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11 Two Types of Religious Zionism an ideological, religious, and cultural renewal . His purpose, then, spreads out in several directions, of which settling the land is only one . For Mohilever, the struggle against exilic traits is solved simply by leaving exile behind and going to the Land of Israel, whereas for Reines, the struggle is against the exilic type . Giving rise to a new non - exilic type requires an all - inclusive adjustment, including a redefinition of the foundations of Jewish faith in the generation of Reines also created a new style meant to grapple with the renewal . 4 new reality . A glance at a book that was published after his death, Sefer ha ʼArakhim ( “The Book of Values,” of which only the first volume appeared ) shows the new terminology he created, which is paradoxically laced with terms from medieval literature . Going to the Land of Israel will not suffice to create a new type . In sum, Mohilever struggled against the exile while Reines struggled against the exilic mentality . It merits note that, to divert the balance to the human activity that is somehow connected to the redemption of the people, an orientation of renewal is needed . During his term in the rabbinate, Mohilever spoke and wrote about the need to integrate secular with religious studies, as Rav Kook would later speak about the inclusion of philosophy, aesthetics, and physicality in the figure of the new man . It is impossible to engage in a serious struggle against exile without understanding that a new era and a redeemed human are in the offing . But Reines did not confine himself to words and was an entrepreneur before turning into a politician . The yeshiva he established in Lida implemented the new orientation . He understood that, without facts, the redemptive interpretation of current events would remain an unrealized dream . Reines re - examined the foundations of Jewish faith to locate nationalism within them . In other words, he claimed Heb ] . Naturally, the intent was to present Mohilever as a statesman, [ ) 2019 but these attempts were not too successful . See Dov Schwartz, Faith at the Crossroads : A Theological Profile of . 4 Religious - Zionism, trans . Batya Stein ( Leiden / Boston : Brill, 2002 ) , ch . 1 .
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