From Avoiding to Embracing: Rav Kook and the future of Shmita – Rabbi Yedidya Sinclair

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Yedidya SinclairEVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: Temple ChaiABOUT THE EVENT:“Shabbat Ha’aretz” by Rav Kook is the most influential book in 800 years about Shmita, one of Judaism’s most radical and transformative ideas. Rabbi Yedidya Sinclair, whose new book on Shabbat Ha’aretz has just come out from Maggid Press, joins us to discuss why Rav Kook’s thinking was so critical, and how it points the way to the creative renewal of shmita’s socio-economic and ecological dimensions that we are starting to see today.ABOUT THE SPEAKER:Rabbi Yedidya (Julian) Sinclair is an economist, writer and rabbi. He began his career as an economist advising the UK government, was Vice President and Senior Economist at Energiya Global, an Israeli solar power developer, and today works as an independent consultant on development projects in Africa. Yedidya was Senior Rabbinic Advisor for Hazon, the largest faith-based environmental organization in the U.S., and Campus Rabbi at Cambridge University, where he also taught Jewish Studies in the Divinity School. He holds degrees from Oxford and Harvard Universities and lives with his family in Jerusalem. His book, “The Sabbath of the Land,” will be published by Maggid Books in February.PURCHASE THE BOOK HERE:https://korenpub.com/products/the-sabbath-of-the-land--Stay Connected:•  Website:   www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library/ •  Donate:   https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/donate •  Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/ValleyBeitMidrash ★ Support this podcast ★