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The Land of Israel
The Land of Israel in the Messianic EraIn 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?