Making Aliyah is not for the faint of heart. It’s a journey that comes with both immense rewards and significant challenges. It also requires both resiliency and commitment.
Some people make Aliyah with the feeling that they’ve stepped into utopia, believing that Mashiach has arrived alongside them. The initial excitement can feel like a spiritual high, but reality sets in quickly. Living in Eretz Yisrael is not the same as being a tourist—it’s a complex, day-to-day experience that demands more than just a love for the land.
The truth is, while there are incredible advantages to living in Eretz Yisrael—that’s the very reason we are here—it also comes with its fair share of difficulties. This is something Rav Moshe Dovid Vali addresses right at the beginning of his peirush on the parashah. He reminds us that:
One should not think that with their arrival in Eretz Yisrael, their tikkun is complete, and they will now live in perpetual bliss and harmony. This might have been the ideal, but fo…
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