Likutei Etzot (Compilations of Advice), The Land of Israel 1-11

The Land of Israel

1. The essence of faith which corresponds to prayer and miracles is only in Israel. There, is the main elevation of prayers and one can do with his prayer what is needed and to do true miracles and wonders in the world. (From Likutei Moharan I, 7)

2. When some damage [the concept of] the Land of Israel which corresponds to faith and prayer, then they descend into exile; the principle is that prayer descends into exile and it is impossible to pray and do miracles in the world. (There^)

3. One who wants to be true man of Israel, meaning to walk from level to level, it is impossible except through the holiness of the Land of Israel, for all the ascents that need to rise to holiness is only through the Land of Israel. Thus, all ascents of prayer are only in the Land of Israel. (From Likutei Moharan I, 20)

4. In the merit of the Torah that one draws, he merits the Land of Israel. Also, through being present by the tzadik at the time he draws Torah and teaches in public - then one will also have a portion in the Torah that the tzadik draws. Through this, he also merits to come to the Land of Israel. (There^)

5. It is impossible to come to the Land of Israel except through hardships. The main part of the hardships are the wicked ones who prevent, who raise slander about the Land; but through the drawing of the Torah as stated above, one merits to subdue all the obstacles and the hardships. According to the wholeness of the Torah that one merits to draw is the amount of rectification made. As such, one merits to subdue those who prevent coming to the Land of Israel. (There^)

6. When a person comes to the aspect of the Land of Israel, then he is called a firm warrior. For before coming to the aspect of the Land of Israel, then "One who girds [the sword] shall not boast as one who ungirds [it]" (I Kings 20:11), but afterward when he succeeds, then he's called a man of war. (There^)

7. Through giving charity to the Land of Israel one becomes included in the air of the Land of Israel, which corresponds to holy breath in which is no sin. Through this, one cancels out judgment and darkness from the world. Also, through this one is spared from foreign thoughts during prayer and his mind and thought becomes pure, which corresponds to tikun habrit. (From Likutei Moharan I, 44)

8. The Land of Israel is a segula for [having] children, and it saves from argument and dispute. Also, through the holiness of the Land of Israel one merits to know the true Rabbi in the generation and the truth will be revealed in the world. All return to HaShem, even the nations of the world, to serve him in one accord. (From Likutei Moharan I, 48)

9. Through powerful prayer, one merits to come to the Land of Israel, and also through the command of the suka. For the suka, powerful prayer, and the Land of Israel are one aspect and each is dependent on the other. (There^)

10. It is impossible to see the fall of the wicked except through the aspect of the Land of Israel. (From Likutei Moharan I, 55)

11. Through rectified prayer (as is explained in sec. Prayer, 51-56) the light of the merit of the Forefathers shines, and through this is drawn the aspect of the holiness of the Land of Israel even now in exile when it is under the power of the forces of evil when it's holiness cannot be revealed. Although this is so, one can reveal and draw its holiness even in this bitter exile via the sparkling light of the merit of the Forefathers. Through the holiness of the Land of Israel becoming revealed, one merits to see the fall of the wicked. It is not enough that the person is saved from the wicked, but even that he'll also see of the wicked what the wicked wanted to see of him. All this is done through learning merit out of [the good points of] the wicked. Also, through this, tzadikim who do good are meritorious before HaShem. (There^)

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