KALISCHER, TZVI HIRSCH

The Derishath Tzion was an early call, from a traditional perspective, encouraging a practical and immediate Return to Zion. Rabbi Kalischer propounds the view that the Redemption will occur in two stages: The natural one - a return to the Land, followed by a Messianic era as a Supernatural event. Kalischer (1795-1874) was a Rabbi of Thorn and disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eger and his mentor Rabbi Elijah of Greidetz. Also discussed here are Kalischer's teachers' views views concerning the possibility of offering the Paschal Sacrifice (Korban Pesach) prior to the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem Kalischer's book greatly influenced not only Orthodox circles, but also a secularist such as Moses Hess, who included portions of the Derishath Tzion in German translation in his Rome and Jerusalem