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Rav Kook was first and foremost a teacher, and we are in a position to appreciate his teaching today in ways we could not several decades ago. Similarly, if the institution of the Chief Rabbinate is not fed by the spirit of Rav Kook, those who seek to validate it cannot reasonably appeal to him as justification for its continuing existence. The image of the founding figure of the yeshiva did not prevent a division and secession of a large body of teachers from the mother yeshiva.
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He established a political party, called Degel Yerushalayim. Rav Kook’s greatness and success cannot be measured in terms of his institutional legacy. When is the last time a Chief Rabbi cited the teachings of the figurehead to whom one appeals in an attempt to bolster the standing of the institution? The current institution has little to do with him, in terms of vision, ruling and spirit. Rav Kook established the Chief Rabbinate during the times of the British Mandate, long before the pressures of state/religion and the damaging effects of the politicization of religion in Israel were a reality.
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There is no doubt some validity to this approach, though at the end of the day I doubt the argument carries much weight. 1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook, Jewish thinker, Halakhist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar.