What Did Rav Kook Really Say on Vegetarianism- PART 1
Rav Kook was the first of our great rabbis to author an extensive work on vegetarianism. Unfortunately, he is often misquoted on this issue. This is the first part of 2 classes which clarify what Rav Kook actually wrote on this ideal.
The three weeks that begin on the night of the Seventeenth of Tammuz and continue until the Ninth of Av are days of national woefulness. The sages therefore advise being especially careful during this period, for it is a time designated for calamity.
Fast days are occasion for introspection and repentance. After all, we are not fasting over the distant, unrelated past; we are fasting in response to our own present situation. How is it that instead of mourning we remain complacent and indifferent?