Tzedakah for Eretz Yisroel

In a letter to his chassidim, Rav Noach wrote: "Even one without a penny to his name should make this tzedakah a priority, even before kiddush on Shabbos. We heard much from my father about the hidden secrets of Torah contained in this mitzvah. We also heard from my master Rav Shlomo HaLevi of Karlin and the holy master Rav Baruch of Mezibuzh how important this great mitzvah is. They made it their practice to support the tzedakah of Eretz Yisroel, so that the poor of the Holy Land would have their needs well provided for, especially the holy chevrah kadishah of the kollel. Therefore, my beloved friends and brothers, do not neglect this mitzvah; treat it as my father did, like the apple of his eye. No one should reduce the established donations. I have heard some murmuring among you that this may have mattered in the past, when the poor were of loftier stature, but that in this generation they are less worthy of our support. Such words are nothing but hot air. We too have descended and are no longer on the level we once were. Therefore, my brothers and friends, please have mercy on your own bodies and souls and strengthen yourselves in this mitzvah, for it includes several other mitzvos: tzedakah, supporting talmidei chachamim, and the love of Eretz Yisroel."