Earning Eretz Yisroel

Creating a Path Forward amid theChallenges of Ikvesa D'MeshichaFrom the earliest days of our long exile, the yearning forTzion has been a core element of our relationship withHaShem. Generation after generation was inspired by thelove for Eretz Yisroel, and Jews were sustained through thebitter years of golus by a firm emunah that our suffering willultimately end with the return to Tzion. This core of emunah has become much more complicated inthese last periods of golus... As in all generations, we have been blessed with gedolim whoprovided guidance and clarity, even in the darkest of times.This author had the privilege to hear many discussions aboutthese topics, and never ceased to marvel at the ability of ourleaders to shed light on what seemed to be the most confusingand complex situations. Rabbi Bentzion Kokis serves as a Mashgiach Ruchaniin Beis Medrash Govoha of Lakewood. He also was the morad'asra of Khal Zichron Mordechai in Monsey, New York, forover two decades. His years of