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Biography of Abraham Issac Kuk
Name: Abraham Issac Kuk
Birth Date: 1865
Death Date: 1935
Place of Birth: Russia
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupations: scholar
Abraham Issac Kuk
The Russian-born Jewish scholar Abraham Isaac Kuk (1865-1935), or Kook, was the first chief rabbi of Palestine, now Israel. He was noted for his Talmudic knowledge and his extraordinary love of his people.Born in northwestern Russia into a famous rabbinical family, Abraham Kuk received an intensive Talmudic education in his native city of Grieve. At 15 years of age, already recognized as a prodigy, he went to Lutzin, where he continued his studies not only as an intellectual pursuit but as an act of piety. He later studied in the famous academy of Volozin.Kuk's personal outlook led him to espouse the Musar (personal piety) movement and to employ Hebrew instead of Yiddish for daily use. He saw no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular and insisted that the most menial tasks are replete with religious overtones. He continued to study after his marriage and did not hesitate to include …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…with the initial growth of the Jewish community, which eventually achieved its independence in 1948. He sought to pave the way for this historic event by breaking down barriers between groups. Many extremists refused to recognize his authority, but he won the admiration of the masses, for whom he had a great affection. He could find no reason for not being a Zionist, "seeing that the Lord has chosen Zion." Kuk wrote articles and brochures on a wide range of subjects; some were published during his lifetime and many posthumously. His poetry was beautiful and tender and his excursus into the realm of mysticism most elevating. Further Reading Jacob B. Agus, Banner of Jerusalem: The Life, Times and Thought of Abraham Isaac Kuk, the Late Chief Rabbi of Palestine (1946), is a full-length biography. Agus also wrote a sketch of Kuk in Simon Noveck, ed., Great Jewish Thinkers of the Twentieth Century (1963).
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