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In historiographical research, there is an approach that perceives the ideologues who preceded the Hovevei Zion movement (1881) and the Zionist movement (1896) as "heralds of Zionism". These ideologues operated, or at least proposed the idea of the Jews' return to the Land of Israel and establishment a political entity in the Land, beginning from the 1860s. The researchers are divided, however, on the identification of the heralds. Some locate them even earlier, in the 17th century, while others deny their very existence. This article wishes to claim that the heralds of Zionism were Orthodox rabbis, such as R. Kalisher, R. Alkalai, R. Friedland, R. Guttmacher, R. Bibas, and R. Natonek, who operated in the early half of the 19th century and transformed the Jewish theology that advocated a passive-spiritual-Divine redemption into an active-practical-natural redemption. For this purpose, it is necessary to immigrate to the Land of Israel and cultivate the land. They contended that once the People of Israel would do so, the redemption would arrive.

The modern era allows a reexamination of parental involvement in their children's education as a function of family size. Israel encourages childbirth. 'Children are joy' ‐ Indeed? Is this merely a sectorial-religious outlook? Is this outlook relevant in an
era when the dominant values are the individual and excellence? This article presents a case study of whether parents in multi-child families in Israel, with four or more children, are less involved in their children's studies than parents in small families. Not every parent can be truly
invested in his or her children's life due to a lack of time, lack of pedagogic skill, fatigue, work pressures, and more. The more children in the family, the more children-consumers share the parents' attention. This means that each child receives a smaller 'slice'
of the 'pie' of capabilities and resources, and vice versa, in families with few children each child receives a larger 'slice of the pie'. Is this indeed true? The research findings showed a significant correlation between parental involvement and the size of the family
unit, namely, the more children there are the less the parental involvement. The research findings illuminate a topic that occupies researchers from different disciplines, as it has economic, social, and ethical, educational, and global implications.