Just as a Sefer Torah is only complete when it has all its letters, and before finishing the writing of it, we ensure that it is complete and whole; so too, we must vigilantly ensure that the Holy Land is complete from boundary to boundary — that no part of it be given to others. For if even one part is missing, then the entire land is lacking and deficient (comparable to a Sefer Torah, as explained above). And just as during the giving of the Torah, every single Jew had to be present, and if not, no one would have received the Torah G‑d forbid; so too the land must be complete in all ways.
This is a three-fold fullness. First comes the “fullness of the Torah,” that fullness being when study is translated into action — “Great is study for it brings one to action.” This then leads to “fullness of the people” — all Jews, men, women and children. And leads to “fullness of the Land” — that no part of the Holy Land belonging to Jews be given away.
Indeed, true peace comes about only when we hold on to the land with all our strength — which is the preparation to G‑d giving to us those parts which in the meantime are in the hands of non-Jews. This will be very shortly, for since “all the appointed times for the Moshiach’s coming have passed,” all that is now needed is one moment of Teshuvah (repentance) and “immediately they (Jews) are redeemed.”9
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