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Aḥad 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.

Aḥad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of [[Theodore Herzl|Herzl]] and political Zionism, and argued that first, before the return to Palestine, there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.

He founded the “Sons of Moses” society to materialize his ideas. He defined the goals of the society in his essay “[https://benyehuda.org/read/3361 Way of Life]” and in the journal “Hive”, which he was the editor of. The society dispersed in 1897. Aḥad Ha‘am travelled to Palestine in 1891, 1893 and 1900 and wrote about his journeys in ''HaMelitz'', in his articles called “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/7883 Truth from Palestine]”.

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According to his philosophy, “Love of Zion” is not ''a part'' of Judaism, but ''is'' Judaism in its complete form, and is not dependent on Palestine, but on its spirituality. The Palestinian settlement is not meant to

The settlement of Palestine is not to settle ~~settlers~~ on their land, but rather that “we ourselves return in spirit to Zion”. The solution to the revival of the nation is to make Zion a national center, to which the people of Israel will aspire to return to revival: the revival of hearts, and will aspire to develop anew in a free spirit in a national life on general human foundations.

The settlement of Palestine does not exist simply to settle Jews on their land, but rather that “we ourselves return ''in spirit'' to Zion”. The solution to the revival of the nation is to make Zion a national center, to which the people of Israel will aspire to return to revival: the revival of hearts, and will aspire to develop anew in a free spirit in a national life on general human foundations.

This aspiration will begin in the Diaspora, and only one settlement is needed that will be an example from which to learn how to renew the new revival of the Israeli nation on historical foundations. Foundations on which the national morality was imprinted that will develop from generation to generation by national laws.

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-Aḥad 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.
+Aḥad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of [[Theodore Herzl|Herzl]] and political Zionism, and argued that first, before the return to Palestine, there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.
 He founded the “Sons of Moses” society to materialize his ideas. He defined the goals of the society in his essay “[https://benyehuda.org/read/3361 Way of Life]” and in the journal “Hive”, which he was the editor of. The society dispersed in 1897. Aḥad Ha‘am travelled to Palestine in 1891, 1893 and 1900 and wrote about his journeys in ''HaMelitz'', in his articles called “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/7883 Truth from Palestine]”.
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 According to his philosophy, “Love of Zion” is not ''a part'' of Judaism, but ''is'' Judaism in its complete form, and is not dependent on Palestine, but on its spirituality. The Palestinian settlement is not meant to
-The settlement of Palestine is not to settle settlers on their land, but rather that “we ourselves return in spirit to Zion”. The solution to the revival of the nation is to make Zion a national center, to which the people of Israel will aspire to return to revival: the revival of hearts, and will aspire to develop anew in a free spirit in a national life on general human foundations.
+The settlement of Palestine does not exist simply to settle Jews on their land, but rather that “we ourselves return ''in spirit'' to Zion”. The solution to the revival of the nation is to make Zion a national center, to which the people of Israel will aspire to return to revival: the revival of hearts, and will aspire to develop anew in a free spirit in a national life on general human foundations.
 This aspiration will begin in the Diaspora, and only one settlement is needed that will be an example from which to learn how to renew the new revival of the Israeli nation on historical foundations. Foundations on which the national morality was imprinted that will develop from generation to generation by national laws.