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Mizrachi Inspiration 12 · Rabbi Benjy's Shiur

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  Mizrahi, Inspiration. Shit #12.
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  Those of us not yet privileged to live in the Holy Land might
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  find ourselves doing some soul searching at the end of today's
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  learning, but by teach us that living in Israel is equal in
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  scale to all of the mitzvaht in the Torah?
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  It's an awesome idea. Obviously, this emphasis does
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  not come to render all the other mitzvaht superfluous.
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  You can't just live in Israel, not in kosher, not Duchabas,
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  etcetera. Every mitzvah is integral part
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  of the big picture of the 613 commandments.
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  But the mitzvah of living in Israel is not just an ordinary
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  commandment, it's an all-encompassing mitzvah, the
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  fundamental prerequisite for the Jewish people to be able to
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  function again, not as individuals.
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  We can do that just fine outside, but as a nation, which
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  is ultimately what we're meant to be, the genuine keeping of
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  the ties only in the Land of Israel and every other place.
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  The commandments are imposed as a way of a reminder so that when
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  we return we will know how to keep them based on the Madras,
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  based on the on the rambal, on the Torah we have Svioda Cook
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  based this on earlier sources which Rashi quotes in his
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  commentary to post. It says even though I'm exiling
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  you from Israel to outside the land, distinguish yourself with
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  the commandments so when you return they will not seem you.
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  Rushy comments. This is like a king who became
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  angry at his wife and sent her back to her father's house.
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  He said to wear your jewelry so it won't seem new to you when
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  you return to the palace. So I cut the sporical said to
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  the Jewish people of my sons, distinguish yourself with
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  mitzvahs so when you return they won't be new to you.
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  That's what the prophet Jeremiah said.
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  Set up Marcus for yourself. Make yourself signpost so you'll
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  know how to live in the Promised Land.
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  The true intended place from its fault is the Land of Israel.
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  The purpose in Gallatin exile is to keep us attached to the
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  Torah, so when we return it'll all be familiar and we will know
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  that how to live in the maximal maximum possible way as
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  individuals, collectively as a nation in the Holy Land.
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  This teaching of the Rabbi tells us that Land of Israel is not
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  merely A geographical out, geographical homeland, but a
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  foundation of true Torah observance.
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  The Land of Israel is the place designed for us, both in the
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  communal sense and individual life as well of every single
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  Jew. Here we are at home.
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  Here we're a family, the guard tells us.
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  The air is has special spiritual qualities.
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  The air makes you wise. Something about being attached
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  to the source of life and vitality transforms the Jew.
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  Or in the words of Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, the Khuzari.
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  The air of your land is the breath of our soul.
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  Just think for those of us who are still stuck outside the land
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  of Israel, how much of our mindset of our experiences are
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  not Jewish, our influence from the surrounding culture.
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  We don't even think in national concepts because what do you
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  mean we have our own? We have courts, the British
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  courts, the American courts. We have culture, which is all to
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  do with this country that we find ourselves living in.
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  That's the case. And we have to recognize the
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  impact of that Redemption is become something very
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  complicated for us because we many people don't feel that
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  we're living in exile. We don't feel that we're
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  disconnected to Torah because we're not even aware of the
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  profanity and the depth of meaning that one can have in the
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  land of Israel to connect to Torah.
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  We have a Judaism, but if we didn't, it's a little bit fake.
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  We have to strive for authenticity, strive for
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  something more real. In contrast, out to Israel,
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  outside of Israel, the air is impure, the land is impure.
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  Even holacically, the diaspora is categorized as possessing a
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  seat of spiritual defilement similar to that of a grave.
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  So my friends, let's dove and heart.
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  Let's pray to merit to go home and those who are listening who
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  are already living in the home. Your challenge is also that
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  because you have to recognize that maybe you did, but maybe it
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  just becomes forgotten about in the passage of time.
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  The significance of being able to live there and the difference
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  between a Jewish experience in the homeland to those who live
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  outside. My friends have a great day.