The parsha read in Israel is Parshas Shlach, the parsha of the meraglim. It is therefore no coincidence that the FJJ the Flatbush Jewish Journal, decided to print the following question and answer transcribed from one of the Rabbi Avigdar Tapes.
*לא נוכל לעלות*
Question: Must one undergo a special spiritual preparation in order to go to Eretz
Yisroel?
Answer: And the answer is, absolutely!
Yermiyahu Hanavi said in the name of
Hashem, “You came and you defiled My
land” (Yermiyahu 2:7). And therefore, it
is of the utmost importance that someone
should be ready to behave if he wants to
go to Eretz Yisroel. He should learn how
to conduct himself perfectly al pi hatorah
before he goes to Eretz Yisroel.
And even
if he is good here, he must make a resolve
to be even better there. There are no two
ways about that. It’s Eretz Hakodesh and
it’s only for Jews who live b’kedusha.
Now you’ll ask me, what about the
Arabs?
First of all, the Arabs don’t ask us
any questions. They’re not asking me for
my opinion. And second is that an Arab,
we consider him just like a bird. There birds
who fly into Eretz Yisroel don’t have to
have any kedusha.
But the Am Yisroel is a different story. They are pogem, they cause damage.
When they do a sin they cause great harm
in the world. And therefore it’s of the
utmost importance that a Jew, before he
goes to Eretz Yisroel, must make up his
mind to be there b’kedusha. Even if it’s just
for a visit.
Nobody should go unless he’ll
go b’kedusha. The land of Eretz Yisroel has to have
something made to its taste. It’s a land
of And the land will vomit out its inhabitants (Achrei Mos 18:25).
Eretz Yisroel is Finicky. It’s a delicate land and only those
people who behave properly can please
the land.
TAPE # 200 (January 1977)
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I feel that this answer from Harav Avigdar Miller must be challenged, as this view has proliferated in the minds of the Flatbush Beards as "Toras Moshe."
The idea that only "tzaddikim" should make Aliyah, learned from this pasuk, is also the view of the Vayoel Moshe.
But this idea that only "tzaddikim" should make aliyah derived from this pasuk is very dangerous and can lead to heresy, G-d Forbid.
The pasuk in Parshas Achrei Mos 18:25 states:
ולא תקיא הארץ אתכם בטמאכם אתה
"You should not cause the land (Eretz Yisrael) to vomit you out when you defile it"
The Torah prior to this verse lists a number of prohibitions and abominations and concludes with the above quoted verse.
If Rabbi Miller's and the Vayoel Moshe are correct, then how would they explain the following?
In the year 1012, Jews from Mainz were "vomited out", in 1276 all Jews from Upper Bavaria were "vomited out", In 1182 Philip Augustus "vomited out" Jews from Paris. In France, Jews were "vomited out" in 1254, 1306, 1322, 1359, and in 1394. In 1288 Jews were "vomited out" from Italy, in the year 1290 England "vomited out" all its Jews. In 1294 in Berne, Switzerland all Jews were "vomited out" .In 1360 Hungary "vomited out" its Jews. In 1420 Jews were "vomited out" of Austria, in 1442 Jews were again "vomited out" of Bavaria. In 1492 Jews were "vomited out" of Spain and Sicily. In 1496 Portugal "vomited out" its Jews and in 1499 Nuremberg "vomited out" its Jews.