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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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