Out of wishful thinking, they describe the conflict with the Arabs as a neighborly conflict that can be solved by compromise, instead of explaining to the world that the Muslim Arabs who fight us, fight the people of Israel and the great idea of the Torah of Israel, and to a large extent, all the rest of the world that is not Muslim. The foundation of the institution is that the timing of the holiday depends on the sanctification of the month, and since in the Diaspora they did not know when they sanctified the month in the Land, on the 30th of the previous month or the 31st, they instituted that they should practice two days because of the doubt. Some say that when he is in the Land, his status is like a resident of the Land of Israel, and he should observe only one day of the holiday (Chacham Tzvi 167; Shulchan Aruch HaRav 496:11), and according to the majority of poskim, since his place of residence is outside the Land, even when he visits the Land, his status is like a Diaspora resident, and this is the practice (Birchei Yosef 496:7; Mishnah Berurah 496:13).
Author: Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Published at: 2025-05-31 21:18:45
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