Abraham Isaac Kook

Rabbi
Abraham Isaac Kook
אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק‎
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook; אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק‎
	Abraham Isaac Kook in 1924
Title	First Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine
Personal life
Born	7 September 1865; Griva, Russian Empire (today Daugavpils, Latvia)
Died	1 September 1935 (aged 69); Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Orthodox
Buried	Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as HaRav Kook,^[1] and also known by the Hebrew-language acronym Hara'ayah^[2] (הראי״ה),^[3] was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be one of the fathers of religious Zionism and is known for founding the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.^[4]

^ Singer, David (1996). "Rav Kook's Contested Legacy". Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 30 (3): 6–20. JSTOR 23261279.
^ And by his followers, simply as HaRav.
^ from הַרַב אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן haRav ʾAvrāhām Yīṣḥāq haKōhēn
^ Rozenaḳ, Avinoʻam (1 January 2007). "Hidden Diaries and New Discoveries: The Life and Thought of Rabbi A. I. Kook". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 25 (3): 111–147. doi:10.1353/sho.2007.0085. ISSN 1534-5165. S2CID 170098496.

[1] Singer, David (1996). "Rav Kook's Contested Legacy". Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 30 (3): 6–20. JSTOR 23261279.

[2] And by his followers, simply as HaRav.

[3] rom הַרַב אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן haRav ʾAvrāhām Yīṣḥāq haKōhēn

[4] Rozenaḳ, Avinoʻam (1 January 2007). "Hidden Diaries and New Discoveries: The Life and Thought of Rabbi A. I. Kook". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 25 (3): 111–147. doi:10.1353/sho.2007.0085. ISSN 1534-5165. S2CID 170098496.

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