The Story of Yosef Trumpeldor

Yosef Trumpeldor
The 11th of Adar marks the date Yosef Trumpeldor fell in battle. We invite you to enjoy this 2012 recorded class focused on his life, deeds and legacy.

Yosef Trumpeldor was a selfless hero whose death not only inspired a generation but also left the Jewish people without a leader that could have united the people during one of its most fateful historic periods.

Vision Magazine Audio · Yosef Trumpeldor

What is a ḥalutz? Is he a worker only? No! The definition includes much more. The ḥalutzim should be workers but that’s not all. We shall need people who will be ‘everything’ – everything that Eretz Yisrael needs. A worker has his labor interests, a soldier his esprit de corps, a doctor and an engineer, their special inclinations. A generation of iron-men; iron from which you can forge everything the national machinery needs. You need a wheel? Here I am. A nail, a screw, a block? – here take me. You need a man to till the soil? – I’m ready. A soldier? I am here. Policeman, doctor, lawyer, artist, teacher, water carrier?  Here I am. I have no form. I have no psychology. I have no personal feeling, no name. I am a servant of Zion. Ready to do everything, not bound to do anything. I have only one aim – creation.

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