No one is forcing you to live in exile

Hi,

"Know, my brothers, that we do not view the Jewish nation, who are scattered throughout the Diaspora, as people of improper conduct. Rather, they are fulfilling an ancient decree recorded in the Torah's rebuke, 'Gd will scatter you among all of the nations, from one end of the land to the other.'

"However, the fact that a rebuke is stated in the Torah does not command each individual to personally fulfill the punishment!"

(R' Yisrael Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim), Shem Olam, Kuntrus Nefutzot Yisrael 7))

[Note: R' Kagan expressed this in the context of a rebuke for those who left Poland for America. Interesting.]

Have a great day,
Mordechai