[[Image:Stamp Kook.jpg|thumb|120px|Israeli postal stamp commemorating Rabbi Kook]]
Kook built bridges of communication and political alliances between the various Jewish sectors, including the secular Zionist leadership, the Religious Zionists, and more traditional non-Zionist Orthodox Jews. He believed that the modern movement to re-establish Israel as a state had profound theological significance. Per this ideology, the youthful, secular and even anti-religious Labor Zionist pioneers ''halutzim'' were a part of a grand divine scheme whereby the land and people of Israel were finally being redeemed from the 2,000 year exile (''galut'') by all manner of Jews who sacrificed themselves for the cause of building up the physical land, as laying the groundwork for the ultimate spiritual messianic redemption of world Jewry. He once commented that the establishment of the Chief Rabbinate was the first step towards the re-establishment of the Sanhedrinth ... \n
His empathy towards the anti-religious elements aroused the suspicions of his more traditionalist haredi opponents, particularly that of the traditional rabbinical establishment that had functioned from the time of Turkey's control of greater Palestine, whose paramount leader was Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Kook's greatest rabbinical rival. Kook once quoted a rabbinic axiom that "one should embrace with the right hand and rebuff with the left". He remarked that he was fully capable of rejecting, but since there were enough rejecters, he was fulfilling the role of embracer. However, Kook far from embraced all of the elements of modern Zionism. He was critical of the secularists when they went "too far" in desecrating the Torah, for instance, by not observing the Sabbath or kosher laws.== 5 Great Lessons You Can Learn From Life ==
Kook fathered three children through his two wives: two daughters and a sonLife isnt meant to be easy, its meant to be lived..sometimes happy, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kookother times rough. His nephew was Hillel KookBut with every up and down you learn lessons that make you strong.Can you step back from your own mind for a little while and realize that life is not as bad as you think it is?
==Legacy== [[http://goodvillenews.com/5-Great-Lessons-You-Can-Learn-From-Life-M0nUGD.html 5 Great Lessons You Can Learn From Life]]
===Relationship with Religious Zionism===[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]]
While Rav Kook has been exalted as one of the most important thinkers in Religious Zionism, there is substantial evidence that he never saw himself or his ideas in these terms. Indeed, there are several prominent quotes in which Kook is quite critical of the Religious Zionists (Mizrachi), whom he saw as naive and perhaps hypocritical in attempting to synthesize traditional Judaism with a modern and largely secular ideology. In one letter, he said:<blockquote>''"This gave rise not long ago to the Mizrachi association. But this is not a complete remedy, since in the end we are still strengthening secular Zionism....We can never guard ourselves from the influence of the secularists......How then are the Mizrachim protected from the evil influence of lawless Zionism on their children!"''</blockquote>Rather than being seen as a Religious Zionist leader or proponent, Kook should be properly understood as a pragmatic consensus-builder. Kook never shied away from criticizing his peers, including the Zionists (religious and secular), as well as the increasingly cloistered traditionalists living in the Holy Land, whose way of life he characterized as being similarly affected by the negative and abnormal conditions of the Jewish exile, and therefore just as "inauthentic" as that of their Zionist counterparts. Kook was interested in outreach and cooperation between different groups and types of Jews, and saw both the good and bad in each of them. His sympathy for them as fellow Jews should not be misinterpreted as any inherent endorsement of their ideas, Zionists or otherwise. That said, Kook's willingness to engage in joint-projects (for instance, his participation in the Chief Rabbinate) with the secular Zionist leadership must be seen as differentiating him from many of his traditionalist peers. In terms of practical results, it would not be incorrect to characterize Kook as being, at the least, a proto-Zionist. Rightly or wrongly, his perceived openness to the Zionist movement can be seen as a major stepping-stone to the Religious Zionist movement gaining momentum and legitimacy after his death.== Cat Saves Owner Hours After Adoption ==
The Israeli moshav Kfar Haroe, founded in 1934, was named A newly-adopted cat repaid his owners loving gesture earlier this month by saving her from a medical emergency just hours after Kook, "Haroe" being the Hebrew acronym הרא"ה – "HaRav Avraham HaCohen". His son Zvi Yehuda Kook, who he was substantially more explicit in his Zionismbrought home, took over teaching duties at Merkaz Harav after his death, and dedicated his life to interpreting and disseminating his father's philosophy. Kook's popular image as a Religious Zionist can be partially attributed to his son's wide influence in the Religious Zionist community, and substantial success in combining his father's teachings with his own beliefsGreen Bay Press Gazette reports.
