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*To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar. | *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].” | **[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 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'']. | |||
* The Zionist aspiration includes not only the return to the Land of Israel, but also the return to the soil. | * The Zionist aspiration includes not only the return to the Land of Israel, but also the return to the soil. | ||
** [[Menaḥem Ussishkin]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/10790 Between Shiny Gold and a Burning Sword].” | ** [[Menaḥem Ussishkin]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/10790 Between Shiny Gold and a Burning Sword].” | ||