new groups, the Gedud eventually had to define its ideological principles, formulate sets of rules and proclaim itself a countrywide organization . In June 1921, its members convened at Migdal to formulate their aims and regulations and in fact to create the first countrywide Kibbutz movement . YA'ACOVZUR ( EINHANATZIV ) ROOTSOFTHERELIGIOUSKIBBUTZMOVEMENT The religious kibbutz was established about twenty years after Degania . From its inception it adopted a concept of Tora Ve'avoda ( Tora stood for eternal and definite values, Avoda for man's commitments and duties ) which had originated in Eastern Europe . Because of the tremendous upheavals caused by the First World War, religious youth was in a turmoil and in the name of religion, revolted against the existing religious establishment . In Central and Western Europe ( and especially in Germany ) the war had caused upheavals and its young people including the Jewish and religious ones, were swept up by an existential outburst . Th...
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