Quotes about Palestine: Difference between revisions
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*The air of the Land of Israel makes one wise. | *The air of the Land of Israel makes one wise. | ||
**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zeeira Rabbi Zeira]. '' | **[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zeeira Rabbi Zeira]. Talmud: ''Baba Bathra'', 158b. | ||
*Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the Land of Israel... And I will put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land. | *Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the Land of Israel... And I will put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land. | ||
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*The Holy One, Blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts... These gifts are: Torah, Eretz Israel, and the World-to-Come. | *The Holy One, Blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts... These gifts are: Torah, Eretz Israel, and the World-to-Come. | ||
**[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13723-simeon-ben-yohai Rabbi Shim‘on ben Yoḥai], '' | **[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13723-simeon-ben-yohai Rabbi Shim‘on ben Yoḥai], Talmud: ''Berakhot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.5a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en 5a:20]. | ||
*Upon you, upon the youth, will it depend whether Palestine is to be come the center of mankind or a Jewish Albania, the salvation of nations or the toy of the Powers. Zion will not arise in the physical world if you do not prepare for it in your souls. | *Upon you, upon the youth, will it depend whether Palestine is to be come the center of mankind or a Jewish Albania, the salvation of nations or the toy of the Powers. Zion will not arise in the physical world if you do not prepare for it in your souls. | ||
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*Women will bear daily. ... Trees will yield fruit daily... Eretz Israel will bring forth ready cakes and woolen robes. | *Women will bear daily. ... Trees will yield fruit daily... Eretz Israel will bring forth ready cakes and woolen robes. | ||
**Gamaliel II. '' | **Gamaliel II. Talmud: ''Sabbath'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.30b.10?lang=bi 30b]. | ||
*It is hard to be a worker; it is a hundred times harder to be a Jewish worker; it is a thousand times harder to be a Jewish worker in Eretz Israel. | *It is hard to be a worker; it is a hundred times harder to be a Jewish worker; it is a thousand times harder to be a Jewish worker in Eretz Israel. | ||
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*Gentiles outside of Palestine are not to be condemned as idolaters, for they only follow their fathers' practices. | *Gentiles outside of Palestine are not to be condemned as idolaters, for they only follow their fathers' practices. | ||
**[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8719-johanan-b-nappaha-ha-nappah Johanan b. Nappaḥa]. '' | **[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8719-johanan-b-nappaha-ha-nappah Johanan b. Nappaḥa]. Talmud: ''Hullin'', 13b. | ||
*Zion is greater than a piece of land in the Near East. Zion is greater than a Jewish commonwealth in this land. Zion is memory, admonition, promise. Zion is . . . the foundation stone of the messianic upbuilding of humanity. It is the unending task of the Jewish people. | *Zion is greater than a piece of land in the Near East. Zion is greater than a Jewish commonwealth in this land. Zion is memory, admonition, promise. Zion is . . . the foundation stone of the messianic upbuilding of humanity. It is the unending task of the Jewish people. | ||