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kook

(kuk)
n. a strange person. She seems like a kook, but she is just grand, really.
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Kook's formulation to include only "idolatrous practices" (avodot zarot).
R. ABRAHAM ISAAC HA-KOHEN KOOK AND THE BRENNER AFFAIR
Although best known as the first chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in pre-state Palestine, Rav Kook was a polymath whose writings on mysticism and messianism are part of the Jewish canon.
A complicated Kook
I received a copy of this "KOOK" early last month but could only get time to go through it until last week.
KOOK- the 8th and latest Anthology of Dohas by Prof. Tahir Saeed Haroon
In opposition, Kook took a unique stand in contrast to most anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews by seeing in Zionism the harbinger of messianism.
Abraham Geiger and Abraham Isaac Kook: Messianism's return to history
CERTAINLY MAIMONIDES, IN RAV KOOK'S EYES, WAS a heroic figure, one of the towering spiritual giants of Judaism.(1) No doubt, Maimonides' many-sidedness, his being both a great halakhic scholar and an outstanding philosopher, not to mention physician, communal leader, and more, must have, among other factors, touched Rav Kook--himself a protean and many-sided figure: rabbinic scholar, theologian, mystic, poet, communal leader, and more--on a very deep, personal level.
The love of God in Maimonides and Rav Kook
The seller achieved a very strong price and the buyer will capitalize on the upside in the near future," said Kook.
Rego Park retail strip trades for $13M
Hosted by Singaporean celebrity Paul Foster, the show features Kim Jong Kook of the popular variety show "Running Man" (South Korea), singer-songwriter Eric Nam (South Korea), Hana Tam (Hong Kong), former U-KISS members Kevin Woo and Alexander Lee Eusebio (South Korea), Benjamin Kheng (Singapore), Nat Ho (Singapore), Laureen Uy (Philippines) and Taya Rogers (Thailand).
60 hours of fun
Rav Kook (1865-1935) was one of the most influential thinkers in Jewish history, but his revolutionary writings are mostly unknown to the general public.
The Spiritual Revolution of Rav Kook
One said to me, "Rav Kook is what our parents study.
The Settler Nakba and the Rise of Post-Modern Post-Zionist Religious Ideology on the West Bank
Ussishkin remembered Rabbi Kook saying: There are no - and there must not be any - barriers between the young generation and us, between the religious and the secular.
The Third of Elul: Usishkin's Eulogy for Rabbi Kook
The Kook tour also includes an 18+ appearance at Perth's Belvoir Theatre on January 17.
The Kooks Announce Australian Tour To Promote Their Album 'Listen,' Check Out The Venue Details [SEE VIDEO]
The first part of the book is dedicated to "Essays in Interpretation." However, as mentioned above, the novelty of these essays, mainly focusing on Mai-monides and Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, is not their interpretation by Shatz, but rather the methodological insights needed in order to cope with such complex materials.
Jewish Thought in Dialogue: Essays on Thinkers, Theologies, and Moral Theories
The other day I was at Berkeley skatepark shredding with my crew, and this kook showed up who has been ruining spots like it's going out of style.
Fried fat
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, one of the great Jewish thinkers and Zionists of our time, had always invested the Zionist project to rebuild a Jewish State in Eretz Yisrael with redemptive themes.
Religious Zionism after Gaza: overcoming shattered dreams
Rabbi Kook revealed it, Wonder Woman is an example of it, and Miri Regev can do something about it.
Wonder Woman, Christian symbols and Miri Regev's mission
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