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AddReply(186933,"Re: #13 - that was just mean","Steve","New York","02/23/07","I can\'t move to Israel yet, not because I have more money here, but because I don\'t have enough to move.  Now, your hate won\'t deter me from trying to clear up my debts and make aliyah, but if you make comments like that, and a Diaspora Jew reconsiders aliyah because of your hate, you have committed a far worse sin than those of us who haven\'t yet made aliyah");
AddReply(186810,"not in galut?","","","02/22/07","if you think you are no longer in galut because you live in Israel, you are mistaken.");
AddReply(186797,"reply","Meira","tampa","02/22/07","if one does not have a a way to earn a living in Eretz Israel and one is not so young it\'s pretty difficult to leave a place where one has at least a roof and food. life happens and while some of us  empty nesters should have retirement and a home that could be sold it\'s not always the case so here wee ");
AddReply(186777,"MONEY TALKS, BS WALKS... Money Money Money","Marty Clemens","Harnoff","02/22/07","Lets be honest, if it wasn\'t for the golden calf, the dollar, everyone in the USA would be in Israel.\n\nIt\'s simply about dollars. The Benjamins. The Kesev. \n");
AddReply(186633,"To Shimshon in NYC","Aryeh ","Jerusalem","02/21/07","When was the last you were in Eretz Yisrael? Are you calling our country witch contains the four holy cities within it galut? I suppose you feel that Jerusalem and Bnei brak is more galuth than las vegas miami.Ever day in the shemonah esrei we pray for the return of exiles to be gathered in Eretz Yisrael. There is currently more Jews residing in Eretz Yisrael than anywhere else in the world. I\'m not biggest fan of the secular state either, but I wont let that get in the way of my desire to perform the mitzvah of dwelling here. If hashem didnt want us to establish our state why did we win all those wars against foes much more powerful than us? Visit Eretz Yisrael my freind and see for yourself how galut is just mindset that you can choose or choose not have. ");
AddReply(186623,"to Dovid in monsey ","ari","jerusalem","02/21/07","The world needs more people like you. ");
AddReply(186545,"Monsey, Burrough Park, Brooklyn or JERUSALEM","MC","","02/21/07","The choice should still be pretty clear.\n\nWhat education are my black hat friends getting out their in the Galut? Of course the Rambam would not be living in Spain today. Rashi wouldn\'t be in France etc. So why our our BLACK HAT Buddies still running around Galut!  Why!");
AddReply(186522,"Whooooops!","Tzvi Fishman","Jerusalem","02/21/07","I seemed to have hit a sore spot. In the future, I will try to be more gentle, without distorting the truth.");
AddReply(186512,"Shmuelik, get real life","Hillel Levin","Jerusalem","02/21/07","Shmuelik, we made Aliyah 3 months ago. It is the first time that we have REALLY lived. 3 days before Tu B\'Shevat we saw blossoms on the Almond trees. Growing up in the Midwest where there is snow on the ground we had no clue what Tu B\'Shevat REALLY is.\nWe went for lunch yesterday. A special wedding anniversary treat. We went to a cafeteria in an office building in the Hi Tech Industrial Park on the north side of Jerusalem. Beautiful architecture. Teudah Kashrut, Mashgeach Tamidi, delicious food. Here is the Pella-wonderment. Everyone in the building is Jewish, the employees working in this 6 story building, the cafeteria staff, the guards, the janitors. And then, after lunch we walked through the old city and davened at The Kotel. Coming up from the wall I received a mishabarach for my self and all of my children. This is Real or should I spell: IsReal. Oh by the way lunch was only 30 shekels each ($7.50) now that is un-real.\nShmuelik, Jerusalem is calling to us all. Come home!");
AddReply(186505,"why?","Eli","S. Texas","02/21/07","why does there have to be so much finger pointing and animosity between the Chareidim and Datim? I know that that is not officially what this blog post titled \"50 ways to leave your lover\" says it is setting out to do, but there are blaring undertones of this throughout the article. You all do realize that both sides have a point, and we are only getting farther away from the truth when the two sides finger point instead of talking and looking for the truth. You turn people away from discussion and attempting to find the truth when you scorn their position, which you did in your sarcastic statement that \"He would undoubtedly answer with an assortment of convoluted explanations in order to rationalize his love for the exile.\". If, as you say, you are concerned about your fellow Jew, you will want to make sure they do not inherit the sin of the spies, which you clearly believe Shmuleik\'s views will lead to. and if you are a G-D fearing Jew, you will want to make sure that your own view is not mistaken. therefore, in consideration of these two factors, I would think you would want to engage in respectful debate over these issues and come to a conclusion based on facts and truth, not feelings. I do not know which side is right, all I know is that both sides have good points, and both sides have points that seem to me to be illogical. This does not mean they are wrong, but since respectful debate has never taken place on the subject, I really am lacking the resources to even see a clear picture of what y\'all\'s problems with one another are.\nIf you disagree with me, feel free to ridicule and rebuff everything I said. It really doesn\'t make a difference to me. just a) give me reasons why I am wrong, and b)think about it first. ");
