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The prescribed time for the beginning of the Final Redemption has already arrived. Accordingly, the Four Oaths no longer apply. The return of the Jewish nation to the land of Israel under a Jewish sovereign state does not violate the oath not to force the arrival of the Messiah before his time. Rather, it is the beginning of the Messianic era that is compelling the Jews to return. According to the Gra, the Four Oaths do not apply to the return of the Jews to Israel. They apply only to the rebuilding of the Temple. The Four Oaths have already expired. As long as Israel is subject to the international law of the Nations it is excused from the mandate of banishing idolatry from the Land of Israel.
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