QUESTION:
1) Why do we need to live in Eretz Yisrael in order to be there for Mashiach? Won’t Mashiach gather all Jews from all over the world when he arrives?
ANSWER:
Firstly, the suffering of chevlei Mashiach is lesser for those who are already found in Eretz Yisrael by the arrival of Mashiach. On a deeper level, it is because the light of Mashiach first shines in Eretz Yisrael, and therefore anyone found in Eretz Yisrael at Mashiach’s arrival are the first to receive his light.
QUESTION
2) Right now there’s a lockdown in Eretz Yisrael and all the airports are closed, so there is no way for anyone in chutz l’aretz to make aliyah to Eretz Yisrael at this time. Does that mean that Jews living in chutz l’aretz should be more afraid of chevlei Mashiach?
ANSWER
It is a sign to awaken all those living in chutz l’aretz to move to Eretz Yisrael, because we don’t know each day will bring. Eretz Yisrael is the “land where the eyes of Hashem are on”, and therefore it is always safer to be in Eretz Yisrael.
QUESTION
3) How do we do teshuvah when we get ready for the Geulah? Are we supposed to be davening, crying, making cheshbon hanefesh, and full of fear of what might happen in chevlei Mashiach? Or should we instead be rejoicing and dancing, with emunah that the yeshuah is underway, just as Mordechai knew that the decree of destruction against Jewry wouldn’t happen because he had total bitachon that Hashem would bring a Geulah to their situation?
ANSWER
First a person needs to do teshuvah out of fear of Hashem, and after that he should bring joy into doing teshuvah. First a person needs to do teshuvah (and all that it entails), and after that one can rejoice with simchah.
QUESTION
2) Right now there’s a lockdown in Eretz Yisrael and all the airports are closed, so there is no way for anyone in chutz l’aretz to make aliyah to Eretz Yisrael at this time. Does that mean that Jews living in chutz l’aretz should be more afraid of chevlei Mashiach?
ANSWER
It is a sign to awaken all those living in chutz l’aretz to move to Eretz Yisrael, because we don’t know each day will bring. Eretz Yisrael is the “land where the eyes of Hashem are on”, and therefore it is always safer to be in Eretz Yisrael.
QUESTION
3) How do we do teshuvah when we get ready for the Geulah? Are we supposed to be davening, crying, making cheshbon hanefesh, and full of fear of what might happen in chevlei Mashiach? Or should we instead be rejoicing and dancing, with emunah that the yeshuah is underway, just as Mordechai knew that the decree of destruction against Jewry wouldn’t happen because he had total bitachon that Hashem would bring a Geulah to their situation?
ANSWER
First a person needs to do teshuvah out of fear of Hashem, and after that he should bring joy into doing teshuvah. First a person needs to do teshuvah (and all that it entails), and after that one can rejoice with simchah.
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