מדינת ישראל

 

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. 2) They should not rebel against the גויים. 3) The גויים. should not oppress the Yidden, harshly.                                  The זהר in Parshas ויחי writes that “ בנות ירושלים” refers to the נשמה.   1) The אבני נזר holds that since the שלש שבועות was never made with the גוף (humans) The שבועה was made only with the נשמה, therefore it does not apply to us. The Gedolim supporting Agudas Yisroel, Shas and רוב מנין ורוב בנין of Gedolei Yisroel, even those who were against* the establishment of  The state held that we need not be concerned with the ג' שבועות. There is no such Halacha of ג' שבועות.** for many other reasons*** *They opposed the establishment of the State for Hashkafik reasons. **The Satmar Rebbe R Yoel Teitelbaum zt"l argues & holds that the ג' שבועות are applicable & הלכה למעשה ***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.

Yom Hatzmaut

Yom Hatzmaut - 

At the Knessia Gedola (Agudah) in 1936, there was a fierce debate between the Gedolim whether to accept the Peel Commission for partition of Palestine.

 The Polish (Chasidic) Gedolim supported  Chalukah, thereby supporting establishing a Jewish state in part of Palestine.

The Litvishe & Hungarian Gedolim opposed Chalukas Ha’aretz and thereby were against the establishment of a Jewish state. (by insisting for the whole, chances of this to happenwas nil)

Reb Moishe Sternbuch Shlita (Teshuvos  V’Hanhogos 2: 140) writes he heard this from

R Y.B. Soloveichik zt”l (Yerushalayim) and wrote it down exactly as heard.

R. Elchonon Wasserman &  R. Aharon Kotler zt”l  were very upset and were about to step out of the Knessia & Agudah.

 R.Chaim Ozer zt”l convinced them not to do so and to remain there.

The Brisker Rav zt”l was also very angry for even discussing the issue. He held establishing a State is a גרם שפיכת דמים. 

R.A. Kalmenowitz zt”l asked him why he was making such a big deal of it. The British Government couldn’t care less what the  Rabonim at the Knessia will decide.

The Brisker Rav answered him as follows 

  “  We find in Gemoro that the Ribono Shel Olam runs his world according to the Psak of the רוב (ehrliche yidden). At the Knessia there are רוב גדולי ישראל They are debating whether to accept part or to insist for the whole of Eretz Yisroel, but they all agree for the establishment of a Jewish State.
 He therefore fears that  the Ribono Shel Olam will make it happen,  and a Jewish State will be born