1795 - 1874 (5 Cheshvan 5634) ZEVI HIRSCH KALISHER (Germany-Prussia)
The foremost developer of a nationalistic religious philosophy, which hernexpounded in his Dreishat Zion (The Seeking of Zion). Kalisher was arnstudent of Rabbi Akiva Eger and served as an unpaid rabbi in the townrnof Thorn (now part of Poland). He believed that the return to Zion shouldrnbe brought about by acts, not by waiting for the Messiah (see 1862. Once the Jews returned to Zion, then the Messiah would come. Kalisher was instrumental in encouraging the idea of establishing agriculturalrnsettlements as well as having Jews guarding them.rnrnrn
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