AddReply(186433,"MY HUSBAND OR ISRAEL?","Rivka","Chicago","02/20/07","You recent 2 blogs about Israel clinched things for me. I want to live in the Holy Land. The problem is that my husband doesn\'t. What should I do?  ");
AddReply(186431,"Go for it","Aviv Hodis-Yerushalm","London","02/20/07","You made a massive impact in the London Jewish  with the Halacha on Sex article; more articles in there by you please....you put apologists like the JC to shame with the falsity and lies about Torah and Zionism! Shame on the JC! Here Here!");
AddReply(186412,"Mr. Fishman is wrong","Shimshon ","New York City","02/20/07","There is no obligation to live in Eretz Yisroel, or said another way, there is no obligation to LEAVE Galus, because unless someone is completely clueless of reality, it is impossible to leave Galus by moving to Eretz Yisroel! Galus is still in Eretz Yisroel, and in some areas, there is more Galus in Israel than in any other place in the world.\nEven by moving to Eretz Yisroel, there is still Galus in Eretz Yisroel. \nThe performance of Mitzvos, however, is better done in Eretz Yisroel. Every classical commentator (except Rav Kook) above meant in the fact that the performance of the Mitzvos is better done in Eretz Yisroel. To perform the Mitzvos one may have an obligation to settle in Eretz Yisroel and NOT because that someone beliefs that by simply moving to Eretz Yisroel Moshiach will come forthwith. (I would argue that if Rambam and Ramban knew that the secular state of Israel would arise in Eretz Yisroel they would argue against living in it to bring Moshiach.)\nThe whole discussion of how Jews are an endangered species outside of the state of Israel (in the Shtachim they are also not too safe, whether physically or spiritually) because there is a staggering intermarriage rate is presumptuous, condescending, and odious. Only Torah can save Jews not Medinat Israel.\nUnless Moshiach will come tomorrow, Medinat Israel is not safe from destroying the Jew believe or not. Mr. Fishman, you wake up, YOU realize what is happening in Israel. The increase of the Arab population or non-Jews, bechlal, has been STAGGERING. Intermarriage will creep up, unless the bloody conflict should engulf more innocent Jewish lives just because certain \"religious\" Jews care more about bringing Moshiach through LAND than through the TORAH. In sum, unless Moshiach will come soon, Amen, Jews are not more safe in Israel than they are outside it.  ");
AddReply(186358,"Encourage, but don\'t attack","Dovid","Monsey, NY, USA","02/20/07","I am a black hat wearing Monsey-ite who is soon moving to Israel (iy\"h).  We can, and should, reach out to Jews of all types to fulfill the positive commandment of living in our holy land.  However, please do not attack those Jewish people and Jewish communities in gallus.  Besides the fact that lashon hara (making true negative comments) is a horrible sin - it\'s also counterproductive.  Just as we approach non-observant Jews with kindless and love, so too must we approach gallus Jews in a kind and friendly manner - it will be far more effective in encouraging aliyah.");
AddReply(186342,"Fishman comes strong again! Where is Shmueliks rebutal?","Marty","","02/20/07","Fishman 1, Shmuelik 0\n\nFishman 15-Love (for the tennis players)\n\nMonsey, Borrogh Park, and other places in the Galut--The Torah being taught isn\'t the Torah from Sinai. They are leaving out the NATION of Israel.\n\nG-d Bless Rav Kook for being the first Rabbi in the last 100 years to have some common sense (funny, common sense is not so common in the Jewish community).\n\nBorrough Park or Jerusalem.. WOW!\n\n\n");
AddReply(186329,"Hey Shmoo!","Rachel Singer","Israel","02/20/07","You can buy a million dollar apartment overlooking the sea, you can have a jacuzzi, indoor swimming pool, huge kitchen, two-garage house, Hellman\'s mayonnaise, Crocs, ADSL, Heinz ketchup, Paul Newman\'s salad dressing, *Kosher* McDonald\'s, Glatt Pizza, stand-up comedy, ESPN, baseball, basketball, satellite TV -- all of these things are HERE in Israel.  So why wait? You won\'t be missing a thing if you move to Israel! And you\'ll be getting SO MUCH MORE!!\nGo for it, Bud!\n");

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