> The Talmudic Three Oaths

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Rebbi Elazar states that one who lives in Eretz Yisrael "dwells without sin" ("Nesu Avon"), as the verse says, "One who lives there will not say, 'I am sick;' the people that dwells there will be forgiven of sin" Yeshayahu 33:24

וּבַל יֹאמַר שָׁכֵן, חָלִיתִי; הָעָם הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּהּ, נְשֻׂא עָוֹן

This passage of the Talmud explains this "forgiveness of sin" by saying that "sins committed in Eretz Yisrael are punished much more sverely than sins committed in Chutz la'Aretz!" (Pnei Yehoshuah) So thus, it is only a people "who are not sick" - as Yeshayahu explains - that will be able to enter into Eretz Yisrael when Mashiach reigns. The people would would enter the Holy Land by force prior to that Messianic Era would in fact still "be sick" with their character flaws, covetiveness, envy and greed that would cause them to take the land by force, band together and "go up in a wall."

The Gemara (end of 110b until the beginning of 111a) records the view of Rav Yehudah, who says that anyone who goes from Bavel to Eretz Yisrael transgresses an Isur Aseh, because the verse says, "To Bavel they will be brought, and there they will stay until the day that I remember them, says YHWH, when I shall bring them up and return them to this place" - Yirmeyahu 27:22

בָּבֶלָה יוּבָאוּ, וְשָׁמָּה יִהְיוּ--עַד יוֹם פָּקְדִי אֹתָם, נְאֻם יְהוָה, וְהַעֲלִיתִים וַהֲשִׁיבֹתִים, אֶל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה

This verse commands us not to return from Diaspora until YHWH redeems us.

To insure that such a sinless state can be attained in Eretz Yisrael, and to insure that the exponential debt of committing sin in Eretz Yisrael is not incurred, YHWH has made the B'nei Yizrael swear to three oaths:

1. She'lo ya'alu Yisrael B'Chomah (שעלו יעלו ישראל בחומה) - YHWH made B'nei Yisrael swear that Yisrael would not band together and "go up like a wall"

This first oath clearly prohibits the conquering of Eretz Yisrael by massive force. As well, it more literally means that Yisrael - when instituted by Mashiach - would not be built by "walling" itself off from the indigenous society or from the surrounding societies. Not without irony, there has been much talk of erecting a Berlinesque wall by members of the extremist so-called "Likud" party that calls for the virtual genocide of the indigenous Palestinian people, as well as extending "Israel" "from the Nile to the Euphrates"

2. YHWH made Y'hudim swear that they would not rebel against the nations of the world.

This has clearly not been fulfilled. So-called "Israel" exists and expands its "settlements" through the daily violation of the Geneva Convention and dozens of declarations by the United Nations.

3. YHWH made the nations swear not to oppress Yisrael "yoter midai" (יותר מדי) meaning "more than too much."

This is the only leg that Zionist Jews attempt to stand on. It is strange because clearly they do not deny the existence of the Talmudic Three Oaths, and clearly they do not, and cannot, pretend that they are not acting in violation of the first one. History bears witness that they stand in constant violation of the second. Yet they expect that the Nazi Holocaust has absolved them from fulfilling these oaths.

Interestingly though, Y'hudim have been oppressed long before the Nazi Holocaust. The Roman persecution, the Spanish Inquisition and the like are all prominent examples. As terrible as these historical persecutions were, the Talmud records YHWH as having said: "Ani matir es besarkhem" (אני מתיר יש בשרכם) - I will make your flesh permissible (to be taken), meaning that YHWH has allowed there to be a certain degree of oppression of Y'hudim. This oppression itself was to teach us never to be the oppressor. This is why Pesach is so important and why we have always been instructed to pay so much attention to our roots as slaves in Mitzrayim. YHWH knows all, and certainly Hu had full knowledge of what path the majority of Y'hudim would take in this age of global oppression and tyranny. Thus, YHWH permitted oppression to come down upon us so that a remnant among us might remember that oppression is never the answer. This is why orthodox Judaism has always maintained that the Diaspora is a metaphysical state, that should not be hastened by "worldly means," and will only be ended through the creation of the True Nation of Yisrael by Mashiach alone!

According to the Talmud itself, this is the meaning of the verse: "I adjure you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, should you wake or rouse the love until it pleases." Shir Ha'Shirim 2:7 

הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם, בִּצְבָאוֹת, אוֹ, בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה: אִם תָּעִירוּ וְאִם תְּעוֹרְרוּ אֶת הָאַהֲבָה, עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּץ

This verse is so important that it is repeated again in Shir Ha'Shirim 3:5 word for word: "I adjure you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, should you wake or rouse the love until it pleases." 

הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם, בִּצְבָאוֹת, אוֹ, בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה: אִם תָּעִירוּ וְאִם תְּעוֹרְרוּ אֶת הָאַהֲבָה, עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּץ

An over-zealous youth who pursues infatuation with one that they have set their eyes upon - while the one whom they admire is not yet ready to accept their advances - is called a "stalker" when they pursue one who repeatedly fights off their advances. In a similar manner the B'nei Yisrael have forsaken this Talmud and taken the Holy Land by force. Taking this analogy of Shir Ha'Shirim to its logical conclusion, the colonization of Palestine can be likened to a rape of the land and its inhabitants.

If the Talmudic "Three Oaths" would have been followed, then the process of love would have naturally matured. Mashiach would have Risen and led the pure among the B'nei Yisrael to the Holy Land. Thus the True Nation of Yisrael would have been created by Mashiach in the perfect manner - in accordance with the Divine Will and Knowledge of how to deal with Justice and maintain Peace.

May YHWH (Oneness) hasten the end of suffering through the Rise of Eliyahu and Mashiach! (Mahdi and Issa)

We Belong to Oneness and to It We Shall Return !

 

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