Rabbi Kook House

This small museum in downtown Jerusalem is found in the building where the revered Rabbi Kook used to reside, and gives visitors a feel for the way the rabbi and his family lived, with a mikveh (ritual bath), a synagogue and the rabbi’s private quarters. The first chief rabbi of the Jewish community in British Mandate-era Palestine, Rabbi Kook or Rav Kook as he was known, was one of the first rabbis to integrate modern Zionism into his theological worldview. The museum offers a film on his life and an extensive library. Classes on his teachings are open to the general public.