There is a wonderful story about Israel’s first Chief Rabbi, Abraham Isaac
Kook who in 1924 was invited to a tree planting ceremony and given the honor of
placing the first sapling. The ordinarily dignified Rabbi became very emotional
as he bent low to the ground. Suddenly, Rabbi Kook threw away the shovel and
passionately began digging with his bare hands. “How could I use a shovel?” he
explained, “when there should be nothing separating a man from the Holy Land he
is planting on!” Plant your roots in the Holy Land today.
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