To the Reader of Ha-Me‘orer

Look: the life and death of this organ [publication] is in your hands. If you wish, it will expand, flourish, and branch out in quality and quantity, and, if you wish, it will dry up, wither, and fade, and be as if it never was. You are the sole ruler!

And see how Ha-me‘orer [The Awakener] does not come with programs and promises. It does not talk about “need,” nor about “ability,” nor about the lack that is not felt. There is a desire here to create and give birth to a certain literary creation, and there is also faith that one will succeed in creating it, and in the coming days a new stream of life will bubble in the heart of the Hebrew reader. Another thing: in the depths of the heart dwells a blind assurance that that stream will flow out of our narrow confines and make a path for itself within other borders of our people. And that is all.

“What is the new creature that you intend to create? What is its name?” We do not want to give a name to something that has not seen the light of day. This is the way of creation: First something takes shape in the depths of the heart, in secret, confidentially, and then others usually come and call it by name and make labels . . .

The nature of things necessitates that not much new is embodied in this issue, nor will it be in the coming ones. This matter, so we believe, will be done slowly, gradually . . .

This means that Ha-Me‘orer will be an island, an isolated fortress of a number of Jewish people; of those who are greatly distant from each other. And only one thing unites and joins them: Tomorrow.

And this is the wonder: even though all these youthful forces are enthusiastic and fierce competitors regarding that “Tomorrow,” and each of them desires to rule it specifically in an autocratic regime, nevertheless they gather together in a single band, speak quietly and modestly, or also with heat and excitement, and there are no outbreaks or shouts . . . (Psalms 144:14).

Indeed, God has done a new thing among mankind!

All these dreams, and all this life is given into your hands, reader. Please, be careful with life in formation.

Will our plans succeed? Would you agree to circulate these pages among your best acquaintances? Will you read them with attention?