Contents: A. Significant Dates – 1; B. The Young Rav Kook – 2; C. Israel's Love of God – 2; D. The Love of Israel – 5; E. The Non-Observant – 7; F. Our Modern Times – 9; G. Religious Poetry – 11; H. The Unity Theme – 13; I. Science and Religion – 15. Translators of Rav Kook’s excerpts: JA – Jacob B. Agus, The Banner of Jerusalem (NY: 1946); SB – Samuel H. Bergman, Faith and Reason (Philadelphia: 1961); LS – Leon D. Stitskin, "From the Pages of Tradition", Tradition (III:2); ML – original translations by Rabbi Lamm. A growing Hebrew literature on Rav Kook includes Shmuel Avidor’s The Man Against the Tide (Jerusalem: 1962). A. Significant Dates: Elul 6, 1865 – born in Grieve; 1880 – studies in Lutzin; 1881 – enrolls in Volozhin Yeshiva; 1887 – marries, moves to Ponovezh; 1889 – Rabbi in Zoimel; 1895 – Rabbi of Boisk; 1904 – elected Rabbi of Jaffa; 1914 – stranded in Europe; 1916 – Rabbi in London; 1919 – Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem; 1921 – Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land; Elul 3, 1935 – dies. B. The Young Rav Kook (Autobiography of Abraham Shoer, JA): Abraham Isaac’s diligence stemmed not from ambition but from piety. His absence from Torah study caused him genuine sorrow. During late-night study, surrounded by silence, he told me with mysterious intensity that perhaps our Torah alone was sustaining the world, tipping the scale of merit. On Tisha B’Av nights, he would cry bitterly over the Temple’s destruction. His love for Eretz Yisrael and longing for the Messiah were passionate and personal. When I asked why he cried so much during "chatzot," he answered simply, “I am a Kohen.” C. Israel's Love of God. 1. From Ikvei ha-Tzon (JA): Spiritual conceptions relate to nations in three ways: some are universal and holy, transcending national boundaries; others are universal in essence but vary in form among nations; and some are unique to Israel in both content and style. The love of God is rooted in Israel’s unique yearning for the dominion of the Divine Will. 2. From Eder Ha-…

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