This is factsheet five of a series of five factsheets related to Jewish teachings related to vegetarianism.
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A. Jewish Teachings About Reducing Hunger
On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, while Jews are fasting and praying for a good year, we read in the haftorah the words of the Prophet Isaiah that fasting and prayers are not sufficient; we must work to end oppression and provide food for needy people:
"Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the chains of wickedness, to undo the bonds of oppression, and to let the ...
This is Factsheet four of a series of five fact sheets on Jewish teachings related to vegetarianism.
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A. Jewish Teachings on Resource Conservation
The prohibition against wasting or unnecessarily destroying anything of value, bal tashchit, ("thou shalt not destroy") is based on the following Torah statement:
"When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy (lo tashchit) the trees thereof by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them but you shall not cut them down; for is the ...
