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Seeking Zion: Modernity and Messianic Activity in the Writings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer

Seeking Zion: Modernity and Messianic Activity in the Writings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer

Myers, Jody

Paperback

Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Biographies GeneralJudaismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1906764263
ISBN13: 9781906764265
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: Dec 1 2011
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer (1795-1874) was one of the first Orthodox rabbis to advocate direct political action in order to radically transform Jewish life. Kalischer lived in a time when Jewish tradition was increasingly challenged by rational thought and social integration. Applying his knowledge of rabbinic literature to the unusual historical events unfolding around him, he became convinced that behind the rise of individual Jews to great power was a divine plan to prepare the way for messianic redemption. Kalischer anticipated that in his own lifetime he would see the ingathering of the Jews, the renewed cultivation of the land of Israel, and the restoration of sacrificial worship. This would be achieved not through supernatural agency but by the efforts of the Jews themselves, in the spirit of the time. The Jewish people was obligated by God to 'seek Zion'. Kalischer began his quest as early as 1836 when he approached the banker Amschel Mayer Rothschild with a plan to acquire Jerusalem and revive sacrificial worship. However, lacking Rothschild's co-operation and the approval of his rabbinic colleagues, Kalischer set aside his dream for almost twenty years.

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