Zvi Yehuda Kook

Zvi Yehuda Kook ( , born 23 April 1891, died 9 March 1982) was a rabbi , leader of Religious Zionism (usually associated with the Hardal movement in Israel ) and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva . He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook , and named in honor of his father's father in law, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Rabinowitch Teomim. His teachings are partially responsible for the modern religious settlement movement in Judea and Samaria . Many of his ideological followers in the Religious Zionist movement settled there. Under the leadership of Kook, with its center in the yeshiva founded by his father, Jerusalem 's Mercaz HaRav , thousands of religious Jews campaigned actively against territorial compromise, and established numerous settlements throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip . Many of these settlements were subsequently granted official recognition by Israeli governments, both right and left.

Zvi Yehuda Kook ( , born 23 April 1891, died 9 March 1982) was a rabbi , leader of Religious Zionism and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva . He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook , and named in honor of his maternal grandfather's brother, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Rabinowitch Teomim. His teachings are partially responsible for the modern religious settlement movement in the West Bank . Many of his ideological followers in the Religious Zionist movement settled there. Under the leadership of Kook, with its center in the yeshiva founded by his father, Jerusalem 's Mercaz HaRav , thousands of religious Jews campaigned actively against territorial compromise, and established numerous settlements throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip . Many of these settlements were subsequently granted official recognition by Israeli governments, both right and left.

Zvi Yehuda Kook ( , 23 April 1891 – 9 March 1982) was an Orthodox rabbi , a prominent leader of Religious Zionism , and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva . He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook , the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine . His teachings are partially responsible for the modern religious settlement movement in Judea and Samaria . Many of his ideological followers in the Religious Zionist movement settled there. Under the leadership of Kook, with its center in the yeshiva founded by his father, Jerusalem 's Mercaz HaRav , thousands of Orthodox Jews campaigned actively against territorial compromise, and established numerous settlements throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip . Many of these settlements were subsequently granted official recognition by Israeli governments, both right and left.

Religious zionist leader (1891–1982) Zvi Yehuda Kook ( , 23 April 1891 – 9 March 1982) was a prominent ultranationalist Orthodox rabbi . He was the son of Abraham Isaac Kook , the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine . Both father and son are credited with developing Kookian Zionism, which became the dominant form of Religious Zionism . He was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva. Kook's fundamentalist teachings were a significant factor in the formation and activities of the modern religious settlement movement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza , largely through his influence on the Gush Emunim movement, which was founded by his students. Many of his ideological followers established such settlements, and he has been credited with the dissemination of his father's ideas, helping to form the basis of Religious Zionism. Kook presided for nearly six decades over the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva ( lit. ' The Rabbi's Centre ' ) founded by his father in Jerusalem, which became "the flagship yeshiva of religious Zionism", where hundreds of future militants, opposed to territorial compromises and promoting Israeli settlement of the Occupied Palestinian Territories , received their formative education.

Religious zionist leader (1891–1982) Zvi Yehuda Kook ( Hebrew : צבי יהודה קוק , 23 April 1891 – 9 March 1982) was an ultranationalist Orthodox rabbi . He was the son of Abraham Isaac Kook , the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine . Both father and son are credited with developing Kookian Zionism, which became the dominant form of Religious Zionism . He was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva. Kook's fundamentalist teachings were a significant factor in the formation and activities of the modern religious settlement movement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza , largely through his influence on the Gush Emunim movement, which was founded by his students. Many of his ideological followers established such settlements, and he has been credited with the dissemination of his father's ideas, helping to form the basis of Religious Zionism. Kook presided for nearly six decades over the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva ( lit. ' The Rabbi's Centre ' ) founded by his father in Jerusalem, which became "the flagship yeshiva of religious Zionism", where hundreds of future militants, opposed to territorial compromises and promoting Israeli settlement of the Occupied Palestinian Territories , received their formative education.