It is pretty unusual that this guy who was killed in Russia, Shabsai Kalmanovitch, who had been a double agent and had been jailed for spying against Israel requested that he be buried in Israel. He was a spy against Israel, and had sat in jail for spying against Israel, yet he still wanted to be buried here.
The opposite is also amazing, if he feels the attachment and holiness of Israel, why would he spy against us?
But despite the absurdity of it, it still shows the respect he has for the kedusha of Eretz Yisrael even if he did not hold the State in high regard.
The question remains, why was he assassinated?
ReplyDeletePerhaps he decided to spy on his employers?