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1865–1935 Latvia
Abraham Isaac Kook (7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as Rav Kook, was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine in the Land of Israel. He is considered to be one of the fathers of religious Zionism, and is known for founding the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.
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The good will is all — and all the talents are ways to fulfill it.
Moses and Elijah are redeemers in a single redemption; the beginner and the ender, the opener and closer together fill the unit.
The delight of the Torah is ignited by an inner awareness. A man begins to sense the great tapestry of each letter and point.
A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.
When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.
We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations.
The pure righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.
Arpilei Tohar (1914)
It is forbidden for religious behavior to compromise a personal, natural, moral sensibility. If it does, our fear of heaven is no longer pure ... and we have certainly been mistaken in our faith.
Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — light and darkness mixed.
We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.
The difference between the Jewish soul, in all its independence, inner desires, longings, character and standing, and the soul of all the Gentiles, on all of their levels, is greater and deeper than the difference between the soul of a man and the soul of an animal, for the difference in the latter case is one of quantity, while the difference in the first case is one of essential quality.
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