Counteracting Negative Reports About Making Aliyah to Israel - Some Things Never Change

One of the most amazing books every compiled is "To Dwell In The Palace: Perspectives on Eretz Yisroel." It started as a section in the Jewish Press to educate the public on the crucial issue of yishuv Eretz Yisroel. Its a great book for any frum home and particularly for a home that is considering to make aliyah.

As I mentioned in a previous post this week, one of the most discouraging things when considering to move to Israel is all of the negative reports we hear from people living here in chutz l'aretz and occasionally people living in Israel.

"To Dwell in The Palace" is a great because it was put together in 1991 yet many of the issues raised in it are pertinent to today.

One essay is called "It Will Seem Impossible" by Yisroel Amishav.

Here are some contents of the essay I would like to share with you to see that things never change and that there is great things in Israel, despite all of the negative reports you have heard:

"Have you thought of aliyah, but thought again?

Have you succumbed to the effects of troubling reports? Has word reached you of the impossible employment scene, of the high cost of housing, of the political situation outside and in? If raised yerida and lowered aliyah? Have you ever worried over civil strife in the holy Land, over what will become of Torah observance when there is such opposition? Even the holy Sabbath seems endangered....Is there any imaginable way to solve all the complex problems?"

The essay continues to tell you about all of the amazing things going on in Israel, the incredible growth that has occurred since the inception of the country and continues today with "more cranes than you could count." There is much, much positive news coming from Israel, people living happy lives, closer to Hakadosh Baruch Hu in the land of our forefathers, working at jobs that support their family and observing Torah at levels unprecedented in other generations.

I will write more about this next week and include some thoughts from Rabbi Reisman regarding the subject.