Judah ben Solomon Chai Alkalai (1798 – October 1878) was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi and one of the influential precursors of modern Zionism along with the Prussian Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer Although he was a Sephardic Jew he played an important role in a process widely attributed to the Ashkenazi Jews Alkalai became noted through his advocacy in favor of the restoration of the Jews to the Land of Israel By reason of some of his projects he may justly be regarded as one of the precursors of the modern Zionists such as Theodor Herzl
In
Raglei mevasser he specifically wrote that
"The salvation of Israel lies in addressing to the kings of the earth a general request for the welfare of our nation and our holy cities, and for our return in repentance to the house of our mother our salvation will come rapidly from the kings of the earth."
Alkalai also toured Western Europe in 1851–1852 including Great Britain and spread his message among local communities of fellow Jews
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