Editing Simcha Elberg (section)

==== The Integrity of the Land ====
During a farbrengen held on the 10th of Shevat 5736 (1976), the Rebbe chose seventy-one elders to rule that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people. Rabbi Elberg was one of them, and during that farbrengen, he was also honored to deliver a halachic sermon on the topic of the integrity of the Land. On the night following the last day of Passover in 5738 (1978), the Rebbe delivered a firm talk about the security situation in the Land of Israel; among other things, he referred to the "Peace Now" movement as "the most dangerous movement for the Jewish people." Rabbi Elberg, who was present at the farbrengen and spoke with the Rebbe during it, summarized the matters for himself, and they were published in Kfar Chabad magazine.

During the Six-Day War, there was great pressure in the Land of Israel, and many residents wanted to leave the country. Rabbi Elberg published the Rebbe's opposition to fleeing from the land and wrote: "A great ray of light from the courts of Lubavitch, which in a solid and absolute statement says not to leave and not to fear, and certainly 'the guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.'"