Q&A: The Land of Israel
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The Land of Israel
Question
I saw a post that says: Imagine that it were possible to copy the entire State of Israel to a region in the United States. You would move along with your house, your family, and your job. Everything would be the same, just in a different country and not in the Land of Israel. Would you move?
Would you move? And if not, why not?
Answer
Not an interesting question. First of all, you would need to add more assumptions: that everyone agrees to move, that there would be a reasonable continuation of the Jewish people there as well (including immigration there from abroad). And even after all that, there is a commandment and a value in living in the Land of Israel.