Monday, April 28, 2008

Worth Quoting: Rabbi Riskin on American Aliyah

"You Shall posses the Land and you shall settle in it, for I have given the Land for you to possess."-Numbers 33:53
"The Bible tells us that we're supposed to live in Israel, Birkat Hamazon tells us we're supposed to live in Israel, the Amidah tells us we're supposed to live in Israel...We aren't paying attention to the Amidah, we're not paying attention to Birkat Hamazon. You know it's a pity that living in Israel isn't a chumrah like a black hat, then everyone in Boro Park would be rushing to live in Israel! It's ONLY a Mitzvah!-Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on TNL episode #2

1 comment:

Michael M. said...

Interesting quote.

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