al-mighty protect us!

Although that cursed nazi Goebbels, ימ”ש, constantly told lies about us, there was some truth when he supposedly said something like “the Jew only takes out an umbrella after it is pouring rain and he is drenched”

The point is to be smart and stay safe, not shortsighted and stupid. We know that the exile will end and all the Jews will return to Israel, but we don’t know when or how it will end. We pray for G-d’s kindness and mercy, but together with that we need to keep our eyes open and see what is going on around us. In my opinion, what is going on downright scary.

You Satmar’s (or whatever you are) try to turn every discussion into one about what you call “Zionist nonsense” and “kefira”. You may even have some sense of satisfaction when you hear the modern anti-Semites clothe their words in anti-Zionism language, as you may think that some way supports your own “anti-Zionist” agenda. If so, you are fools, for while you have an ideological stance based on the Satmar Rebbe זצ”ל (which is very extreme and unaccepted by mainstream observant Jewry, but that is a discussion for a different thread/post) the anti-Semites do not! They only espouse their antisemitism in the language of anti-Zionism because that language has become socially/politically acceptable while antisemitism (in most frameworks at least) has not. But make no mistake, just like the Nazis laughed and then murdered the secular/reform Jews in Germany who protested that they were “Germans”, so too the modern anti-Semites who clothe their words in anti-Zionism language actually hate the Jews and would do the same if they had the chance, G-d forbid – also to YOU!

And if you in addition actually support these modern anti-Semites in any way, shape, or form, then you are worse than fools – you are actually haters of and traitors to our people.

Back to the point, which is to be smart and stay safe, and not to be shortsighted or stupid.

We all believe and know that the exile will end and all the Jews will return to Israel, but we don’t know when or how it will end. We pray for G-d’s kindness and mercy, but together with that we need to keep our eyes open and see what is going on around us, and remember history. In my opinion, the reality of what is going on downright scary.

Antisemitism is on the rise all over the world. Each day brings more news of antisemitic political victories and attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions. The social media is full of antisemitism. IT’S GROWING! IT’S BECOMING LESS SAFE! IT’S SCARY! We are not allowed to rely on miracles. Our sages say “who is wise, ha’roeh et ha’nolad – he who sees and understand from what he sees how things normally progress”. We are all destined to come home to Eretz Yisrael. Why wait? If you are adults who cannot easily uproot – why not educate the youth to make their lives in Eretz Yisrael?

Be wise, not stupid.

As we approach Shavuot and re-experience the festival of G-d’s giving us His Torah, it is important to remember that G-d’s plan was to bring us afterwards into Eretz Yisrael from where His Divine Light would then light up the entire world and usher in Moshiach’s coming. Through the sin of the spies “bad mouthing” G-d’s holy land meant for us (Eretz Yisrael – the land of Yisrael) and our lack of faith in G-d’s promise we were delayed 40 years. Afterwards, through our continual misdeeds our Beit HaMikdash was eventually destroyed and we were exiled from our land. We came back after 40 years, built the second Beis HaMikdash and then later on – in the times of the Romans and as a result of due to causeless hatred – it too was destroyed and we were again exiled from our land.

For close to 2,000 years we were hounded, persecuted, and murdered – and prayed three times a day to return. Around 200 years ago, our people began to return to the land, resettle and rebuild it. Because the founders of the movement to resettle Eretz Yisrael were for the most part secular, many of the leaders of the Torah world were against the movement – known as Zionism (there were also ideological reasons against Zionism presented by the Rebbe of Satmar which his chassidim accepted and perhaps others too)

The Jew hatred of our 2000 year exile culminated in the Holocaust where a third of our people were systematically murdered in the cruelest and most horrifying ways. A few years later, the modern State of Israel, became a reality. At that time, all of the Gedolei Yisrael except the followers of the Rebbe of Satmar’s ideology changed their tune – either to help protect the Jews living in the newly established state and/or to influence the government in manners of Torah and Mitzvot – both practical reasons rooted in love of our people and common sense.

I did not think for a moment that this thread would influence the fanatical haters of Israel whom have already began to respond to this thread (with irrelevant posts) and whom I have found to be (on this site) unfortunately closed-minded individuals with an agenda they feel compelled to push.

My intention in opening this thread was born of the same practical reasons – love of our people and common sense.

Anti-semitism is on the rise globally. We have seen it raise its ugly head before and we know that it doesn’t respond to logic and that the Jew is always the scapegoat. Now it”s propelled by radical Islam, the radical left (who are already the defining face of the Democrat party), and the radical right.

G-d’s plan to bring us back to Eretz Yisrael may have been delayed, but it never changed. All of the Jewish people will eventually return to the land.

So i ask Why wait?and encourage all to start making plans to come and influence the youth for whom it will be much easier as they are not yet rooted down.

May we merit to Moshiach’s imminent arrival, the building of the 3rd Beit HaMikdash, and the entire world “with G-d’s knowledge as the water covers the sea”

Chag Samayach!