“Tel Aviv, with its young Olim community, is the sexiest thing on the entire planet.” YoungCommunityPlanetsSexiest Author:Ruth Westheimer
“On Shabbat something happens to the world - the world becomes infinite again.” WorldHappensInfiniteThings Happen Author:Shlomo Carlebach
“Nowhere in the world can the Jew savor the taste of Homeland save in the Land of Israel.” WorldLandTasteJewIsraelHomeland Author:A. D. Gordon
“It was the ideal of living in Eretz Yisrael that took me out of my house, out of my country and caused me to travel from my place. I left my house; I repudiated my inheritance...Why? Because I wished to travel to the bosom of my mother, Eretz Yisrael.” CountryMotherHouseLeftIdealsInheritanceBosoms Author:Nahmanides
“There are better mothers than disaster. A native land is the best of all mothers. We American Jews have a native land we love. But it is even better to have a native land who loves us.” MotherLandJewDisasterNativeNative Land Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Zion, thou art doubtless anxious for news of thy captives; they ask after thee, they who are the remainder of thy flock.” ArtAsksNewsTheeAnxiousFlocksCaptivesZion Author:Judah Halevi
“It is the obligation of each person in Israel to raise up the Fallen Bride from the dust into which She has fallen.” PersonsRaisesIsraelObligationDustFallenBridesRaise Up Author:Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
“Heaven and earth conspire that everything which has been, be rooted and reduced to dust. Only the dreamers, who dream while awake, call back the shadows of the past and braid nets from the unspun thread.” Has BeensDreamEarthPastHeavenShadowDustAwakeDreamerRootedThreadHeaven And EarthBraids Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God. Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God. Beloved are Israel, for unto them was given the desirable Torah” MenChildrenGivenIsraelBelovedDesirableChild Of GodGod ImageTorah Author:Rabbi Akiva