==External links==* [[http://www.orot.com Selected Teachings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook (and others)], orotgoodvillenews.com*[http://www.vbmCat-Saves-torah.org/archive/rk1Owner-kook.htm Introduction to the Thought of Rav Kook], vbmHours-torah.org *[http://www.ou.org/pardes/bios/ravkook.htm Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook], ou.org*[http://www.ucalgary.ca/%7Eelsegal/363_Transp/Orthodoxy/Zionism.html#Kook Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865After-1935)], Prof. Eliezer Segal*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Rav_Kook.html Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook], jewishvirtuallibrary.org*[http://www.zionist.org.uk/kook.htm Rav Avraham Itzhak HaCohen Kook (1865 – 1935)], zionist.org.uk*[http://www.mizrachi.org/aboutus/leaders/ravkook.asp Life and Priciples], mizrachi.org*[http://www.machonmeir.org.il/english/archive.asp?language=English&cat_id=12 Lectures on Rav Kook's writings], machonmeir.org.il *[http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/ravkook/timeline.htm TimeAdoption-line of Rav Kook's life]*[http://www.mercaz.org The Yeshiva he founded...today]*[http://www.orot.com/leshemravkookixHpp7.html Rav Kook and Rav Shlomo Elyashev zt'l ("Leshem")]*[http://www.ou.org/pardes/bios/ravkook.htm Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook], from Ou.org*[http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6721/kook.htm Kook Family TreeCat Saves Owner Hours After Adoption]*[http://www.zehut.net/orotisrael_a_a.htm Chapters from Orot], from zehut.net (in Hebrew)
==WritingsHow To Speak More Wisely ==*''Olat Raiyah'', Commentary on the Siddur*''Igorot HaRaiyah'', The Collected Letters of Rav Kook*''Orot HaKodesh''*''Ayin Aiyah'', Commentary on ''Ayin Yaakov'' the Aggadic sections of the Talmud.*''Orot'', Abraham Isaac Kook, translation Bezalel Naor, Jason Aronson 1993. ISBN 1-56821-017-5*''Orot ha-teshuvah'', Abraham Isaac Kook, translation Alter Ben-Zion Metzger, Bloch Pub. Co., 1968. ASIN B0006DXU94*''Abraham Isaac Kook: The Lights of Penitence, The Moral Principles, Lights of Holiness, Essays, Letters, and Poems'', translation Ben Zion Bokser, Paulist Press 1978. ISBN 0-8091-2159-X*''The Essential Writings of Abraham Isaac Kook'', translation Ben Zion Bokser, Ben Yehuda Press 2006 (reprint). ISBN 0-9769862-3-X*''Gold from the Land of Israel: A New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion From the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook'', by Rabbi Chanan Morrison, Urim Publications 2006. ISBN 965-7108-92-6
==Analysis==*''The Philosophy of Rabbi Kook''It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, Zvi Yaron, Eliner Library, 1992.*''Essays on the Thought and Philosophy of Rabbi Kook'', edit wasnt getting better. Ezra Gellman, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1991The pain was most acute when I spoke. ISBN 0-8386-3452-4*''The World of Rav Kook's Thought'', [[Shalom Carmy]], Avi-Chai Publishers, 1991So I decided to spend a few days speaking as little as possible. ISBN 0-9623723-2-3 *''Rav Avraham Itzhak HaCohen Kook: Between Rationalism and Mysticism'', Benjamin Ish-Shalom, translation Ora Wiskind Elper, SUNY PressEvery time I had the urge to say something, 1993I paused for a moment to question whether it was worth irritating my throat. ISBN 0-7914-1369-1
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