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True, the Torah does teach that, "If you follow my laws and are careful in keeping my commandments... you will live securely in your land." And if, heaven forbid, "you don't listen to me and you don't fulfill all of these mitzvoth, despising my decrees and abhorring my laws to the point where you no longer keep my commandments and violate my covenant... I will make the Land so desolate that your enemies who settle it will be astonished, and you, I will cast out amongst the nations" (Leviticus 26). And again: "And if you are careful about keeping all of my decrees and all of my laws then the Land into which I am bringing you to settle will not vomit you out."(ibid. 20) From here it is clear that the primary objective must be the up-keeping of the Torah, and that if we keep the Torah we will merit, as a result, Eretz Yisrael; what's more, without Torah our struggle for Eretz Yisrael is of no value, for there is no Eretz Israel without Torah. Therefore, those who look to justify the concentration on Torah, and the lack of involvement in the struggle for the wholeness of the Land of Israel, bring these passages as support for their position.
All this I could understand were the settling of Israel itself not a Torah commandment but a mere privilege. Yet the settling of the Land of Israel, according to the Ramban (Nahmanides), is a positive commandment from the Torah and is binding for all generations including our own, and therefore relinquishing parts of Eretz Israel is a serious transgression. Well known are the words of Rabbi Menachem Zamba, who said at the "Grand Gathering" of "Agudat Yisrael," that just as the Jewish People have a Torah which is perfect, and if even one letter is missing then the entire Torah scroll is bereft of its holiness, so too we have a land concerning which it has been said that her holiness exists when all of the People of Israel are settled on her. Therefore, only those sorts of people who have the ruthless courage to tear pieces from our holy and perfect Torah, would dare to tear our land to pieces as well, while we, the guardians of the Torah, and fearful of the word of God, of both the written and oral traditions, cannot agree to concede even the smallest amount of our holy land.
So we see that the question of Eretz Yisrael is clearly Torah related, and that relinquishing parts of Eretz Yisrael is like relinquishing parts of the Torah. Therefore it's senseless to say that first we must strengthen Torah observance, even at the expense of Eretz Yisrael - for settling the Land itself is a mitzvah of the Torah. We must fight for the entirety of the Land and the entirety of Torah as one, for they are one and the same. The abandonment of the Land weakens Torah observance and the abandonment of Torah weakens our hold on the Land. Be strong and let us be strong concerning our people, our land and our Torah.
The Torah Perspective The Importance of the State of Israel in the Writings of Rabbi A.I. Kook
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
