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Tour of Rav Kook House in Jerusalem

by tikun | August 23, 2009 at 09:57 pm

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Rabbi Kook was the first chief rabbi of Israel and pre-state era. He was a compassionate man and wonderful poet. Rabbi Marmelstein of Canada and Israel takes us through Kook's residence in Jerusalem. Included is Rav Kook's poetry put to music and created by Rav. Marmelstein. Please enjoy. The history of the early years is shared in this program.

In the fall of 1913, the Rav led a delegation of distinguished rabbis on a visit to the new settlements of the Shomron and the Galilee. The purpose of the trip was to strengthen the religious foundations of the New Yishuv, to promote good relations between the different segments of the nation, to make sure that the young generation receives a proper Jewish education and to guide the settlers in the observance of the Land related precepts….In the course of close to a month -19 Chesvan to 16 Kislev, the delegation visited over twenty settlements.
“An Angel Among men”..p. 31

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at 02:18 on August 24th, 2009

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Abraham Isaac KookAshkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist Torah scholar. He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym HaRaAYaH or simply as "HaRav." He was one of the most celebrated and influential Rabbis of the 20th century.

Religious Zionists are a faction within the Zionist movement who justify Zionist efforts to build a Jewish state in the land of Israel on the basis of Judaism.