{"id":8843367678103,"title":"The Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah-Kook\/Naor (BKE-TLORBBH)","handle":"the-legends-of-rabbah-bar-bar-hannah-kook-naor-bke-tlorbbh","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003eThe Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"subtitle\"\u003eWith the Commentary of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp class=\"price\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbah bar Bar Hannah has been referred to as the Jewish Sinbad the Sailor. His tall tales, fifteen in all, are recorded in the Babylonian Talmud in Tractate \u003cem\u003eBava Batra\u003c\/em\u003e (73a-74a). The particular chapter in which they are situated is named “The Seller of the Ship” (“\u003cem\u003eHaMokher et ha-Sefinah\u003c\/em\u003e”). Appropriately, these tales of seafarers (\u003cem\u003enehutei yama\u003c\/em\u003e) were inserted in that legal discussion, as is the wont of the Talmud to mix Aggadah with Halakhah, thus tempering law with lore and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRav Kook’s commentary to the Legends first appeared in print in Jerusalem in 1984 in the second volume of his collected essays, \u003cem\u003eMa’amrei ha-Rayah\u003c\/em\u003e. In this early work (written at age twenty-five), Rav Kook yet cites sources. Later, when his style of writing switched to “stream of consciousness,” sources were eliminated. For this very reason, the commentary to the Rabbah bar Bar Hannah legends is of extreme importance. Here, Rav Kook divulges the many and varied Kabbalistic sources that informed his view, and it is one of the few places that he openly includes Kabbalistic terminology in his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRav Kook continues a long tradition of interpreting these legends. The Vilna Gaon, as well as his rival Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, both wrote commentaries on the \u003cem\u003eaggadot\u003c\/em\u003e of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Bezalel Naor is one of the most prominent scholars and interpreters of Rabbi Kook.  In \u003cem\u003eThe Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah\u003c\/em\u003e, Rabbi Naor presents – for the first time in any language – Rabbi Kook’s commentary along with much needed explanatory notes.  Rabbi Naor’s most recent works include \u003cem\u003eOrot \u003c\/em\u003e(Maggid, 2015), \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/kodeshpress.com\/product\/when-god-becomes-history\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen God Becomes History: Historical Essays of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2016, Kodesh), and \u003cem\u003eThe Koren Rav Kook Siddur\u003c\/em\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10px;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003e354 Pages 8x10 Trim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eISBN: 9781947857117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eList: $39.95\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-19T21:42:25-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-19T21:42:25-05:00","vendor":"Riverdale Judaica","type":"P","tags":[],"price":5200,"price_min":5200,"price_max":5200,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45198959837335,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah-Kook\/Naor (BKE-TLORBBH)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5200,"weight":2,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003eThe Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"subtitle\"\u003eWith the Commentary of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp class=\"price\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbah bar Bar Hannah has been referred to as the Jewish Sinbad the Sailor. His tall tales, fifteen in all, are recorded in the Babylonian Talmud in Tractate \u003cem\u003eBava Batra\u003c\/em\u003e (73a-74a). The particular chapter in which they are situated is named “The Seller of the Ship” (“\u003cem\u003eHaMokher et ha-Sefinah\u003c\/em\u003e”). Appropriately, these tales of seafarers (\u003cem\u003enehutei yama\u003c\/em\u003e) were inserted in that legal discussion, as is the wont of the Talmud to mix Aggadah with Halakhah, thus tempering law with lore and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRav Kook’s commentary to the Legends first appeared in print in Jerusalem in 1984 in the second volume of his collected essays, \u003cem\u003eMa’amrei ha-Rayah\u003c\/em\u003e. In this early work (written at age twenty-five), Rav Kook yet cites sources. Later, when his style of writing switched to “stream of consciousness,” sources were eliminated. For this very reason, the commentary to the Rabbah bar Bar Hannah legends is of extreme importance. Here, Rav Kook divulges the many and varied Kabbalistic sources that informed his view, and it is one of the few places that he openly includes Kabbalistic terminology in his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRav Kook continues a long tradition of interpreting these legends. The Vilna Gaon, as well as his rival Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, both wrote commentaries on the \u003cem\u003eaggadot\u003c\/em\u003e of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Bezalel Naor is one of the most prominent scholars and interpreters of Rabbi Kook.  In \u003cem\u003eThe Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah\u003c\/em\u003e, Rabbi Naor presents – for the first time in any language – Rabbi Kook’s commentary along with much needed explanatory notes.  Rabbi Naor’s most recent works include \u003cem\u003eOrot \u003c\/em\u003e(Maggid, 2015), \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/kodeshpress.com\/product\/when-god-becomes-history\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen God Becomes History: Historical Essays of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2016, Kodesh), and \u003cem\u003eThe Koren Rav Kook Siddur\u003c\/em\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10px;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003e354 Pages 8x10 Trim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eISBN: 9781947857117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eList: $39.95\u003c\/p\u003e"}