The Land of Israel is like Noah's Ark

Vayechi: Conclusion and Renewal

Levi Chazen

In his book Kol HaTor, the Vilna Gaon writes, regarding the sentence, "the remnants will be in Zion", that only in the Land of Israel will the survivors of the Jewish people be found, for only those who partake in the Redemption will be found. He worried about this greatly. My teacher, Rabbi Nachman Kahane, has said time and time again, for all who want to listen, that the Land of Israel is like Noah's Ark, the safe haven for the Jewish people; one does not want to be caught outside...

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For the Jew, a conclusion is also a time for renewal. It is time that the conclusion of the exile take place and and in its wake, the renewal of the Promised Land filled with the Jewish people.

There are some people who instinctually see beyond the present, into the future, but decipher their vision for all to understand, and I believe that the gifted Levi Chazan is just such a unique viewer of the dissonance in the Jew's life in Eretz Yisrael. To read more of Conclusion and Renewal visit the link above.