The Land of  Israel 

ארץ ישראל

In the days of the messiah, the Land of Israel will become the permanent residence for the people of Israel. Indeed, it will expand and become a center that will attract the entire world.  

Rabbi Elazar HaKappar says: The synagogues and the study halls in Babylonia are destined to be transported and reestablished in the Land of Israel. 

The Holy One, blessed be He, said: In this world, everyone longed for the Land of Israel, but due to your sins you were exiled from it. But in the messianic era, when you will have no sins or transgressions, I will plant you within it in a tranquil manner. From where is this derived? As it is stated: “I will plant them on their land, and they will not be uprooted from their land that I gave them” (Amos 9:15).  

It is written: “It shall be that on each and every New Moon and on each and every Sabbath all flesh will come to prostrate themselves before Me, said the Lord” (Isaiah 66:23). But how is it possible that all flesh would come to Jerusalem on every Sabbath and on the first of every month?<footnote data-num="44"/> Rabbi Levi says: Jerusalem is destined to be like the Land of Israel,<footnote data-num="45"/> and the Land of Israel like the entire world. But still, how can people come on the first of the month and on the Sabbath from the ends of the earth? Rather, clouds will come and carry them and bring them to Jerusalem, and they will pray there in the morning. And this is why the prophet praises them in these terms: “Who are these who fly like a cloud?” (Isaiah 60:8). <source>(Megilla 29a; Devarim Rabba 3; Yalkut Shimoni 2:503) </source>