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Part One - Guidelines

Principles

Liberty, Identity, and meaning

Liberty, identity, and meaning all depend on one another.

Liberty

Liberty is the space that allows choice, which is the essence of man.

Free will is a gift from God to man, differentiating him from the level of the beast, and allowing him to express his individuality in the framework of a life of aspirations and values. Human liberty is a central and fundamental part of the message of the People of Israel to the entire world.

The People of Israel have not only the right to choose – they have the duty to choose, which is expressed in the command to "choose life." To choose blessing and life out of free will, without coercion – this is the foundation of Jewish identity.

Identity

Identity is the answer to the question "Who?" – Who I am? Who are you? Who are we?

Our national identity is based on being sons and daughters of the historic People of Israel, the People of God, the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – a nation that was established at the Exodus from slavery in Egypt to herald the message of freedom to humanity for all generations, throughout the ages, forever.

This identity – while unique, personal and not dependent on others, points to brotherhood among all nations, and invites all the families of the earth into a true partnership by raising all of humanity up to perfection.

Meaning

Meaning is the answer to the question "For what?" in that it points to an idea and value greater than the individual human life.

The meaning of our return as a sovereign nation to the Land of Israel is the ability to bequeath to the world the message of freedom for all of humanity. That message is the struggle to remove those factors that subjugate the free spirit of man until the perfection of the world in the Kingdom of the Almighty. This will be accomplished by raising humanity up to a personal encounter with the Creator, in the House of G-d on Mount Moriah.

"And I will bring them to My holy mountain and cause them to rejoice in My house of prayer ... that My house may be called a house of prayer for all nations."

Today, the State of Israel is running away from engagement with the question of meaning and purpose, and is therefore not able to set itself a clear vision with a compelling program. But this has a price – "In the absence of vision, the people perish." Without meaning that lights our way, the freedom to aspire to a life of reason is lost, and then we go back to stagnating, occupied only with needs of personal and national survival. Without liberty – the essence of our identity is lost, and its loss is the root of the despair, the frustration, the sense of crisis and loss of direction that plague Israel. To all this – we propose a solution.

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