Kuntres Mattan Torah, On the Completion of The Zohar

Attaining full understanding does not mean we have reached the receiving phase but only the giving phase, which enables us to attain complete understanding. It is similar to the matter of redemption; we have attained it in terms of giving alone. It is a fact that the Holy One, blessed be He, extricated our holy land from foreign powers and returned it to us. Still, we have not received the land as our own possession since the time to receive it has not yet arrived. As we explained, it applies to complete understanding in such a way that he has given it yet we have not yet received it for we still lack economic independence, and political independence is impossible without economic independence. Much more than that, redemption for the body is impossible without redemption for the soul. As long as most of the inhabitants of the land of Israel are captivated by the cultures of foreign nations and are not ready for the Jewish religion and Jewish culture, the bodies are in captivity under foreign powers. From that respect, the land of Israel is still in foreign hands.