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From: andy@Shasta.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Jews and ISRAEL
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 20:29:36 EDT
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from Asher Meth
> So it is with the holy land, Eretz Yisrael. When Jews live there, and follow
> the teachings of HaShem, it can support any number of them (no matter how
> large) for then they embody the spirit of the land.  When Jews do not live
> there, it just cannot support many inhabitants. They will always struggle
> to find enough food, and may have to live like nomads, travelling from
> place to place, in order to survive.

Excuse me, but is this for real?  Does he really believe that Israel,
the geographic entity, has "magical", ie supernatural, properties?

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