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Abraham Isaac Kook
Chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865–1935)
Abraham Isaac Kook (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as HaRav Kook,[1] and also known by the Hebrew-language acronymHara'ayah[2] (הראי״ה),[3] was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first AshkenaziChief 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]
Biography
Childhood
Kook was born in Griva (also spelled Geriva)[5] in the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire in 1865, today a part of Daugavpils, Latvia, the eldest of eight children.
His father, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ha-Cohen Kook, was a student of the Volozhin yeshiva, the "mother of the Lithuanianyeshivas",[6] whereas his maternal grandfather was a follower of the Kapust branch of the Hasidic movement, founded by the son of
