In Judah and the Galilee
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This entry contains material that some people may find disturbing.Not fire and sun—but our blood will redden, Oh Zion, your mountains—
Right after disembarking and finishing my business with the numruk [custom house], I hurried to Petah Tikva. My friends implored me to stay in Jaffa for a few days, but I couldn’t curb my ardent desire to see a Hebrew moshavah [farming village], and toward evening on that day I…
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