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The View of the Michtav M'Eliyahu of the Return to Eretz Yisroel After the Holocaust

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in the Jewish world there's a variety of perspective on the state of Israel according to the hashkafa of the T and many people have a m or a tradition and they follow G is from previous generations however many don't have any specific M and very often their attitude is uh created because uh there's a vacuum of how one should view the state of Israel so I would like to share the perspective of the M which I don't think is welln and I think it's worthwhile for uh consideration as a very uh reasonable approach to how to view the state uh of Israel in the AL the what is this he does not maintain his wrath his wrath forever that's interesting did the person do chuva no it doesn't say Hashem accepted the chuva or countenance the chuva it seems like the individual sinned and was worthy of punishment and still did not do Chua so T says this is a special M that even if a person maintains sin and Hashem gets angry and Hashem unleashes his Fierce wrath nevertheless even though Hashem punishes it is not Eternal but the time will come where Hashem is M his wrath he ceases his wrath even if a person does not do Chua we find in the time of that even though the people were idolators restored the bound iies of CLA Israel and Hashem showed great Mercy even though they didn't do Chua why why did Hashem show them Mercy did anyone repent says the ter because of theid there's a mid that asem has that a time comes when it so when it rises before him and Hashem weakens his anger even though the sin is still prevalent Hashem doesn't punish but Hashem awaits and Hashem shows Mercy because if the fierce anger did not Inspire chuva well maybe the mercy will inspire Chua in other words there's a person could sin and Hashem could send punishment and the punishment is supposed to inspire someone to do chuva if it doesn't the time will come where Hashem will just say enough is enough I will no longer continue to show Fierce anger now I will show maybe this will cause repentance this is the meaning of the but rather Now deals with in a soft Manner and the T advises that we should Accord oursel in this way with our friend that even in a situation where we have to reprimand someone or our own child and a time comes where a person should say even if they're not being reprimanded enough is enough now is the time to show and softness why did they do anything to deserve it no it's just the right mid and in this context RAV Goldberg tells cites the page 352 as a way to view the establishment of the return turn to is in the post Holocaust era based on this Insight of the T where the M writes that based on the term we encounter and we learn that Hashem has a mode where Hashem could decree very harshin and the purpose is for people to do chuva and yet maybe people don't learn the lesson and Hashem might say well then the whole thing was for not but Hashem says well maybe there's an alternative maybe there's something else we could do where Hashem suddenly flips the script and he goes from great mid to tremendous mid and it's a p great opening when a person sees that even though the behavior or the conduct has not changed but when a person sees that Hashem for no deserving reason on behalf of man that could Inspire CH and this is Aid of says even though the people the person the nation is undeserving but now I'm going to flip the script and show a different maybe this will inspire writes he says it's very difficult to say that this is the beginning of the G but he does say it is a sudden flip of the script to go from of thein of six million to The Other Extreme the great great of being able to return to so this is something we see openly in the writings of where he views the return to is as the exact polar opposite that if the destruction of the Six Million was then the be ability to return to is and the establishment of a Homeland is a that's what writes and he says he understands this is the illustration the reflection of the namely the of so this is something to uh study to be aware of and is a good basis in terms of developing one's perspective of how to view the establishment of a state and the ability to return in Mass to after the Holocaust this is the Viewpoint of the and we should to the return of the and we should be able to be to see it