Hi Rabbi, one more e-mail. I wouldn't even know how to respond to the attached article, Do Not Ascend Like a Wall, by Rabbi Shlomo Aviner. He gives 13 reasons why the Three Oaths don't apply to the State of Israel.

I am having an e-mail correspondence with a Rabbi I know in Los Angeles concerning the Three Oaths, and he raised the following argument:

Hi Rabbi, I hope you are doing well.

How can anyone say that the medina was responisble for the holocaust and the current situation in Israel.

Dear Rabbi:

Why don't you believe that the mitzva of living in Eretz Yisroel functionally applies today? Rashi says that "Kol Hador Bechutz Laaretz kimei shein lo elokah ".

Do you believe that Hashem would davka prefer Jews to live in Chutz Laaretz? If so, how would you explain that there is a nice Satmar population living in Israel?

Is it intrinsically problematic to have a Jewish government that isn't a monarchy appointed by Hashem. If so, then how did the Vaad Arbah Aratzot (Council of the Four Lands) or Nasiim rule permissably?

The Three Oaths is an Agadah sugya. since when is halacha paskined through an Agadah?

Isn't a war of self-defense permissible and obligatory because of the ruling "Habah Lehargecha Hashkeim Lehargo"? When someone is coming to kill you, you kill him first.

Fyi, in Shul today, someone brought to my attention a 35 page essay written by Rabbi Gil Student. It was taken off of his blog (title of blog is Torahmusings.com).

Dear Rabbi,

I am asking for a framework within Torah for behavior towards my fellow Jews who are supporters of Zionism.

Dear Rabbi,

Should True Torah Jews who live in Israel accept family aid, health insurance and any other benefits given to Israeli citizens?

Moshe

Dear Rabbi,

Dear Rabbi,

Is it permissible to send Tzedaka money to support the poor in Eretz Yisroel, or to hospitals in Eretz Yisroel, or, for example, to organizations in Eretz Yisroel who help handicapped children?

Dear Rabbi,

First of all, I must say I'm deeply shocked by what I read in the "Ten questions to the Zionists" section!!

To the Torah True Jews,

Shalom Uvracha.

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