ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case study of Esther and Michael Rabin. They were born in Israel at neighboring kibbutzim and met each other while they were both studying at the regional high school. The transfer to a regional high school, called in Hebrew a “Mossad Chinuchi,” where youngsters from a number of neighboring kibbutzim study, is an important step in the gradual process of granting independence to the kibbutz younger generation. The trend is for strengthening the contact and increasing the number of visits by the Mossad students to the kibbutzim where their parents live. Michael is twenty-seven years old and Esther is twenty-six; their only son is nearing three. The young people have known each other since they both joined the same Mossad. The parents on both sides live in different kibbutzim and belong to the first generation of the founders of their respective kibbutzim.
