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# Rabbi Kook

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Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook, known as HaRav Kook, and also known by the Hebrew-language acronym Hara'ayah (הראי״ה), 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 M

##  Quotes by Rabbi Kook

> [“The realization that a decline in the moral state impedes the flowering of literature is a feeling unique to the Jewish people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabbi-kook/the-realization-that-a-decline-in-the-moral-state-impedes-the/)

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