Kook, Abraham Isaac Cohen a.k.a. Kook, Avraham Yitzhaq HaCohen. ‘Ezrat Cohen: Teshuvot be-Halakhot Shulhan-‘arukh Even-Ha-‘Ezer. Jerusalem: Mossad Ha-Rav Kook, 1969. Small 4to. 485pp [Hebrew pagination]. 1/4 leather over brown cloth in original dust jacket. Ex-libris Rabbi Isaac David Essrig, author of “The fountain of wisdom”. Work by Rav Cook, one of the most influential Rabbis of what now is considered “religious Zionism” [see below]. The topic of this book is the “Even Ha-‘Ezer” – section of the “Shulkhan ha-Arukh”, that deals with personal law (marriage, divorce, sexual conduct etc.). The “Shulkhan ha-Arukh” [a.k.a. Shulchan Aruch, meaning “set table”] is the most authoritative compilation of Halakha [Jewish Law[.
Staining and minor tears to dj. Age wear to binding. Inside clean and tight. In Hebrew. Very good condition. vg. Hardcover.
On the author (from a public domain online encyclopedia):
Abraham Isaac Kook (1864 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the (now) Religious Zionist “Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav”, and a renowned Torah scholar. He was a master of Halakha in the strictest sense, while at the same time possessing an unusual openness to new ideas, especially in regards to the settling of Eretz Yisrael. This drew many religious and non-religious people to him, but also led to widespread misunderstanding of his ideas. He wrote prolifically on both Halakha and Jewish thought, and his books and personality continued to influence many even after his death in Jerusalem in 1935. (17948) $95
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