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10 Dov Schwartz Mohilever and Reines as historical figures and personality ) 1 models . Hapo’el Hamizrachi ( Mohilever’s model ) and the Mizrachi ) 2 Reines’ model ) ( Gush Emunim ( Mohilever ’s model ) and the NRPor Mafdal ) 3 Reines’ model ) . ( These, as noted, are general and ideal models . Obviously, currents and sub - currents make the actual political reality more layered and complex . Moreover, and as shown below, these three variations, though separated by decades, are not random but tied together by concrete historical lines . The Development of the Patterns The beginning of the typological patterns in national religiosity is rooted, as pointed out above, in the concrete figures of Mohilever and Reines . Both of them have been studied broadly and in depth, and I do not mean to engage again in a description of their work and their historical and political contribution . I will now dwell at length on the differences between their personalities as archetypes of the religious national reaction to the events at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth . The Purpose The distinction between Mohilever and Reines has its roots, above all, in the purpose of their endeavors . Mohilever worked to realize one focused and defined goal : settling the Land of Israel . He did pin hopes on this settlement—such as bringing people together as well as spiritual and religious exaltation—but these were not the declared goals . He was also involved in political moves, but these were not By contrast, Reines set himself as a goalcentral to his enterprise . 3 Cf . the romantic attempt of Ahiezer Arkin, R . Shmuel Mohilever : The First . 3 Political Zionist—Landmarks ( Mazkeret Batya : The Mohilever Center,
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