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On 16-Apr-12 2:20 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:20120416112105.A84F6300990@nexus.stevens.edu"
type="cite">
Be this as it may, the kedusha of EY might well be a "double
edged sword." <br>
<br>
<font size="3">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.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
<br>
</font>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. <br>
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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!<br>
<br>
Akiva<br>
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