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My Hebrew Name Names of Jewish Leaders Abraham Isaac Kook
My Hebrew Name Names of Jewish Leaders Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook (Avraham Yitzhak Kook, Rav Kook) (1864-1935) was the first chief rabbi of Palestine after the British Mandate.
Rav Kook developed an original system of study based on a return to the sources where all the different branches of Judaism were united. He founded a Yeshiva based on this system of study.
While he was visiting Europe, World War I broke out and he could not get back to Palestine. He served, then, as a rabbi in London, where he spoke to Jews and non-Jews about the need for Palestine to become a Jewish homeland. These ideas were consummated in the Balfour Declaration.
He returned to Jerusalem and became the rabbi of all Ashkenazi communities in Palestine in 1919. He was elected to be the chief rabbi of all Palestine in 1921. He established a new Yeshiva called Mercaz Harab, in which Hebrew was the language of instruction.
After his death, many of his manuscripts were uncovered and published. And in his memory, the Koheleth Trust was founded to foster Yeshivot and the study of Torah in Palestine.
Rav Kook developed an original system of study based on a return to the sources where all the different branches of Judaism were united. He founded a Yeshiva based on this system of study.
While he was visiting Europe, World War I broke out and he could not get back to Palestine. He served, then, as a rabbi in London, where he spoke to Jews and non-Jews about the need for Palestine to become a Jewish homeland. These ideas were consummated in the Balfour Declaration.
He returned to Jerusalem and became the rabbi of all Ashkenazi communities in Palestine in 1919. He was elected to be the chief rabbi of all Palestine in 1921. He established a new Yeshiva called Mercaz Harab, in which Hebrew was the language of instruction.
After his death, many of his manuscripts were uncovered and published. And in his memory, the Koheleth Trust was founded to foster Yeshivot and the study of Torah in Palestine.
