The Contributions that New Immigrants Can Make |
In Parshat Masei we are commanded to settle the In the days of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, when there was a famine in The Land of Israel, God promised Yitzchak in Breisheet 26:2-3 “…Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the Land which I will tell you about: sojourn in this Land, and I will be with you, and I will bless you for unto you, and unto your seed, I will give all of these lands.” Nehama Leibowitz asks the following question: What is the difference between B’nai Yisrael’s relationship to their homeland and the other nations relationship to theirs? Nechama Leibowitz answers that B’nai Yisrael are aware that the Today, we see individuals making a conscious decision to make aliya in order to observe the mitzvah of settling the Land as well as to observe the many mitzvoth that can only be performed in the As well, there are those who feel that instead of just mentioning Six years ago, when I made aliya, I had the honor of being greeted at the airport by Natan Sharansky. Natan Sharansky, now chief of the Jewish Agency addressed the olim (new immigrants) that arrived from In addition to taking on more mitzvot between themselves and God, the new olim also have the opportunity to perform mitzvot between themselves and their fellow Israelis and make contributions to improve Israeli society. |