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Access blog posts about Rav Kook’s teachings on a variety of subjects.
RAV KOOK ON JERUSALEM AS THE GATEWAY TO EDEN:
“Yerushalayim, and Zion in particular, is a teaching about the return of humankind to its highest status -to the point that all the nations who divided into many streams in the past will return to form one pure and good unit”. -Rav Kook, TZ”L
RAV KOOK IN HONOR OF YOM HA’ATZMAUT: THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND NATIONALISM
“Our state, the State of Israel, is the foundation of God’s throne in the world- her whole desire is that God will be one and God’s Name one.” -Rav Kook
RAV KOOK ON THE SHOA: THE SOUND OF THE MONSTER SHOFAR
“The shofar of the impure animal is transformed into the shofar of Messiach. Amalek…Hitler and their ilk are awakening redemption.” -Rav Kook ZT”L in 1934
OUR FREEDOM AND THE BURNING OF CHAMETZ
“Intrinsic freedom is that exalted spirit by which a person- as well as the nation as a whole- is inspired to remain faithful to their inner essence, to the spiritual attribute of the Divine image within. It is that attribute which enables one to feel that their life has purpose and value.” – Rav Kook
PESACH FREEDOM AND LIBERATION
“The foundational essence of freedom is that elevated spirit by which a human being and a nation rises to be loyal to their inner being-to the Tzelem Elokim-The Divine Image within.”
RAV KOOK ON PURIM: “GO, GATHER ALL THE JEWS”
“The eternal words ‘Go, gather all the Jews’ must once again revitalize us and elevate us. In the final analysis, we are, and shall be, one nation, and Israel shall once again rise to the eternal words ‘Go, gather all the Jews’.”- Rav Kook
TU’BE AV: RAV KOOK ON LOVE
“The heart must be filled with love for all.
“The love of all creation comes first, then comes the love for all humankind.”
“IN COMES THE WINE, OUT COME THE SECRETS”
This is from an article in HaYesod that Rav Kook penned on his last Purim, in 1935 What is the significance of the Talmudic instruction to drink on the holiday of Purim? The Sages taught, “Wine enters, and secrets emerge” (Eiruvin 65a). In our generation, we very...
“GO GATHER ALL THE JEWS”
Rav Kook wrote the following article in HaTor (the weekly periodical of the Mizrahi) in 1934, during the rise of Nazism in Germany: During these days of Purim, in this difficult time, we are besieged by many troubles from without, sufferings that afflict the entire...
RAV KOOK ON THE SPIRIT OF CHANUKAH
Presenting some of Rav Kook’s central ideas and teachings about Chanukah.
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