Month: March 2017

Book Review: “Every Age Shines with its Own Light:” A Review of “When God Becomes History”: Historical Essays of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook, translated by Bezalel Naor

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Book Review: Rabbi Elisha Paul: When God Becomes History: Historical Essays of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook

by Rabbi Elisha Paul There has rarely been a more maligned figure of such lofty stature as Rav Kook. He was vilified during his lifetime by a small vocal minority of scholars who didn’t appreciate his uniqueness. These individuals cast aspersions on his spiritual insights and hounded him mercilessly. The great rabbi refused to retaliate […]

A Night of Watching in the House of the Rav

Pinchas Peli (aka Hacohen) (1930-1989), a fourth-generation Jerusalemite, was born in Batei Mahseh in the Old City. He received a traditional yeshiva education and was ordained as a rabbi. Later, in the United States, Peli received a doctorate and went on to become a professor of Jewish thought in various universities in Israel and abroad. […]