## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, It Once Happened

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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
When Rav Kook was a young man he studied in yeshiva in a small town called Lutzen. At the end of the year he returned home with a present for his parents – a bundle of poems. But this did not please his father, who was concerned his son was being influenced by the secular world of the *Haskala*. The following year, Rav Kook instead brought home a notebook full of original insights into complex halakhic topics. But the urge to read and write poetry was still strong in his heart. Later in his life, Rav Kook found a way to bring these two passions together, by writing a long poem that incorporated all the laws of Ḥanukka, utilising his mastery of the Hebrew language and halakha while also fulfilling his desire to express himself poetically.


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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
1. *Why was Rav Kook’s father concerned about him being exposed to secular culture? How did Rav Kook respond to this?*