Having obtained a solid grounding in Talmud , Rav Hutner joined a group of the Slabodka yeshiva that established a new yeshiva in Hebron in British Mandate of Palestine . He studied there until 1929 , narrowly escaping the 1929 Hebron massacre because he was away for the weekend . During his stay in Palestine , Rav Hutner became a disciple of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook , the first chief rabbi of Palestine . Both men had a philosophical and mystical mind-set that made them kindred spirits . Like Rabbi Kook , the young Rav Hutner eventually developed a warm attitude toward non-religious Jews who were seeking to become more religious . Their world view was in the context of the end of the Jewish exile , '' golus ( galut ) , '' anticipation of the imminent coming of the messianic era
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Yitzchok Hutner