{"product_id":"the-sabbath-of-the-land-by-rav-abraham-isaac-kook","title":"The Sabbath of the Land By Rav Abraham Isaac Kook","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003eTranslation \u0026amp; Commentary by Yedidya J Sinclair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif color: rgb line-height: background-color: font-size:\u003eRav Kook's philosophical introduction to shemitta (in Hebrew and English) and selections from his halakhic writings on the sabbatical year, with a new English introduction and summary essay by Yedidya J Sinclair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif color: rgb line-height: background-color: font-size:\u003eShabbat HaAretz, first published in 1909, was written by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the towering spiritual leader of pre-state Israel. It is undoubtedly the most influential book on shemitta, the biblical sabbatical year, to have appeared in the modern era. The work includes a soaring, lyrical introduction in which Rav Kook sets out his vision of the social and spiritual renewal embodied in shemitta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif color: rgb line-height: background-color: font-size:\u003eThe Sabbath of the Land makes this essential book accessible to English-speaking readers. It presents an original, annotated translation of the entire introduction and includes selections from Rav Kook's halakhic work, rendered in fluent, readable English. These are illuminated by contextualizing essays on Rav Kook's life and thought, the historical background to Shabbat HaAretz, and the book's enduring power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif color: rgb line-height: background-color: font-size:\u003eIn this brilliant translation of Rav Kook's work and in his accompanying essays, Yedidya Sinclair succeeds in clarifying the paradoxes of shemitta.... A highly valuable and enlightening volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif color: rgb line-height: background-color: font-size:\u003eIn this brilliant translation of Rav Kook's work and in his accompanying essays, Yedidya Sinclair succeeds in clarifying the paradoxes of shemitta.... A highly valuable and enlightening volume.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eDr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eBible educator and author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eProvides essential historical, theological, and halakhic context that illuminates the work.... If you have time for just one book on the shemitta year, this is it.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eDr. Yehudah Mirsky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eProfessor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eSkillfully translated and meaningfully introduced by Rabbi Yedidya Sinclair, this masterpiece demonstrates how the first Chief Rabbi of modern Eretz Israel was able to maintain the biblical ideals of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years despite our rapidly changing economy....\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eRabbi Shlomo Riskin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eFounding Rabbi of Efrat, Rosh Yeshiva, Ohr Torah Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42254326530213,"sku":"978-1592645930","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-1592645930.jpg?v=1725093848","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/the-sabbath-of-the-land-by-rav-abraham-isaac-kook","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}