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Tisha B’Av and Vegetarianism

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Tisha B’Av and Vegetarianism

July 19, 2017 No Comments

There are many connections between vegetarianism and the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av: 1. Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av) commemorates the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem. Today the entire world is threatened by climate change, and modern intensive livestock agriculture is

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Relating Tisha B’Av to Today’s Environmental Crises

July 19, 2017 No Comments

Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av) which we commemorate this year on July 31-August 1, reminds us that over 2,000 years ago Jews failed to heed the warnings of the prophet Jeremiah, with the result that the first Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, the first of

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