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Simcha Kook
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Simcha Kook

Israeli rabbi1

Rabbi Simcha HaKohen Kook (August 11, 1930 – May 24, 2022) was the Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Rehovot, and the rabbi of the restored Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Simcha Kook (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1930, died May 24, 2022.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedYeshivat Kfar Haroe3
  • Date not recordedHebron Yeshiva3

Career

Occupation: rabbi, Av Beit Din.4

Personal life

  • Born1930, Jerusalem5
  • CitizenshipIsrael6

His brothers were: Rabbi Shlomo Kook, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and Rabbi Nachum Kook. His sisters were: Rabbanit Sara Katz (wife of Rabbi Yaakov Katz) and Rabbanit Leah Sherman (wife of Rabbi Avraham Sherman).

He was married to Nechama, née Kabalkin, and was the father of nine children, among them:

Rabbi Chaim, head of the Torat Raphael Yeshiva in Jerusalem

His son-in-law, Rabbi Yeshaya HaLevi Shifman, head of the 'She'erit Yaakov' Yeshiva in Har Nof and head of the 'Even Tzion' kollel in Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem

Dov, director of the Chemdат HaTorah Talmud Torah in Ramat Shlomo

Rabbi Ben-Zion, director of the 'Alei Be'er' seminary in Jerusalem

Avraham-Yitzchak (Ami), CEO of the 'Generation' organization for deepening Jewish identity

Rabbi Aryeh, lecturer at the Meor HaTalmud Yeshiva

Rabbi Emanuel Kook, director of the Torat Raphael Yeshiva.

His son-in-law, Rabbi Yaakov Lazarovitz, head of the 'Chochmat Shlomo' Yeshiva in Rehovot

Rabbi Raphael Kook

From Wikipedia’s article on Simcha Kook (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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