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*Palestine is no more of this workaday world. It is sacred poetry and tradition—it is dreamland.

**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Twain Mark Twain], [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3176/3176-h/3176-h.htm ''The Innocents Abroad''].

=== In Ancient Jewish Literature ===

* To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar.

**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anan-ben-David Rabbi ‘Anan ben David], ''Ketubot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.111a.9?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 111a:9]. Translated in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', “[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].”

* Palestine is the holiest of all countries

**Mishnah, quoted in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', “[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].”

* He who traverses so much as four ells in the land of Israel is sure of everlasting life.

**Talmud, Kethuboth [https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.111a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en&p3=Isaiah.42.5&lang3=en 111a:20]. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature]''.

* There are ten degrees of holiness, and Palestine is holy above all other lands.

**''Mishnah Kelim'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Kelim.1.6?lang=bi 1:6].

* He who walks but an hour in the land of Israel, and then dies within it may feel assured that he is a son of the world to come

**[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/johanan-ben-nappaha Rabbi Yoḥanan] in ''Midrash Mishle'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Mishlei.17.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 17:1].

* There are ten portions of courage in the world, nine in Judah and one in the rest of the world. There are ten portions of beauty in the world, nine in Jerusalem and one in the rest of the world. There are ten portions of wisdom in the world, nine in the Land of Israel and one in the rest of the world.

**[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11344-nathan Rabbi Natan] ''Midrash Rabbah Esther'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Esther_Rabbah.1.17?ven=english|The_Sefaria_Midrash_Rabbah,_2022&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 1:17].

* The air of the Land of Israel makes one wise.

**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zeeira Rabbi Zeira]. Talmud: ''Baba Bathra'', 158b.

* Women will bear daily. ... Trees will yield fruit daily... Eretz Israel will bring forth ready cakes and woolen robes.

**Gamaliel II. Talmud: ''Sabbath'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.30b.10?lang=bi 30b].

* Palestine is the center of the world, Jerusalem the center of Palestine, and the Temple the center of Jerusalem... In the Holy of Holies there was a stone, the foundation of the world.

**Midrash ''Tanhuma, Kidushin'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Tanchuma%2C_Kedoshim.10.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 10:1].

*The inheritance of a deer, as the skin of a deer, unoccupied by the body of the animal, shrinks, so also the the land of the deer <small>([https://hebrew-academy.org.il/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99/ alternative name for the land of Israel])</small>, unoccupied by its rightful owners, became contracted.

**Rabbi Ulla in Talmud: ''Gittin'', 57a:13. 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.

**''Midrash Rabbah'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.39?ven=english|The_Sefaria_Midrash_Rabbah,_2022&lang=bi 39:8]. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature].''

*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.

**Bible, Ezekiel [https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.37.13?lang=he&with=all&lang2=en 37:13-15].

*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], Talmud: ''Berakhot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.5a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en 5a:20].

*Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none.

**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai Simeon bar Yoḥai]. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.

=== Quotes By Zionists And Their Supporters ===

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 *Palestine is no more of this workaday world. It is sacred poetry and tradition—it is dreamland.
 **[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Twain Mark Twain], [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3176/3176-h/3176-h.htm ''The Innocents Abroad''].
+=== In Ancient Jewish Literature ===
+* To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar.
+**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anan-ben-David Rabbi ‘Anan ben David], ''Ketubot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.111a.9?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 111a:9]. Translated in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', “[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].”
+* Palestine is the holiest of all countries
+**Mishnah, quoted in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', “[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].”
+* He who traverses so much as four ells in the land of Israel is sure of everlasting life.
+**Talmud, Kethuboth [https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.111a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en&p3=Isaiah.42.5&lang3=en 111a:20]. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature]''.
+* There are ten degrees of holiness, and Palestine is holy above all other lands.
+**''Mishnah Kelim'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Kelim.1.6?lang=bi 1:6].
+* He who walks but an hour in the land of Israel, and then dies within it may feel assured that he is a son of the world to come
+**[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/johanan-ben-nappaha Rabbi Yoḥanan] in ''Midrash Mishle'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Mishlei.17.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 17:1].
+* There are ten portions of courage in the world, nine in Judah and one in the rest of the world. There are ten portions of beauty in the world, nine in Jerusalem and one in the rest of the world. There are ten portions of wisdom in the world, nine in the Land of Israel and one in the rest of the world.
+**[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11344-nathan Rabbi Natan] ''Midrash Rabbah Esther'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Esther_Rabbah.1.17?ven=english|The_Sefaria_Midrash_Rabbah,_2022&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 1:17].
+* The air of the Land of Israel makes one wise.
+**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zeeira Rabbi Zeira]. Talmud: ''Baba Bathra'', 158b.
+* Women will bear daily. ... Trees will yield fruit daily... Eretz Israel will bring forth ready cakes and woolen robes.
+**Gamaliel II. Talmud: ''Sabbath'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.30b.10?lang=bi 30b].
+* Palestine is the center of the world, Jerusalem the center of Palestine, and the Temple the center of Jerusalem... In the Holy of Holies there was a stone, the foundation of the world.
+**Midrash ''Tanhuma, Kidushin'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Tanchuma%2C_Kedoshim.10.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 10:1].
+*The inheritance of a deer, as the skin of a deer, unoccupied by the body of the animal, shrinks, so also the the land of the deer <small>([https://hebrew-academy.org.il/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99/ alternative name for the land of Israel])</small>, unoccupied by its rightful owners, became contracted.
+**Rabbi Ulla in Talmud: ''Gittin'', 57a:13. 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.
+**''Midrash Rabbah'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.39?ven=english|The_Sefaria_Midrash_Rabbah,_2022&lang=bi 39:8]. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature].''
+*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.
+**Bible, Ezekiel [https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.37.13?lang=he&with=all&lang2=en 37:13-15].
+*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], Talmud: ''Berakhot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.5a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en 5a:20].
+*Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none.
+**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai Simeon bar Yoḥai]. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.
 === Quotes By Zionists And Their Supporters ===