630 results for browsing: Unknown

Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Source Sheet)

Core Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide on the topic of Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year. Discussion questions provided! These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year Materials! Learn more ...

Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Longer Article)

Core Teaching #14 Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year By Rabbi Noam Yehuda Sendor In the Garden of Eden, people lived in harmony with the Earth. This harmony was a natural expression of the people’s elevated consciousness. The Gaon of Vilna (1720-1797) wrote: The light that was created on the first day was the light with which Adam saw from one end of the creation to the other. This original light is the light of consciousness (ohr ha’sekhel), the light which illumines the mind. It is through this that Adam perceived and grasped the entirety of the universe.[1] Seeing from “one ...

Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Summary Article)

Core Teaching #14 Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year By Rabbi Noam Yehuda Sendor Shemita, the Sabbatical Year, comprises a number of the 613 commandments (mitzvot) of the Torah.[1] Like the commandment to rest every seven days on Shabbat, Shemita not only provides physical benefits but also enables humanity to develop spiritually and experience the unity of Creation. It also seems designed to shift how we relate the Earth. With today’s environmental challenges, these mitzvot may be more relevant and needed today than at any time in Jewish and world history. While the laws of Shemita for ...

Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability

Core Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability Rebbe Nachman of Breslov identifies the desire for food and drink as the central desire of the human being, and the one from which other desires emanate. In Rabbi Tzadok Hacohen’s “A Treatise on Eating,” he cites the mystical book of theZohar, which calls the moment of eating “the time of combat.” This is because in eating a Jew must engage in the spiritual fight to ensure the act is a holy one. Eating food is a significant part of the Jewish spiritual path, and Jewish teachings and practices provide guidance for how to eat in ...

We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Video)

Core Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability Rabbi Yonatan Neril on We are How We Eat! These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability! Learn more about the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Podcast)

Core Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast on a Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability. These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability Materials! Learn more about the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Source Sheet)

Core Teaching #13: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide on the topic of We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability. Discussion questions provided! These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability! Learn more about the Year of Jewish ...

We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Longer Article)

Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability By Rabbi Yonatan Neril The beginning of the Torah makes clear the centrality of eating to human existence: “And the Lord God commanded man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat. But of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:16-17). Adam and Eve transgressed this command with the first sin – eating from the Tree. Rabbi Tsadok HaKohen teaches that the Tree of Life represents holy eating, while the Tree ...

We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Summary Article)

Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability By Rabbi Yonatan Neril Rebbe Nachman of Breslov identifies the desire for food and drink as the central desire of the human being, and the one from which other desires emanate.[1] Jewish teachings can help us appreciate the food we eat and eat it in a spirit of holiness. Doing so can also help the environment, as we will explore. What does it mean to eat in a Jewish way? First of all, we should eat when we are hungry. Rabbi Shlomo Volbe teaches that a person needs to distinguish between eating because of a healthy desire of the body (i.e., ...

Shalom Letter Resources for Parashat Noach from the Shalom Center

For a discussion and midrash on the Flood and the Rainbow from my book Godwrestling -- Round 2 (Jewish Lights, 1996), please click to https://theshalomcenter.org/node/1842 . In it I report work The Shalom Center did in the early 1980s to persuade synagogues to set aside the 27th of Iyyar – in biblical tradition the day when the Rainbow came – as a day to address the danger of global disaster and the ways for us to deal with it. For a video on how to draw on the wisdom of the Flood/ Rainbow story to address the climate crisis of today, please click to https://theshalomcenter.org/video/rainbow-sign-climate-policy For materials ...

Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth

Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth In the first chapter of Genesis, twice in three verses, G-d speaks of humans ruling over other living beings. In the second instance, after creating Adam and Eve, G-d blesses them, saying "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." What does it mean for humans to subdue the earth and have dominion over other creatures? Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Summary Article ...

Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Video)

Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth We are proud to present Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, speaking on the topic of Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth! These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #12 Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Materials! Learn more about the Year of Jewish ...

Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Podcast)

Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast on Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth. These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #12 Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Materials! Learn more about the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth(Source Sheet)

Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide on the topic of Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth. Discussion questions provided! These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Core Teaching #12 Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Materials! Learn more about the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environmen...

Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Longer Article)

Core Teaching #12 Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Rabbi Yonatan Neril[1] The first two chapters of Genesis contain teachings with profound relevance for ourselves and our world today. In the first chapter of Genesis, twice in three verses, G-d speaks of humans ruling over other living beings. In the second instance, after creating Adam and Eve, G-d blesses them, saying "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."[2] What does it mean for humans to subdue the earth and have ...

Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Summary Article)

Core Teaching #12 Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth By Rabbi Yonatan Neril[1] The first two chapters of Genesis contain teachings with profound relevance for ourselves and our world today. After creating Adam and Eve, G-d blesses them, saying "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."[2] What does it mean for humans to subdue the earth and have dominion over other creatures? One of the central precepts of Rabbinic Judaism is that the Written Torah must be ...

Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World

Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Today’s environmental movement seems to focus strongly on doing. There are things to buy, actions to take, petitions to sign, policies to advocate. It is rare for environmentalists to think of prayer as a tool for change. Many people in today’s society think of prayer as a passive, contemplative activity – a break from action. Jewish teachings express a very different view of prayer. Prayer is one of the key tools that God has given us to change the world. As we will see, it is our responsibility and opportunity to pray for the health of the earth and human civilization living ...

Praying for a Sustainable World (Video)

Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Enjoy this video on the topic of Praying for a Sustainable World! These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Jewcology thanks the Shedlin Outreach Foundation and the ROI community for their generous support, which made the Jewcology project possible. See all Praying for a Sustainable World Materials! Learn more about the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

Praying for a Sustainable World (Summary Article)

Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Praying for a Sustainable World By Evonne Marzouk “Change your lightbulb! Call your senator! Buy a hybrid car!” Today’s environmental movement seems to focus strongly on doing. There are things to buy, actions to take, policies to advocate. It is rare for environmentalists to think of prayer as a tool for change. Yet Jewish teachings express a very different view of prayer.[1] Prayer is one of the key tools that God has given us to change the world, and it is our responsibility and opportunity to pray for the health of the earth and human ...

Praying for a Sustainable World (Longer Article)

Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Praying for a Sustainable World By Evonne Marzouk[1] “Change your lightbulb! Call your senator! Buy a hybrid car! Think global, act local!” Sound familiar? These are today’s strongest environmental messages, the messages of action that we most likely associate with protecting the environment. Today’s environmental movement seems to focus strongly on doing. There are things to buy, actions to take, petitions to sign, policies to advocate. It is rare for environmentalists to think of prayer as a tool for change. Many people in today’s ...