What good personal qualities have those who make the effort to immigrate to the Land of Israel! The sooner the better, out of honor for the Shechina and to take her out of exile, and also to repair the world [Tikun 'Olam] so that the Messiah might arrive, as it says above, "to prepare his place". Those who are neglectful about immigrating to the Land of Israel, claiming that they await the Messiah's arrival, are mistaken for those who await and believe in his coming must be in Israel. Just like a person awaiting to receive a king, one must be there several hours in advance to find a place, and waiting for a king is part of honoring him. One should not remain at home and let the king arrive and wait for people.
Also, the Messiah will come to gather those Jews who are in remote places – those in remote places are the ones behind the Iron Curtain, or behind the Sambatyon River, or beyond the Mountains of Darkness, but who can say that those living in the lands of freedom and liberty are remote?... On this matter, it says in the Torah that "The hidden things belong to the LORD our God" – this refers to those Jews who live in hidden places such as behind the Iron Curtain and the like…but the "revealed" ones must harken to the voice calling "Go forth from your native land".