[Avodah] Eretz Yisroel, Zionism, and Medinas Yisroel in the Philosophy of RSRH

[Ben Waxman]

Yes we have heard this answer before, several times. Putting aside its 
multiple problems, it is basically rejecting the paper you linked, given 
that the paper's author supports the state albeit with several large 
reservations. You can't say that the aliya of the vast majority of 
people to Israel is a mistake and support the state at the same time.

Ben

On 6/14/2018 3:47 PM, Prof. Levine 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 commits the same wrong 
> deed here. "You just don't go to Israel," he told me. "You have to be 
> on the right spiritual level before you go.