Chavre

About an hour ago I attended lecture by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter and there, Rav Avishai David said he himself heard Rav Soloveitchik say that to say that the State of Israel is Reishit Semichat Geulatenu requires that one be a prophet. The Rav's position on religious Zionism can basically be found in Kol Dodi Dofek (The Voice of my Beloved Is Knocking) (translated into English as Fate and Destiny). Rabbi Schacter said that he heard from the Rav that the most important part of Kol Dodi Dofek is the first part discussing where we were (or more specifically where we were not) during the Holocaust.

A solid education requires reading primary sources and everybody should read Kol Dodi Dofek or its translation Fate and Destiny.


There are of course other models for religious Zionism and one must strive to understand all of them on their own terms.


I thought this was important enough to write down and send out,
Mordechai