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Ahad | Ahad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of Herzl and political Zionism, and argued that first, before the return to Palestine, there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people. | ||
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** Said in 1910<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jewish_Curriculum_and_Resource_Guide_for/Pz3UyHrnyqQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Learning,+learning,+learning%E2%80%94that+is+the+secret+of+Jewish+survival%22&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Jewish Curriculum and Resource Guide for the Armed Forces: Resource guide update (1984) |date=1985 |publisher=Department of Defense |language=en}}</ref> | ** Said in 1910<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jewish_Curriculum_and_Resource_Guide_for/Pz3UyHrnyqQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Learning,+learning,+learning%E2%80%94that+is+the+secret+of+Jewish+survival%22&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Jewish Curriculum and Resource Guide for the Armed Forces: Resource guide update (1984) |date=1985 |publisher=Department of Defense |language=en}}</ref> | ||
*The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which the land will be regenerated. | *The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which the land will be regenerated. | ||
**Ahad | **Ahad Ha‘am, “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/6530 The Wrong Way],” 1889. Translated in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html Ten Essays]''. | ||
*More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel. | *More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel. | ||
**From “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2786 Sabbath and Zionism]” | **From “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2786 Sabbath and Zionism]” | ||
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**In [https://benyehuda.org/read/8637 Summa Summarum]. Translated in [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays'']. | **In [https://benyehuda.org/read/8637 Summa Summarum]. Translated in [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays'']. | ||
*Our very existence in dispersion is possible only because we feel ourselves to be “the aristocrats of history.” | *Our very existence in dispersion is possible only because we feel ourselves to be “the aristocrats of history.” | ||
**From an April 17, 1910 letter to A. V. Ravnitzki. Quoted in ''Essays, Letters, Memoirs'' by Ahad | **From an April 17, 1910 letter to A. V. Ravnitzki. Quoted in ''Essays, Letters, Memoirs'' by Ahad Haam, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Essays_Letters_Memoirs/N9ptAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Our+very+existence+in+dispersion+is+possible+only+because+we+feel%22&dq=%22Our+very+existence+in+dispersion+is+possible+only+because+we+feel%22&printsec=frontcover p. 268] | ||
*The salvation of Israel will be achieved by Prophets, not by diplomats. | *The salvation of Israel will be achieved by Prophets, not by diplomats. | ||
**In his essay “[https://benyehuda.org/read/8378 The First Zionist Congress]” (Translated in [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays'']) | **In his essay “[https://benyehuda.org/read/8378 The First Zionist Congress]” (Translated in [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays'']) | ||