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"Everything #Chazal said about the virtue of living in Eretz Yisrael, they only said because Eretz Yisrael is generally a place that is outstanding in chochmah and yiras cheit (outstanding in wisdom and fear of sin)...

It goes without saying that when the Meiri writes “every place that is metzuyan b’chochmah v’yiras cheit has the status of Eretz Yisrael,” he doesn’t mean this literally. ... there are important distinctions that exist..."

https://rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/p/my-babylonian-zionism-and-why-it