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Kook, Avraham Yitsḥak
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Kook, Avraham Yitsḥak

Yehudah Mirsky
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
2008

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Kabbalah Zionism Orthodox Judaism Folklore and Mythology Jewish History Jewish Studies Judaism Nationalism Religious History Religious Studies
(1865–1935), rabbinic leader, halakhist, theologian, and mystic. Best known as the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of modern Palestine and the major theologian of religious Zionism, Kook lived in Latvia and Lithuania before moving to the Land of Israel in 1904 at the age of 38.
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