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

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 09:47:54AM -0400, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: Many years ago I asked Rabbi Dovid Kronglass, ZT"L, who was the
: Mashgiach of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel for many years, about moving to
: Eretz Yisroel...

: 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."

This idea is also in Vayo'el Moshe.

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