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Reviewing: “The Zionist Ideas” by Gil Troy. Jewish Publication Society. 2018. English. Paperback. 608 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0827612556.
One of the most interesting books I ever read was “The Zionist Idea” by Arthur Hertzberg, published in 1959. It was a collection of excerpts from the writings of Jewish thinkers in the pre-Zionism stage and in the early years of the Jewish state. It began with excerpts from the precursors such as R. Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Moses Hess. The book then moved on to Russia in the 1870s and 1880s with excerpts from Peretz Smolenskin, Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, Moses Lieb Lilienblum, and Leo Pinsker. Then it had excerpts from Herzl and Max Nordau (the period of the early Zionist Congresses). Then it continued with many others such as: Ahad Ha-Am, Aaron David Gordon, Rabbi Samuel Mohilever, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Judah Magnes, Louis Brandeis, Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan, Vladmir Jabotinsky, Chaim Weizmann and David Ben Gurion. The excerpts were wisely chosen and
Ascent to Jerusalem for the Three Festivals (Aliyah L’Regel)
When the Temple stood, all males had to appear before the Lord for the three festivals (Exodus 23:14-17, 34:23-24, Deuteronomy 16:16). At what age did they have to come – at 13? 30? Also, did they have to come from the Diaspora? It seems unrealistic in those times that people who lived in Egypt or Babylonia would be able to make such a long trip three times every year. Lastly, was it realistic for so many people to converge on Jerusalem at once?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
The obligation applied to all males from the age of 13 and up – which is the age of Bar Mitzvah – when a young man becomes obligated in the commandments. Exceptions were people who were elderly or unwell – or otherwise unable to make the trip (Mishna Hagigah 1:1), as well as a ritually-impure person and the uncircumcised. Another possible exception was someone who did not own land (see Tosafot, Pesachim 3b s.v. “mai’alyah”). There was also
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