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‫רחוב הנביאים‬

Ulpan-Or; T-Ulpan, Advanced Level

‫ֵבית ָה ַרב קוק ומו ֵזיאֹון ַה ְת ִהי ִלים‬

Rabbi Kook's House and the Museum of Psalms

English translation

Rabbi Kook was born in 1865 in Latvia and immigrated (made
Aliya) to Israel in 1904. He was very Zionist and loved Israel
very much.
Rabbi Kook was the Rabbi of Jaffa, then in 1919 the Rabbi of
Jerusalem. He founded the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, and in
1921 he was appointed to be the first chief Ashkenazi Rabbi in
Israel.
Rabbi Kook was a very modest man, he loved everybody and
everybody loved him.
Rabbi Kook wrote many books about Halacha, philosophy and
Kabala. He also built many Yeshivas.
Rabbi Kook was indeed a simple and modest person, but his
books are not so simple.
They are very deep, and not everybody understands them. Many
researchers researched the books, and they are being taught
(they teach them) until today at universities and Yeshivas.
Rabbi Kook believed that the Jews in Israel should build the
land together. He would have been very sad to see that
nowadays secular Jews and religious (frum) ones don't
cooperate that much. Rabbi kook was a very religious person
but visited all the secular Kibbutzim in Israel, and spoke to
everyone with love.
Rabbi Kook died in 1935.
The Museum of Psalms is located in Rabbi Kook's house. In the
museum there are 150 paintings, such as the 150 chapters of
Psalm book. Moshe Tzvi Berger painted the paintings during 15
years. The paintings in the museum are very nice, and full of
light.

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