Israel, Land Of

1. Through settling the Land of Israel, one perceives Divine Providence over the world.

2. According to the novelties a man derives from the Torah, he draws an aura from the holiness of the Land of Israel.

3. According to the longing one has to come to the Land of Israel, through this there is bountiful large income.

4. One who supports many people, through this he draws blessing from Israel to the rest of the world.

5. One who longs for the Land of Israel arouses longing in his mother and father—meaning, in their souls—so they come to Israel, and the Holy One, Blessed be He comes with them, and they wait and long for him (t.n. to come to the Holy Land).

6. Through the money one gives to the poor people that live in the Land of Israel, through this his wealth is maintained.

7. One who knows about the Land of Israel, who has truly tasted the taste of the Land of Israel, can recognize in another if he had been by a true Tzaddik on Rosh HaShana (Jewish New Years) or not. For one whom merited being by a true Tzaddik on Rosh HaShana, wherever he looks, the air of that place gains the aspect of the air of Israel. Therefore, anyone who knows the taste of the Land of Israel, each person according to his level, will without question, sense the Land of Israel when he chances upon and meets with a man who had been by a true Tzaddik on Rosh HaShana. For through such a man the air becomes the aspect of the air of the Land of Israel, as explained above.