A Pair of Modern Meshalim on Environmental Degradation by Jeffrey Spitzer
ืึทืชึผึดืฉึผืึธืึตืช ืึธืึธืจึถืฅ
ืจ' ืืืจื ืืจ' ื'ืคืจื
ืืืจ ืจ' ืืืจื ืืฉื ืืฉืจ ืืคื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืช ืืืงื ืฉืืืจืช ืืืืข.
ืืืืจ ืืื ืืืจ "ืืืจืฅ ืืงืืืงืืช"
ืืืืจ ืื ืืืจ "ืงืืงืืชื ืืช ืืืจืฅ."
ืื ืืืจ ืืงื"ื "ืึทืชึผึดืฉึผืึธืึตืช ืึธืึธืจึถืฅ"
ืืืืจ ืื ืืืจ "ืึผึดื ืึดืฉืึฐืึดืืช ืึผึธื ืึผึธืฉืึธืจ ืึถืช ืึผึทืจึฐืึผืึน ืขึทื ืึธืึธืจึถืฅ."
ืจ' ื'ืคืจื ืืืจ ืืฉื ืืจื ืฉืืืจ ืืชืืืืืื
ืชื ื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืชื
ืืืืจ ืืืชื ืืืชื
ืืืกืืฃ ืืืืช ื ืืจืก
ืื ืืืจ ืืงื"ื "ืึผืึดืึฐืืึผ ืึถืช ืึธืึธืจึถืฅ ืึฐืึดืึฐืฉืึปืึธ ืึผืจึฐืืึผ…"
ืืืชืื "ืึทืึผึทื ึผึดืึตืืึผ ืึฐืึทื ืขึตืึถื ืึฐืขึธืึฐืึธืึผ ืึผืึฐืฉืึธืึฐืจึธืึผ"
ืืืืกืืฃ "ืึทืชึผึดืฉึผืึธืึตืช ืึธืึธืจึถืฅ"
“The earth had gone to ruin.” (Gen 6:11)
R. Aharon and R. Jeffrey
Said R. Aharon: A parable to the secretary of the interior who annulled environmental regulations.
After a while, he said “The land is despoiled”
and after that, he said, “You have despoiled the land.”
Similarly, “Now the earth had gone to ruin” (Gen 6:11),
and after that, “for all flesh had ruined its way upon the earth” (Gen 6:12)
R. Jeffrey said: A parable to a rabbi who said to his students,
“Show respect to me and to my house”
and he said “Mi casa es su casa”
In the end, the house was destroyed.
Similarly, God said, “be many and fill the earth and subdue it! Have dominion” (Gen 1:28),
and it is written, “God, took the human and set him in the garden of Eden, to work it and to watch it” (2:15).
In the end, “The earth had gone to ruin.”
