stated in the Gemara: The principal learning textbook of the Religious Zionist movement is the book of R. Menachem Mendel Kasher, HaTekufah HaGedolah ("The Great Era"), in which he explains the meaning of our times, according to the Religious Zionist view. Some additional textbooks that convey this world view are: R. Yitzhak Dadon book, Atchalta Hee ("Atchalta it is"), and R. Ya'akov Moshe Bergman's book, Can the state of Israel be the Atchalta De'Geulah?" Haredi Judaism attitude Haredi Judaism, in contrast to Religious Zionism, opines that the coming of the Jewish Messiah will bring about the redemption of the Land of Israel and its people (whenever this may occur, and in many different aspects). Still, some of the Haredi community, either outside of Israel or within the state of Israel, work along with The Jewish rule of Israel and its state (in a different annotation), and see the advantages of it. In their view, these are two separate issues, the state of Israel and the coming of the Messiah. They also claim to distinguish between two concepts of ideas: Atchalta De'Geulah - the beginning of the redemption [Process] Ikveta De'Meshicha - the footsteps (or delay) of The Messiah (i. e.: a period of time of crisis and sufferings leading up to the coming of the Jewish Messiah) The Lubavitcher Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who was a strong supporter of Israel, opposed the concept of defining the state of Israel as an Atchalta De'Geulah, and claimed that many are killed in Israel due to some who attributed the term Atchalta De'Geulah to the state of Israel, and also, he claimed, it is delaying the "revealed end [times]". In that conjunction, Prof. Israel Eldad wrote in an article in one of the major Israeli daily newspapers, Yedioth Ahronoth, about the Lubavitcher Rebbe's visit in Israel: "When I tried to bring up the conventional formula of Religious Zionism, that Israel is the Atchalta De'Geulah'' ... his tone of voice took a sudden turn, he banged on the table with his fist, and retorted: 'Rabbi Kook was wrong ...' It was a separate issue in his mind." See also Orthodox Judaism Religious Zionism Haredi Judaism Streams of Zionism Gathering of Israel Religion in Israel Yom HaAliyah References Jewish eschatology Religious Zionism Talmud concepts and terminology Aramaic words and phrases Religion in Israel Kabbalistic words and phrases Aramaic words and phrases in