"Eretz" means "land" or "country" and the term "Eretz-Israel" ("Land of Israel") is the ancient and traditional name used by the Jewish people for their homeland, especially after the loss of sovereignty and replacing the name "Judea" with "Syria Palaestina" by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.Therefore, the name of the play implies that the story takes place in the British Mandate of Palestine "before" the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.