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Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik: Zionism results in the Jewish casualties, as punishment for violating the oaths
The Zionists claimed that they would save the Jews from government persecution [in Russia], and already then Rabbi Chaim Brisker, of blessed memory, said that their entire purpose in founding a state was in order to have a way to uproot the Torah from the Jewish people and to transform them into a nation like…
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Okay, but what do we do about it now?
The purpose of my book was to raise awareness of a problem. How to solve it is another story. In fact, many people have questioned the purpose in studying a subject when we have no workable solution. Therefore, I’ve dedicated this section of the site, “The Future” to talking about the solutions that have been…
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Zionist Argument: The nations of the world already violated their oath
Claim: Two of the three oaths are for the Jews, and one is for the nations of the world. Since the nations of the world violated their oath and persecuted the Jews too much (i.e. the Holocaust), the Jews are allowed to violate theirs. This claim is based on the Midrash and the Zera Shimshon…
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Zionist Argument: Permission of the Nations
Claim: The oaths do not apply to the State of Israel, since it was founded with the UN’s permission. Facts: 1) One of the oaths is that the Jewish people must not go up to Eretz Yisroel as a wall. There is a disagreement among the commentators as to whether this oath applies to any…
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If masses of Jews in Eretz Yisroel violates the oaths, what about the Jews between the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kochba?
A quick question regarding the hypothesis of your book. How do you understand the time of Bar Kochba,as I’m sure you would be quick to agree, at that time the oaths did apply halachacly speaking, the proof for that is that we see from Chazal that the Jewish people got punished for transgressing the oaths.…
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The Zera Shimshon’s opinion on the oaths
(This question relates to p. 258 of the book I Will Await Him.) Happy Chanukah, I was learning Zera Shimshon on Vayeishev, section 8, and found an explicit reference that holds that if gentiles oppress us more than the measure, we’re not allowed to exit the golus. I looked up that Zera Shimshon. He is saying…
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The Khazar Correspondence and its implications for Jewish statehood
(Based on the English edition of I Will Await Him, p. 466, and the Hebrew Achakeh Lo p. 341.) Q: In the eighth century, the king of the Khazar nation and much of its aristocracy converted to Judaism. Judaism remained the official religion of the nation until it was conquered by the Kievan Rus in…
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Letter of support from Rabbi Yechezkel Rubin
Rabbi Yechezkel Rubin, Rav of the Tomashover Beis Medrash of Flatbush, writes in his letter of approbation, printed in the sefer: “The subject of this book is a matter of supreme importance, relevant to emunah and hoping for the geulah. This is especially significant at this time, as the Jewish people sits and awaits moshiach…
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Where to get the book
Both editions of the book are available for online purchase in the US. In addition, they are available for free download. Buy the English edition Buy the Hebrew edition Download the English edition Download the Hebrew edition In Eretz Yisroel, physical copies may be purchased from Shaar Hasefer in Jerusalem, or Abramovitch Seforim in Bnei…
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