Chapter 4
He Who Comes to the Land, Comes Nearer to His Source
The Holy Alshikh, too, wrote the following in his commentary to the verse in Parashat Emor, כי תבואו אל הארץ אשר אני נותן, When you come to the Land I give you: 9
"This verse tells us that now that you [plural] are in the Land, your presence sanctifies the Land, thus improving its quality! For I [G-d] did not say, 'When you go to the Land,' but rather 'When you come to the Land'- to tell you that your 'going' to the Land is actually like 'coming' to it - because the very source of your souls is found in the Upper Land corresponding to the [Lower] Land, with the sanctity of the Upper Land constantly hovering upon the [Lower] Land - such that the essential aspect of Israel's existence is in the Land of Israel. And this is why whenever the Torah talks about going to the Land, it states the word 'coming' – but when it refers to places outside the Land, it says 'going,' as for instance regarding Jacob when it says, 'He went to Haran.' This is because when you go to the Land, you come to your chief inner source, whereas when you are in other lands, you are outside your own authority and outside yourselves."
9. Vayikra 25,2
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