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Rav Kook: The Mystic Chief Rabbi Who Embraced Secular Zionists
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine and one of the most original Jewish thinkers of the modern era. His mystical vision saw holiness in secular Zionists, beauty in the physical rebuilding of the land, and divine purpose in the return of the Jewish people to Israel.
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: The Sephardi Giant Who Changed Israeli Judaism
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013) was the most influential Sephardi rabbi of the modern era. A halakhic genius, political kingmaker, and champion of Mizrahi Jews, he restored Sephardi pride, founded the Shas political party, and issued rulings that reshaped Israeli religious life.
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