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*The inheritance of a deer, as the skin of a deer, unoccupied by the body of the animal, shrinks, so also the land of Israel, unoccupied by its rightful owners, became contracted. | *The inheritance of a deer, as the skin of a deer, unoccupied by the body of the animal, shrinks, so also the land of Israel, unoccupied by its rightful owners, became contracted. | ||
**Talmud: ''Gittin'', | **Talmud: ''Gittin'', 57a:13. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature]'' | ||
*The land of Israel is situated in the centre of the world, and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel, and the Temple in the centre of Jerusalem, and the Holy of holies in the centre of the Temple, and the foundation-stone on which the world was grounded, is situated in front of the ark. | *The land of Israel is situated in the centre of the world, and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel, and the Temple in the centre of Jerusalem, and the Holy of holies in the centre of the Temple, and the foundation-stone on which the world was grounded, is situated in front of the ark. | ||
**'' | **''Zohar'', Terumah 52. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature]'' | ||
*Better to lodge in the wilderness of the land of Israel than dwell in the palaces outside of it. | *Better to lodge in the wilderness of the land of Israel than dwell in the palaces outside of it. | ||