<HTML>Corrections on Rav Kuk citation:
1. The reference to Rav Kuk's approval of the Meiri's position
was supposed to be to Iggerot volume 1 *page* 99 (no. 89), and not *no.*
99 as I incorrectly posted. Sorry.
2. Rabbi Carmy's point is well taken. Ever since I first read
the passage in Rav Kuk, I automatically assumed he was referring to the
gamut of the Meiri's complementary statements about the non-Jews of his
day. But upon reading it again with Rabbi Carmy's question in mind, I see
that was an unwarranted assumption.
The Meiri's uniform position on these matters touched on more than one
area of halakha. So it is tempting to suggest (as I was tempted) that
approval of his position in one area implies approval in all areas. But
Rabbi Carmy is of course correct that Rav Kuk didn't actually write this.
Bivrakha,
Seth</HTML>
