​Every year, on the eve of Israel's Independence Day, the Israel Prize is given out. Among the winners was Eliyahu HaKohen, scholar and indefatigable collector of Hebrew song for the past 50 years. Eliyahu HaKohen was given the prize for Lifetime Achievement in Hebrew song. In a piece that was broadcasted during the ceremony, the award winner displayed binders containing about 150 songs from the first Aliyah that he collected over the years. First and foremost among these songs was the song, "Hurry, Brothers, Hurry". Eliyahu HaKohen explained that originally the song was called "Fly, Brothers, Fly to the land of our fathers", and this was despite the fact that passenger airplanes had yet to be invented.