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Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

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Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook · Historical & Religious Figures

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Although he credited women for their emotions and intuition and valued them for their essential position in the family, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook generally regarded women as inferior to men.

Biography

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — Although he credited women for their emotions and intuition and valued them for their essential position in the family, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook generally regarded women as inferior to men.

How & why

Although he credited women for their emotions and intuition and valued them for their essential position in the family, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook generally regarded women as inferior to men. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Chana Kehat, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Chana Kehat

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Although he credited women for their emotions and intuition and valued them for their essential position in the family, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook generally regarded women as inferior to men.

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Chana Kehat