The Splendor of Tefillin: Insights into the Mitzvah of Tefillin From the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook - Softcover

Morrison, Chanan; Kook, Abraham Isaac

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9781480019973: The Splendor of Tefillin: Insights into the Mitzvah of Tefillin From the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1480019976 ISBN 13: 9781480019973
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

"Well written and concise. This book makes the mitzvah of Tefillin so much more meaningful. Highly recommended reading." --Robert Weiss

What are tefillin? What is their deeper significance? How can we bind our hearts and souls to God, as we bind these these scrolls to our arms and heads?

The Splendor of Tefillin contains nine insightful essays that delve into the philosophical side of the mitzvah of tefillin, based on the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook.

If we truly understood the mitzvah of Tefillin, Rav Kook taught, when we place them over our frontal lobe, “we would feel a flow of enlightenment, understanding, and reverence of God.”

"I warmly recommend this book to all those interested in deepening their understanding of tefillin - and of Rav Kook's teachings."--Rabbi Shmuel Jablon

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About the Author

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the celebrated first Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, is recognized as being among the most important Jewish thinkers of all times. His writings reflect the mystic's search for underlying unity in all aspects of life and the world, and his unique personality similarly united a rare combination of talents and gifts. Rav Kook was a prominent rabbinical authority and active public leader, but at the same time, a deeply religious mystic. He was both Talmudic scholar and poet, original thinker and saintly tzaddik.

Rabbi Chanan Morrison grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics from Yeshiva University (New York). He then pursued advanced Talmudic studies in Israel, studying for seven years in Jerusalem yeshivot, including the famed Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav founded in 1924 by Rav Kook. He currently lives in a community in the Judean Desert with his wife and children. His work can be read on his website at ravkooktorah.org.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1480019976
ISBN 13 
9781480019973
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
42
Rating
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