Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part II
Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : This public letter was apparently published...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part I
Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : This letter for the public was...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Alternatives to Gymnasium and Grafted Etrogim – #286
Date and Place: 18 Adar II, 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : The offices of the Mizrachi...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Advice on Studying Spirituality – #301
Date and Place: 22 Iyar 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Zvi Hirsch Weisfish, a prominent...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Ties to Religiously Controversial Events/Organizations
1. #293 – Date and Place: Iyar 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Mr. Lupow, director of...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Deflecting Criticism – #291
Date and Place: 12 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Alexander Freind. Rav Freind was...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part II
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Yonatan Binyamin Horowitz, who served...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Yonatan Binyamin Horowitz. Rav Horowitz...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part II
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Yaakov David Wilovsky (Ridbaz), a...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part I
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Yaakov David Wilovsky (Ridbaz), a...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Public Response to Zealous Defense of Rav Kook – #308
Date and Place: 15 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Letter to the Editor of “Hamoriah,”...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Shemitta Work at Israel National Fund Land – #
Date and Place: 3 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Dr. Feichtwanger, who was apparently an...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: “Rulings” on Philosophical Matters? – #302
Date and Place: 25 Iyar 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Chaim Michel Michlin, an activist/administrator in...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Reassuring His Parents – #314 – part II
Date and Place: 23 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Kook’s parents and brother. The...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Reassuring His Parents – #314 – part I
Date and Place: 23 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Kook’s parents, who were still...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Adding Elements to Strengthen the Heter Mechira – #313
Date and Place: 21 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Chaim Berlin. Rav Berlin was...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part IV
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Yaakov David Wilovsky (Ridbaz), a...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Description of New Yeshiva’s Goals to a Supporter – #328
Date and Place: 12 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Mr. Chaim Cohen. It is clear...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Language of Instruction for Rav Kook’s Yeshiva – #325
Date and Place: 4 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Chaim Tchernowitz, the rabbi of...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Informing a Friend he Is Not Insulted – #320
Date and Place: 5 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot (probably) Recipient and Background : Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlop,...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part III
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Yaakov David Wilovsky (Ridbaz), a...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: False Accusation of Non-Kosher Soap – #333
Date and Place: Yafo, 5 Nisan 5670 (1910) Recipient and Background : Rav Chaim Berlin, the Chief Rabbi...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Asking Restraint from Insulted New Yishuv – #334
Date and Place: Tammuz 5670 (1910) Recipient and Background : This an open letter that Rav Kook sent...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Excitement over a Friend’s New Newspaper – #319
Date and Place: 4 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot Recipient and Background : Rav Meir Berlin (Bar Ilan)....
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Efforts to Buy Land – #315
Date and Place: 28 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : The Organization for Purchasing Land in...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
Date and Place: 26 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rav Duber Milstein. Rav Milstein repeatedly...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Good Work, Regrettable Language – #330
Date and Place: 21 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Rabbi Binyamin Menashe Levine. Levine was...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Support for Jerusalem Old-Age Home – #175 – part I
Date and Place : 5 Kislev 5669 (1908), Yafo Recipient : Rav Naftali Amsterdam, one of the great...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Report on Relations with New Turkish Government – #174
Date and Place : 5 Kislev 5669, Yafo Recipient : Rav Kook’s uncle, R. Yehuda Leib Felman Body...
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Preparation for Shemitta – #177 – part II
Date and Place : 1 Tevet 5669 (1908), Yafo Recipient : This is a public letter to the...
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