Questions tagged [abraham-isaac-kook]
Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of pre-state Israel.
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Reconiciling Statements Rav Kook made about other Religions
The introduction to the book "Abraham Isaac Kook - The Lights of Penitence, Lights of Holiness, The Moral Principles, Essays, Letters, and Poems", states that Rav Kook was positive toward ...
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Differences between the mysticism of Rav Kook and the Sabbatean heretic Nathan of Gaza
As I am not a Kabbalist I may be misunderstanding some of the terminologies but having recently read a work by Rav Kook zt"l regarding the Souls of the World of Chaos I noted that the overall ...
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Seeking a source for a quote by Rav Kook [duplicate]
Shalom, I am trying to find the source for the following quote by Rav Kook:
"Atheism comes like a painful cry to redeem mankind from this narrow, alien pit, and to raise it from the darkness of ...
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Editions of Orot - Har Bracha or Yediot Seforim
I am deciding between two editions of Orot by Rav Kook. One edition is from Har Bracha and contains the commentary of Rav Ze'ev Solonovitch. The other is from Yediot Seforim and contains the ...
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Rav Kook's full name
Recently, I discovered that when the Rav Kook was sick before he died, a third name was added to his name - Yechizkiyahu. This can be seen in this sign calling to people to pray for him:
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Rav Kook's interpretation of the "wise Gentiles" in Mishneh Torah-Hilchot Melachim 8:11
I am an Italian Noahide
As it is known, in Hilchot Melachim 8:11 Rambam states:
“Anyone (Gentile) who accepts upon himself the fulfillment of these seven mitzvot and is precise in their ...
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Where can I find Rav Kook's writing of this?
There is a recent article in which Rabbi Moishe Bane writes the following :
The legendary Chief Rabbi Avraham Yitzchok KaCohen Kook z”l, observed
that in every society, in every religion, in ...
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Choose one of Rav Kook's books
Which of Rav Kook's books would be the one to learn if you want to see his learning style and methodology.
What I mean is, in which book does he most "show his work" so to speak.
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text for Rav Kook's positive viduy?
It was quoted in a class that I was in once that Rav Kook has a text for a positive viduy where he takes the normal expression of sin and inverts it to talk about what we have done right. What is the ...
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May one publish or read the private diary of a deceased person?
Recently the private diary of Rav Kook was published; diaries of other Rabbis have also been published posthumously. Is there any halachic problem with publishing these documents, and, if there is, is ...
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Leather and vegetarianism according to Rav Kook?
According to Rav Kook, it is ideal to be a vegetarian. This is because he assumes G-d would not create a world in which creatures could not exist in harmony (see linked article) and therefore this ...
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What are the most important writings of Rav Kook for Emunah and Hashkafah?
I would like to return to learn some of the writings of Rav Kook in order to improve my Hashkafah and Emunah. In the past I attended an Israeli "dati leumi" yeshiva where i learnt a bit of them, but ...
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Does G-d approve or merely permit human consumption of meat?
Many vegetarians and vegans argue that G-d gave humans permission to eat meat only because of a human failing in abstaining anyway. My takeaway from that argument is that, in light of a more ...
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the tangled web of prophecy
The sages removed the inclination for idol worship (gemarah in Yoma) and subsequently prophecy ceased. It is postulated that the two are interconnected. Meaning that in order to maintain free will if ...
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What defines a "Jewish State" according to Rav Kook?
This question is only according to the opinion of R' Kook, who says that modern day Israel "would be considered the quasi-Kingdom of Israel".
What component of the modern-day state would give it ...
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the dress of the followers of Harav Kook
Harav Kook was basically a litai, and dressed like one and even had a shtreimel.
Today his followers and talmidim from his yeshiva don't even use any kind of suit (long or short) or hat and even make ...
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