Chief Rabbi of Israel HaRav Yosef Yitzchak wrote a letter to Jews in Ukraine, and all Jews living in the Diaspora, to pay heed to the threat of war as a call to move to Eretz Yisrael.
The letter, entitled: Kol Koreh to all Acheinu Beis Yisrael in Ukraine,” states: “To Acheinu Beis Yisrael in foreign lands, especially Ukraine: During these times, when the sounds of trumpets of war are heard, it’s appropriate for every Jew with yiras Shamayim to hasten his way to Eretz HaKodesh, as promised by HaNavi Ovadia (Perek Aleph, Passuk 17): “??????? ??????? ???????? ???????? ??????? ?????”.
“And although it’s not clear if there will be a war and only Hashem has the solutions and we must daven for peace throughout the entire world, in any event, ascending to Eretz Hakodesh is always a very great and important mitzvah, and at all times, we must strive to reach Eretz Hakodesh and especially Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh. And now that there are sounds and fears of war, the issues are unfolding in a way as to see it as a type of call from Shamayim, to ascend to Eretz Hakodesh from all the foreign lands in the entire Diaspora, and especially Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, because these are the places where the Schechina rests, and they have more protection.”
HaRav Yosef also wrote words of chizzuk: “And the main thing is to be mechazeik b’emunah and tefillah, and to know that there is nothing that can stop Hashem from providing a yeshuah from every situation in any manner. Just like we witnessed miracles and wonders during Yetzias Mitzrayim that were above all the laws of teva, and there was also a great amount of hashgacha during Kriyas Yam Suf to save each and every Jew from the dangerous sea, in the same way, a Jew that is moser nefesh for Hashem b’emunas Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad twice a day – Hashem will protect him and save him.”
“And yet there is a sacred obligation on each and every Jew with yiras Shamayim in all the lands of the Diaspora to do his hishtadlus to hurry and hasten his footsteps to Eretz Hakodesh and make aliyah quickly to our kodesh land, and not to delay this at all, and to hurry to arrange a plane ticket. And Hashem Yisbarach who feeds and sustains everyone will b’siyata dishmaya provide everyone with a good place to live and food and parnassah.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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14 Responses
Where does it say anything about ikvesa dmeshicha
Some Zionist probably wrote that letter and just signed his name.
“ascending to Eretz Hakodesh is always a very great and important mitzvah…”
Actually, that’s a machlokes, but, even according to the opinion that there is such a mitzva in effect today, it certainly doesn’t override other mitzvos, even according to the “Modern Orthodox” rabbis.
Further, it is not a mitzva on all, because that would violate the Oaths.
Regarding that passuk from Ovadiah, the next passuk ends with the destruction of Esav. So that will be in Moshiach’s time, not just yet.
He implies that concerns of parnassa, a suitable place to live in the Zionist police-state, etc. are certainly valid issues, but that they will be of no concern.
But he does not mention that, of late, his employer, the Zionist State of Israel, has become an even greater problem than the cataclysmic disaster that it always has been.
For example, the Zionists are doing all they can to destroy Torah Jewry in the State of Israel, that same ???????? to which he claims to refer, by drafting the boys to the shmad IDF, essentially closing the yeshivos, which has been their intention since before they founded their shmad State and is, in fact, the entire purpose of Zionism – to change the Jewish people and faith from Torah-based to godless nation-state land/nationalist based/Zionist.
What makes you think that Jerusalem is holier than Russia. Jerusalem has had gay parades last 18 years. Ukraine only last 8 years with far less numbers than Jerusalem. Russia bans gay parades altogether. That’s why DemocRATs in America want war with Russia.
Little rat, since it’s Purim Katan, I will be melamed zchus that you’ve been drinking
Much easier said than done. Parnassah is far from the only issue.
Chinuch is a big one. I understand that people with older kids making aliyah from, say the USA, have issues with children going off the derech unfortunately. Seems it’s very hard for them to adjust as teens and adolescents.
I happen to have siblings that live in EY their entire married lives, brought up amazing families there, and yet they face true discrimination in the school system. These are truly beautiful families. The discrimination is solely due to them being “Americaner”. These issues need to be fixed before telling all diaspora Jews to make aliyah.
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HaKatan, what about all ????? ????? that are against the “??????” and live in ??? ??????
even if you go by the opinion that the ?’ ?????? are still in these days moving to ??? ????? as ?????? is not a problem even by ?????, (i know of ????? hassidim who moved to ?”? and are chassdim of ????”?) (reminder: after the San Remo resolution in 1920 the ??? ??? said: “????? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ????? ???? ??? ????? ??? ??? ??????? ??????? ?????? ??? ???? ???? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ??????… ?? ???? – ???? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??? ??? ??”? ??????, ?? ???? ???? ??? ??? ??? ??”? ??????, ???????? – ?? ??????”)
UncleMo, not all people who move to ??? ????? know how to do it right, there are many ?????? that are especially for English speakers, learning only from people who do not succeed, and not from the many who do succeed in ??? ????? is not true and mostly ??? ???????,
!”???? ???? ??? ???”
If anyone wants to seriously study the ????? of ??? ????? in this era study the ???:
“?? ????? ????” of ??? ????? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ??”?
all the problems that the Zionists do would not happen if more frum yidden would move to ??? ????? and vote for the chareidi/frum parties
ben EY:
When we reach the level of those ????? ?????, and are impervious to Zionist idolatry as they are, then we can talk.
The implications of your other quotes are gilui panim baTorah sheLo kaHalacha. For example, even Rabbi Soloveitchik, head of Mizrachi, said that fulfilling mitzvos in chutz laAretz is no less than in E”Y and explained what that gemara meant.
The oaths absolutely apply today as they have since the galus started. Please don’t imply that this is a machlokes when nobody of note says that.
Regarding San Remo and the alleged words of the ??? ??? that you quoted, that means only that there would be no fear of the oaths for a group of people to peacefully and non-politically (and obviously non-militarily) move to E”Y since, in that understanding, with the permission of all the Nations, doing so would not violate any oaths.
But the Zionists instead fought wars to establish a State, which are multiple gross violations of the shevuos: rebelling against the nations, ascending with strength and dechikas haKeitz.
Ben EY:
“If anyone wants to seriously study the ????? of ??? ????? in this era study the ???:
“?? ????? ????” of ??? ????? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ??”?”
Actually, that was written during the Holocaust, contains conjecture, etc. by the author rather than pure halacha and, therefore, would not be a serious study at all of the the many problems of Zionism.
But Rav Reuven Grozovsky’s Biayos haZman and the Satmar Rav’s sefarim are quite comprehensive halachic resources on this sugya.
ben EY:
“all the problems that the Zionists do would not happen if more frum yidden would move to ??? ????? and vote for the chareidi/frum parties”
This is wishful thinking, at best. Zionism at its core is changing the Jewish people and faith into a godless idolatrous nationalist Zionism.
No matter how many frum people would be there, the idol is still an idol. You can’t “reform” an idol. Israel is a Zionist State, not a Jewish State that happens to be Zionist.
Moreover, that State is forbidden al pi halacha, even if it were “Jewish”, so the more frum people run that State, the bigger is the chillul Hashem of that idol State.