The 3 שבועות & the 3 שיטות

 

PARSHAS HASHAVUA  ויחי                                   השבעתי אתכם בנות ירושלים                                              שלש שבועות  The Gemoro (כתובות קי"א) says on this Pasuk in שיר השירים                  Hashem made 3 שבועות, two with the בני ישראל and one with the גויים.   1) They should not go up (to E. Yisroel) together by force (like a wall) 2) They should not rebel against the גויים. 3) The גויים. should not oppress the Yidden, harshly.                                       שלש שיטות The זהר in Parshas ויחי writes that “ בנות ירושלים” refers to the נשמה.   1) The אבני נזר holds that since the שלש שבועות was made  with the נשמה and not the גוף   (humans), therefore it never was applicable. Many* other Gedolim also held that it never applied but for different reasons. 2) The Gedolim supporting Agudas Yisroel, Shas etc. hold that after the state was established  a) we need not be concerned with the  שלש שבועות b) having representatives in the Knesset is not only not a problem but highly recommended (מצוה) (In previous generations we had representatives in  Parliaments with Christian מינים) 3) The ויואל משה  & Gedolim following his שיטה, hold, a)  The שלש שבועות should be fully enforced until the arrival of משיח b) It is אסור to sit in the כנסת המינים as representatives and thereby voting is also forbidden. *Some of the reasons* why the ג' שבועות are not applicable: 1) The רי"ף ,רא"ש ,רמב"ם, טור,שו"ע  and scores of others, non of them mention the ג' שבועות as a הלכה למעשה ר' אריה ליב הכהן זצ"ל writes that his father the חפץ חיים (anti Zionist) never ever mentioned בעל פה או בכתב  the ג' שבועות. In all likelihood because the פוסק אחרון held it not to be הלכה למעשה. 2) We can't establish a הלכה from a  מדרש אגדה. The רמב"ם - איגרת תימן refers to the ג' שבועות. as a משל 3) The אבני נזר asks  Where and when did the Bnei Yisrael ever accept the שלש שבועות? The אבני נזר answers it never happened physically with the Bnei Yisrael but with their נשמה and there is no עונש for transgressing the שלש שבועות. 4) ר' חיים ויטל writes that the ג' שבועות.were only for the first thousand years. 5) The הפלא"ה claims that the ג' שבועות. is only applicable when coming from בבל and not from other countries. 6) Since the גויים didn't keep their part of the שבועה therefore we are not bound to our part.