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<font size=3>At 09:41 PM 4/15/2012, Rn T. Katz wrote:<br>
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On every yom tov sheni shel galuyos we have yom tov when those in E'Y
do <br>
not. We have that extra day because of sefeka deyoma, i.e., BECAUSE
we are <br>
in galus. What you are suggesting is that it is in general better
to be in <br>
galus than in E'Y because our doubt as to what day it is somehow
increases <br>
kedusha! Needless to say this seems prima facie absurd to
me. <br>
Additionally, it is only on yom tov that the day approximates the level
of kedusha <br>
that is present in E'Y every day of the year, which is why we only
have <br>
duchening on yom tov while they duchen in E'Y every
day.</font></blockquote><br>
First of all, I believe that some "real" Sefardim duchan
every Shabbos in Chutz L'Aretz. Secondly, IIRC R. Noson Adler
instituted duchening everyday in his minyan in Frankfurt. (I may be
wrong about this and it may have been just on Shabbos.) Thus, I do not
exactly see the connection between duchening and kedusha in EY.<br><br>
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><br>
For the record, I have no idea what the "right spiritual
level" is. YL<br><br>
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