The Teachings of HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook
Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook was the only son of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook. As Rosh Yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, he educated a new generation of Israelis to see the Divine Hand in the rebuilding of the Jewish nation in Israel.
Dedicated to his father's vision of Torah and Am Yisrael, HaRav Tzvi Yehuda worked throughout his life to edit and publish his father's prolific writings. His small apartment in the Geula section of Jerusalem was also the spiritual center of the settlement movement in Israel.
The founders of the new Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in Aza and the Golan Heights were students of HaRav Tzvi Yehuda. Prime Ministers, Tzahal generals, and baale t'shuva from all over Israel were frequent visitors to his home.
This book marks the first time that HaRav Tzvi Yehuda's lectures have been translated into English. His teachings on Torah, Emunah, Ahavah, Eretz Yisrael, Zionism, the Holocaust, Redemption, and the Mashiach, bring the encompassing Torah of Eretz Yisrael into unparalleled light. The book's commentary and pictures bring the reader into the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Kook, presenting an intimate understanding of his vision and the unique era of redemption which Rabbi Kook inspired the nation to see.
From The Teachings of HaRav Tzvi Yehuda:
"Just as the stones used in building the Temple were not sanctified until after the building was complete, so too the building of Eretz Yisrael is accomplished by every segment of the nation of Israel, by the righteous, and by the less righteous. We build with the non-holy, with all of the difficulties inherent in this, and little by little, all of the assorted problems shall vanish, and the Sanctification of G-d shall appear in stronger and stronger light."
"The time has come to return home. Whether we want to or not; whether we recognize this truth, or whether we want to run away from it. And I will bring then back to their Land. G-d has decided that the time has arrived."
"We must strengthen the conquest of Israel. Everything that the nations do to interfere is null and void. We must stand against their opposition with dedication and sacrifice, with counsel and with valor - without fear. We are not beholden to anyone. We must strive to strengthen the settlement all over, both near and far."
"When the flag of the State of Israel was raised, all of the Vatican's doctrines of the outcast, miserable Jew collapsed. We returned to our Land, and it became clear that the Eternal One of Israel will not lie."
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