One and Only Jewish Homeland

We learn in the Torah how G-d commanded Moshe Rabbeinu to deal with the division of the Land of Israel according to tribes. This is a clear proof that Eretz Yisrael was given to the Jewish people directly from Hashem.

This is also a direct proof that there is only one homeland for the Jewish people. When they live in lands outside of Israel, they are merely “guests.” As Jews, we have only one permanent home. This is the land that was promised by Hashem to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that will be an everlasting inheritance to their children.

There are times when the most obvious needs to be said. It should be clear and simple that the ultimate intention of the Torah, was that all Jews were to live in their one and only homeland.

I had a conversation with a friend this week, who is presently spending time in New York. I asked how the Jewish communities are responding to the possibility that there could be, G-d forbid, an anti-Semitic, anti-Israel mayor in New York.

He answered that many Jews will probably move to New Jersey or Florida. He said that the obvious response that “it’s time to come home,” does not enter their minds as an option.

It is all the more disappointing when Israel is witnessing daily open miracles, and even the observant Jews, are too blind to see.

Among the miracles of the “Twelve Day War,” that gets overlooked, is how 150,000 Israelis who were abroad, were fighting to come home during the war! This makes no sense except that these Jews understood that they needed to be “home” with their brothers during the war. They couldn’t tolerate being away, despite the danger.

They clearly understood what Israel means to the Jewish people. If only, all of the Jews of the Diaspora would wake up and realize that the “Promised Land” is promised to them as well. Time for all Jews to come home!