A group of Religious Zionist rabbis suggested that Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the forefather of Religious Zionism, be included among the figures to be commemorated on Israel's new banknotes. "This idea comes to make historical justice with the man who was one of the most important figures in the history of Zionism and the Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel," the rabbis explained. Rav Kook was someone who advocated more than anyone else for Jewish outreach and for integrating the idea of a Jewish state into the system of religion, Torah, and faith."
