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324on parchment in a formal, traditional manner by a specially trained scribe understrict requirements.Trumpeldor Joseph Trumpeldor (December 1,1880 – March 1, 1920) was an early Zionist activist. He helped organizethe Zion Mule Corps and bring Jewish immigrants to the Land of Israel.Trumpeldor died defending the settlement of Tel Hai in 1920 andsubsequently became a Zionist national hero. His last words were famously"Never mind, it is good to die for our country."Tsahar<strong>The</strong> Tzahar region is part of Galilee,in Israel. Its name is an acronym for the three cities itcontains: Safed (Tzfat), Hazor HaGelilit and Rosh Pinna. <strong>The</strong> name also appearsto apply to a branch of the Revisionist movement.United KibbutzHaKibbutz HaMeuhad had beenformed in 1927 by the union of several kibbutz bodies and was associatedwith the Poale Zion and later Ahdut HaAvoda parties.Uri Zvi GrinbergUri Zvi Grinberg (also Uri ZviGreenberg) (September 22,1896 –May 8,1981) was anacclaimed Israeli poet and journalist who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.UssishkinAvraham Menachem MendelUssishkin (August 14,1863, Dubroŭna - October 2,1941) was anotable Zionist leader. Born in Dubroŭna in the Belarusian part of the RussianEmpire, Ussishkin graduated as a technical engineer from MoscowTechnological Institute. He actively worked for the revival of the Hebrewlanguage and Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel, then part of the OttomanEmpire, and was a member of Hovevei Zion movement.He served as Hebrew Secretary at the First Zionist Congress. He was one ofthe leaders who forced the abandonment of the Uganda plan.VespasianVespasian (Latin: Titus FlaviusCaesar Vespasianus Augustus; November 17, 9 – 23 June 23, 79),was Roman Emperor from 69 AD to 79 AD. Vespasian was the founder ofthe Flavian dynasty, which ruled the empire for a quarter century. Vespasianwas descended from a family of equestrians, who rose into the senatorial rankunder the emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Although he attained

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