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The Essential Writings of Abraham Isaac Kook

Table of Contents

I. Controversies

II. Essays

CoverA Call for Unity     22
A Call to the Scholars of Israel     25
The Art of Criticism     27
The Nearness of God     30
Morality and Faith in God     33
The Lights of Faith     35
Our Separate Paths     37
The Call of God     39
The Torah and Human Culture     41
The Inner Dimensions of the Torah     45
Assyriology and the Bible     48
The Service of God     49

III. Letters 54

IV. Meditations

The Harmony of Ideas    148
The Basis of All Thoughts    149
The Hidden Spring    150
Silence and Attention    151
The God of Unification    152
The Creative Flow of the Soul I 5 3
Attentiveness to the Vision    154
The Revelation of the Soul    154
The Meeting of the Streams    155
From Pain to Delight    156
The Grief of the Soul's Redemption I 56
The Question About the Origin of Certainty    157
The Concepts that Transcend Science    158
The Unity of Mind and Will    159
The Life that Transends Life    160
The Life of Holiness    161
The Delight of Holiness    162
The Holy Edifice    163
The Building of the Secular for the Sake of the Holy    164
The Divine Emanation    165
Everything Moves and Aspires    165
The General Trend and Divine Providence    166
The Unity of the Human Family    167
The Basic Changes in the New Thought    169
The Ascent of the Human Will and Reason    172
The Doctrine of Evolution and Divine Providence    173
General and Individual Providence    174
Progress and All Embracing Unity    175
The Higher Perfection    177
The Elevation of Everything    178
Morality and the Law    178
Morality Rooted in Faith in God    179
The Morality of Existence    180
The Unity of Morality and Wisdom    181
The Universal Will    181
The Ascent to Inner Greatness    182
Inner Greatness and Self Assessment    183
The Mending and the Fall    184
A Higher Disposition    184
A Special Path    185
Engaging in the Holy Service    186
The Higher Silence    187
The Supreme Zaddik    187
The Desire for the Good Deed and its Value    188
Good to All    189
Kindness and Inner Strength    189

V. Aphorisms    193

 

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