Chapter 3
The Torah's Secrets are Within Grasp
We can now deduce that if Avraham Avinu, the Leader of all Believers, was unable to grasp the secret of the Upper Land until he entered the Lower Land, and if he was also unable to bring down the abundance of holiness and purity to the land until his descendants inherited it - how much more so is this true for us. It is thus clearly a holy obligation upon every person who fears and stands in awe of the word of G-d to come to the Land of Israel, for several reasons: In order to attain even a little of its holiness and purity, and to increase the abundance and holiness in the Land, and to restore the Divine Presence to the Land, as the saintly Ohr HaChaim wrote in his commentary to the verse:
ארץ אשר ה’ אלוקיך דורש
The land that Hashem your G-d constantly scrutinizes and cares for: 8
"The Torah was careful to write 'your G-d,' to make note that it is to the Land's credit and praise when G-d places his G-dliness on Israel; but when Israel is exiled from the Land and the Divine Presence is not in their midst, there is not as much praise for the Land."
8. Dvarim 11,12
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