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

[Prof. Levine]

At 06:07 PM 6/14/2018, Micha Berger wrote:
>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.

If so,  then why are there Satmar Chassodim living in Israel?  Are 
they all on a high spiritual level?  And could it be that the Satmar 
Rebbe left Israel,  for this reason?

YL
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