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First Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine, Kook was the leading theologian of religious Zionism, saw secular pioneers as instruments of the divine plan and holiness in the Land of Israel, and founded the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva.
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Abraham Isaac Kook leans further toward religious than 95% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Religion is where Abraham Isaac Kook stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, Abraham Isaac Kook sits practically at the catalog median.
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