Haredim and Religious Zionists - A Simplistic and Naive Viewpoint

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Question:

What is the difference in worldview between the Haredim and the Religious Zionists that results in their differing halakhic rulings regarding the mitzvot of settling the Land today and having a Medinah before Mashiach comes?

Answer:

The Yeshiva World focuses on one thing: Torah learning. Following the terrible destruction of European Torah world, today’s Haredim are making a monumental effort to build the world of Torah anew. To whatever extent they do collaborate with the State of Israel, it is for the purpose of advancing that goal.

The controversy between the Haredi approach and the Religious Zionists is about the means, not the goal. There is no essential difference regarding the goal. Everyone wants the entire Jewish People to settle in Eretz Yisrael. Everyone wants there to be a Jewish State and a Jewish army. Everyone wants the State to be holy, and everyone wants the Nation that dwells in Zion to act in a holy fashion. There is no argument over these points. The difference is only over the pathway that will take us there, the means to achieving the ends. Should we first move to Israel or should we first repent in the Diaspora and only then move to Israel? Should we collaborate with the re-establishment of the Jewish State or not? Should we presently serve in the army, or not