[Avodah] The 8th Day of Pesach in Golus

[Akiva Blum]

On 16-Apr-12 2:20 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> Be this as it may,  the kedusha of EY might well be a "double edged 
> sword."
>
> Many years ago I asked Rabbi Dovid Kronglass, ZT"L, who was the 
> Mashgiach of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel,  about moving to Eretz Yisroel. 
> After all, I said, Orthodox Jews are interested in doing mitzvahs, and 
> one can certainly do more mitzvahs in Israel. He responded by pointing 
> out that the mitzvahs that one can do in Israel are only of rabbinical 
> origin at this time. Furthermore, he went on, one has to keep in mind 
> the following.
>
> The land of Israel has a special Kedushah (holiness). Therefore, if 
> one does a mitzvah there, one gets more reward than if one does the 
> exact same mitzvah here. However, if one does something wrong, G-D 
> forbid,  in Israel, it is much worse than if one does the same wrong 
> here. "You just don't go to Israel," he told me. "You have to be on 
> the right spiritual level before you go."
>
> Based on this I conclude that for those people who are not on the 
> right spiritual level it is "better" for them to remain in Golus.

So it follows that having a Shabbos Yom Tov in chu"l  (leshitoscho) is a 
double-edged sword too. Perhaps many are not on the right spiritual 
level, and would be better off on Yom Tov in EY!

Akiva
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