Question:
1) After the Geulah when Eretz Yisrael will be divided amongst the Shevatim (tribes), will people living in Yerushalayim have to move out of their apartments because only the tribes of Yehudah and Binyamin have the rights to live in Yerushalayim?
Answer:
See Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 111a: Rabbi Yochanan said “One city will be divided amongst two tribes.” The Yad Remah there discusses if Mashiach ben Dovid will come to divide Eretz Yisrael amongst the tribes. However, three different inheritances of three nations [Kenizites, Keinites] will also come to live in Eretz Yisrael, so the division will be different then. They will all pay each other with money [for where they want to live]. However, Yerushalayim won’t be divided amongst the tribes, because the conclusive view is like the opinion in our Sages that Yerushalayim doesn’t get divided. See Talmud Bavli Yoma 12a.
Question:
2) What if a person is moser nefesh to live in a part of Eretz Yisrael that he doesn’t inherit? If someone is moser nefesh and grabs any available apartment in Eretz Yisrael as soon as he is able to, is that mesirus nefesh going to ensure that he keeps that apartment in Eretz Yisrael? Or will the divisions of the tribes override it?
Answer:
No [he won’t be able to live in a part in Eretz Yisrael that’s not his inheritance], refer to answer #1. See also sefer Chesed L’Avraham (3:22) and Tzlach of Derasha to Shabbos Shuvah, who quotes the views of the Semag and Rashbam that in the future, Eretz Yisrael will be divided amongst 13 tribes. See also Toras Moshe on Devarim 34,1.
Question:
3) There are many ads in the frum papers to buy a nice apartment in Eretz Yisrael. If a person has the money to buy an apartment in Eretz Yisrael and he buys one, is that coming from belief that Mashiach is coming soon or is it coming from a desire for luxury and owning more houses?
Answer:
For some people it is coming from belief in Mashiach’s arrival, and for others it is coming from a desire for luxury.
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