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Abraham Isaac Kook
Sign in to saveAlso known as Avraham Yitzchak Kook, Rav Abraham Isaac Kook, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Kook, Rav Kook, Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook, Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook
chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
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Abraham Isaac Kook was a male rabbi, mystic, rosh yeshiva, and poet who practiced Judaism. He was born in Grīva in 1865 and died in Jerusalem in 1935 from cancer. He held the position of Chief Rabbinate of Israel and served as a rabbi. He was a student of Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin and was educated at Vałožyn Yeshiva.
His notable works include טוב ראי, ha-Peras le-sifrut toranit, שליחות של קדושה, חי ראי, and מאמרי הראיה. He wrote in Hebrew and is associated with the genre of religious philosophy. Kook underwent an Aliyah and was buried at Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery. He was the father of Zvi Yehuda Kook and taught students including David Cohen, Yitzhak Arieli, and Aryeh Levin.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1865-09-07
- Died
- 1935-09-01
- Works
- 396
Top works
- מאורות הראי״ה
- Orot
- טוב ראי
- ha-Peras le-sifrut toranit
- שליחות של קדושה
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yitzhak
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Grīva
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Child
- Zvi Yehuda Kook
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- rabbi
- Educated at
- Vałožyn Yeshiva
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Genre
- religious philosophy
- Image
- Avraham Issac Kook portrait cropped.JPG
- Number of children
- 4
- Significant event
- Aliyah
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- Commons category
- Abraham Isaac Kook
- date of birth
- 1865-09-07
- date of death
- 1935-09-01
- place of burial
- Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
- short name
- ראי"ה
- Commons gallery
- Abraham Isaac Kook
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- nickname
- הרב / הראי"ה
- archives at
- Gnazim Institute archive
- name in native language
- אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק
- influenced by
- Zvi Hirsch Kalischer
- relative
- Hillel Kook
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