Jerusalem's Beit HaRav Kook celebrates 100th birthday

The ornately carved chair that Samuel presented to Kook on behalf of King George V remains in its place of honor on the synagogue’s eastern wall next to the aron hakodesh (Torah ark).

BEIT HARAV dedication ceremony a century ago, on 12 Sivan, 5683 / May 27, 1923. Seated on the dais is Rav Abraham Isaac Kook wearing his fur spodek; to his L are Harry Fischel, Herbert Samuel, and Sephardi chief rabbi Yaakov Meir.

(photo credit: Courtesy Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq., administrator, Harry and Jane Fischel Foundation)

ByGIL ZOHAR

JUNE 10, 2023 17:22

Updated: JUNE 10, 2023 17:23

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