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Abraham Isaac Kook: The Lights of Penitence, the Moral Principles, Lights of Holiness, Essays, Letters, and Poems
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Abraham Isaac Kook: The Lights of Penitence, the Moral Principles, Lights of Holiness, Essays, Letters, and Poems

by Abraham Isaac Kook, Ben Zion Bokser. 418 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Abraham Isaac Kook, Ben Zion Bokser

Publisher:

   Paulist Press

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1978
Subjects:   Judaism, Ethics, Jewish, Repentance--Judaism, Mysticism--Judaism
Table of contents
Preface I xi
Preface II xxi
Foreword xxvii
Introduction 1
The Lights of Penitence 37
The Moral Principles 131
Lights of Holiness 189
Essays 243
Letters 325
Poems 367
Bibliographies 387
Indexes 393
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