Please note: this is a direct continuation of Reconstituting a Torah Nation in the Land of Israel (Part III) . If you have not yet read Part I and II, please click here for Part I or click here for Part II . The Dati Leumi Challenge The Dati Leumi population, as mentioned in my previous article, developed its own emergency response. They decided they will attempt to work within the secular state, using it as a vehicle towards the redemption. The problem, in my opinion, is that the Dati...

Please note: this is a direct continuation of Reconstituting a Torah Nation in the Land of Israel (Part II) .   If you have not yet read Part I, please click here for Part I . Emergency Response: Haredim vs Dati Leumi In 1948, the State of Israel was founded by a secular elite whose mission it was to redefine Am Yisrael into a nation like any other nation, bereft of a unique relationship with HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Both the Haredim and the Dati Leumi did not believe in this vision, but they both...

Please note: this is a direct continuation of Reconstituting a Torah Nation in the Land of Israel (Part I) . The Establishment Right If things had been left up to the Jewish taskmasters , we would have been slaves forever, G-D forbid. We would have had well meaning Jews fighting to improve our slavery conditions, but slaves we would have remained if Moshe did not come and do Hashem’s bidding. What we don’t realize is that slaves we would have been, and slaves we are now. Virtually every...