QUESTION:
What is the reason then for all of the silence of our Gedolim and wise sages of the generation – why don’t they announce that everyone should make aliyah to Eretz Yisrael? (Is it because of the rule that the sages do not issue a decree that the community cannot keep to?)
ANSWER:
1) Rav Chaim Kanievesky shlit”a tells people all the time to move to Eretz Yisrael. He is not being quiet about it. There are others who disagree with him. Others agree with Rav Chaim but they are not voicing their disagreement, in addition to other fundamental areas of Yiddishkeit that they are being quiet about, for certain reasons which they have (which take precedence to the issue of everyone moving to Eretz Yisrael or not).
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2) Also, what makes the question even stronger is that our time period is clearly the very end of the ikvesa d’meshichah, and there are many Midrashim and words of our Sages written about the catastrophic scenarios that will take place in chutz l’aretz by the war of Gog and Magog, both physically and spiritually, so why aren’t Gedolim telling us to make aliyah to Eretz Yisrael?
Why all the silence? Is it because we are waiting for certain simanim (signs) to signify when the time is ripe for all of Klal Yisrael to go to Eretz Yisrael?
ANSWER
2) Most of the Rabbonim in the generation are trying to lead and guide according to the level of the generation and they are trying to save whatever they can, according to their understanding of the issues of the generation. That is why they are quiet about matters that are even more important than this particular issue [of making aliyah or not to Eretz Yisrael].
QUESTION
3) Finally, when making aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, where is the best place in Eretz Yisrael to be, in order to greet Mashiach?
ANSWER
3) [The best place to be in Eretz Yisrael to greet Mashiach is] Yerushalayim. If that is not possible, then try to be in Tzefas.
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