Original Research
A critical investigation into Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli’s views on the phenomenon of labour
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 75, No 3 | a5365 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v75i3.5365
| © 2019 Amir Mashiach
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 17 December 2018 | Published: 23 October 2019
Submitted: 17 December 2018 | Published: 23 October 2019
About the author(s)
Amir Mashiach, The Israel Heritage Department and the School of Education, Ariel University, Ariel, IsraelAbstract
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli (1909–1995) was one of religious Zionism’s greatest rabbis and adjudicators. He served for many years as the rabbi of Moshav Kfar Haroeh, sat as a judge in the supreme Rabbinical Court and was head of the Merkaz Harav yeshiva. The purpose of this study is to shed light on Yisraeli’s attitude towards work. Did he see work as a basic human obligation spelled out by the physical need for survival? Did he associate an ideological value with work, as part of a worldview integrating religious values with extra-religious ones, similar to socialism? Or did he see work as a religious value, one that stemmed from his theology?
Keywords
Rabbi Yisraeli; Religious Zionism; Rabbi Kook; Work; Labour; Mizrachi; Ha-poel Ha-Mizrchi; Activism
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