Rav Kook’s Shmita Vision

Rabbi Julian Sinclair discusses his newly released edition of “Rav Kook’s Introduction to Shabbat HaAretz” (Hazon, 2014) with R. Jeffrey Saks. The book is a magisterial work of religious philosophy exploring how Shmita (the biblical

sabbatical year) and the agricultural cycle in the land of Israel of which it is a key part, can be more meaningful for the modern world?

Rabbi Sinclair has prepared a first-time English translation in a bilingual edition, including a sweeping overview of Rav Kook’s life and philosophy – exploring how the case of Shmita and the heter mekhira serves as an ideal test case to understand Rav Kook.