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Between the Piaseczna Rebbe and Rav Kook: The Case for Expressing Religious Emotions

JL;DR SUMMARY Rivka Bennun Kay's article delves into the debate on expressing religious emotions within Judaism, drawing comparisons between the philosophies of Rabbi Klonimus Kalman Shapira (the Piaseczna Rebbe), Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook, and Rav Soloveitchik. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationTorah StudyMysticismSelf ExpressionRav KookRav SoloveitchikReligious EmotionsPiaseczna RebbeSoul Revelation

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"The former headed a large yeshiva before dying in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the latter was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine."
Palestinian Territories
"The former headed a large yeshiva before dying in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the latter was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine."

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