chalutz
- noun
- /kəˈluːts/
:
jalutz
- The chalutz worked tirelessly to cultivate the land and build a new community in Palestine.
Examples
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The selfless pioneer immigrant to Palestine, chalutz, became the symbol and bearer of this national mission.
Academic text (1996) -
The goal was to establish the new sovereign Jewish state on the ideal of the "pioneer," or chalutz, engaged in physical labor living on the land, qualities that the Jewish people lacked in exile.
Academic text (1996) -
As a chalutz, he dedicated himself to the ideals of pioneering and nurturing the soil for future generations.
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She decided to become a chalutz, motivated by the dream of creating a vibrant agricultural settlement.
Synonyms
A Jewish pioneer who moved to the land that became Israel before the country existed
How Pioneering
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chalutz comes from the Hebrew word חלוץ meaning 'one who goes ahead', and it was used for early Jewish settlers who moved to Palestine to start farms and towns. So a chalutz is a pioneer who helped build new communities.