[Avodah] The 8th Day of Pesach in Golus

Simon Montagu simon.montagu at gmail.com
Mon Apr 16 23:13:20 PDT 2012


On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Prof. Levine <llevine at stevens.edu> wrote:
> 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.

This advice seems to me to lead to stagnation. I can only speak for
myself, but if I wait to be on the right spiritual level before doing
mitzvot I will never do anything.

--
"It seems to me that what this job calls for is a superman."
... Wong chuckled and flexed his arms. "Maybe so, Matt, but there
aren't any supermen, so we'll have to do the best we can with young
squirts like you."

R.A.Heinlein, "Space Cadet"



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