Israel Lacks Nothing

The Torah gives many praises of Eretz Yisrael. It is a land of plenty, a land of brooks of water, and a land of abundant fruit. It is a land where you will eat your bread without scrimping. You will lack nothing in this land.

There is a commentary of the Yalkut Halevi that explains how we will eat bread without scrimping. In Talmudic times, there was a clear difference between the wealthy and the poor in the way that they ate read.

The way of the poor was to eat the bread as is. They were happy to have any kind of bread at all. The wealthy were used to eating their bread by dipping it into a tasty sauce of some kind.

The Yalkut Halevi said that the abundance of Israel would be so great that all bread would not need dipping. Its sweetness would be the same for the rich and poor.

It is a good idea to give pause, and recognize that the gift of Eretz Yisrael that G-d gave to the Jewish people is a land that lacks nothing. We must remind ourselves how blessed we are to have a Jewish homeland. It is a great comfort to know that the doors of Israel are open for all Jews to come home and enjoy its bread.