Reb Tuvya Bloi relates:
The prolific writer Reb Uriel Tzimmer, who worked in the Rebbe’s Mazkirus, told me that he once asked the Rebbe whether the Chabad approach to Zionism had at all changed.
“Chas vesholom!” the Rebbe responded. “As to why the issue is not publicly addressed,” the Rebbe continued, “there are two reasons;
“One is that I am not ready for it yet. My father-in-law was a ‘Rebbe ben Rebbe,’ and therefore was able to work on many fronts simultaneously. However, the time will come..."
“The second reason is that it is important to measure correctly the benefit of addressing matters publicly.”
“To my understanding,” concludes Reb Tuvya Bloi, “the time the Rebbe was referring to, came with the Mihu Yehudi battle. This was the epitome of the Zionist ideal that the Rebbe publicly confronted.”
(Pardes Chabad vol 18 p. 286)
