"Should--Heaven forbid--the Zionists succeed in obtaining a country as they hope, they will defile and desecrate it with their abominations and their evil deeds and thus prolong--Heaven forbid--the length of the Exile.
Brethren, consider the matter well. Does the Lord delight in these matters and will the salvation of Israel be brought about by their hands? No. We will not accept it under any circumstances.
Even the benefit to be derived from these men will we cast before them. Not in this benefit do we delight but in the good granted us by the Lord through the fulfilment of the Torah and the Commandments as it is written 'If you walk in My statues ... then I will give your rains in their time.' In this do we delight and for this is our hope.
As for those who help the Zionists, they are strengthening the hands of those who cause the multitude to sin. One who is for the Lord and for his Torah will not ally himself with evil doers nor will he cleave unto them. On the contrary he will oppose them as much as possible.
Until it will be the Will of the Lord to redeem us, it is for us to accept the yoke of the Exile as an atonement for all our sins and it is for us to be strong against every wave and to hope in the Lord that His salvation is near and that Meshiach Tsidkenu will come. Even if He tarry, wait for him and Shem Yisborach will have mercy on us and hasten our redemption."
R' Shalom Dov Schneerson, the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, 5660
in the Transformation, p. 233
Brethren, consider the matter well. Does the Lord delight in these matters and will the salvation of Israel be brought about by their hands? No. We will not accept it under any circumstances.
Even the benefit to be derived from these men will we cast before them. Not in this benefit do we delight but in the good granted us by the Lord through the fulfilment of the Torah and the Commandments as it is written 'If you walk in My statues ... then I will give your rains in their time.' In this do we delight and for this is our hope.
As for those who help the Zionists, they are strengthening the hands of those who cause the multitude to sin. One who is for the Lord and for his Torah will not ally himself with evil doers nor will he cleave unto them. On the contrary he will oppose them as much as possible.
Until it will be the Will of the Lord to redeem us, it is for us to accept the yoke of the Exile as an atonement for all our sins and it is for us to be strong against every wave and to hope in the Lord that His salvation is near and that Meshiach Tsidkenu will come. Even if He tarry, wait for him and Shem Yisborach will have mercy on us and hasten our redemption."
R' Shalom Dov Schneerson, the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, 5660
in the Transformation, p. 233
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