There are certain topics which are taught in religious schools in a theoretical sort of way. These are the topics which really don't relate to us today but they're taught because they appear in the Torah or the Tanach or other religious sources.
One of these is the entire subject of sacrifices, which will again be offered when the Temple is rebuilt, but they are taught in a way in which they are not relevant to us today. That's a shame because since we believe that the Mashiach will come any day, very soon, and the Temple will be rebuilt, we should be prepared for it.
A second thing which is taught in a purely theoretical manner, as if it is not relevant to us today, is the Brit Ben Ha'betarim. This is the covenant between G-d and the Israelites in which G-d promises the Land of Israel to future generations.
This covenant conflicts with the reality of life in the Diaspora. Those who live in the Diaspora believe that the country is their homeland and their home. The Brit Ben Habetarim is therefore a theoretical but required issue for those living in the Diaspora, but let's get it over with as quickly as possible and go on to the things that we have to understand and know, those things that relate to us today, and this is not one of them.
Something is wrong here.
This is no longer a theoretical issue. The fact is that every Jew can and should consider life in Israel today. He belongs in Israel. He does not belong in the Diaspora. The Brit Ben Ha'betarim relates to us - today.
This gives students the attitude that Israel is not part of the real world.
Thus, by the time their own children grow up and they enter their real world, the real world no longer reflects Israel any more than a sacrifice reflects something that one could relate to.
Or perhaps life in Israel is seen as a terrifying sacrifice.
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