The Sabbath of the Land

Rav 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.

Shabbat HaAretz, first published in 1909, was written by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the towering spiritual leader of pre-state Israel.