The Way Into Judaism and the EnvironmentAt a time of growing concern about environmental issues, Dr. Jeremy Benstein, founder and associate director of the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership, explores the relationship Jews have with the natural world, the ways in which Judaism contributes to contemporary social-environmental issues, the extent to which Judaism is part of the problem and how it can be part of the solution. Drawing from the Bible, rabbinic literature, midrash, the Jewish prayer book, and Jewish theology and philosophy, Benstein examines the dilemma of having dominion over the earth while serving and preserving it; what the Jewish calendar, including Shabbat and holidays, teaches us about our relationship with nature and the environment; and how contemporary environmental challenges present new and mind-opening opportunities for growth in Jewish thought and spiritual life. |
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... nezikin (damages), 128 bal tashchit (do not destroy): consumption and, 120–121; Jewish environmental values and, 93, 100; restraint and, 108 behavior, moral and economic, prayer and, 193 berachot (blessings). See blessings; prayer ...
... nezikin (damages), 128 bal tashchit (do not destroy): consumption and, 120–121; Jewish environmental values and, 93, 100; restraint and, 108 behavior, moral and economic, prayer and, 193 berachot (blessings). See blessings; prayer ...
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... nezikin concept, 128; classes of, 128; pollution and, 129; “Tragedy of the Commons” and, 129–131; waste and, 128 desolation, State of Israel and, 219–221 destruction and building, bal tashchit and, 108 development, State of Israel and ...
... nezikin concept, 128; classes of, 128; pollution and, 129; “Tragedy of the Commons” and, 129–131; waste and, 128 desolation, State of Israel and, 219–221 destruction and building, bal tashchit and, 108 development, State of Israel and ...
Contents
Environmentalism Religion | 11 |
Common Ground | 23 |
Creator Creating Creation | 33 |
of Dominion | 42 |
On Being a Part | 53 |
On Goodness Settlement | 66 |
Wind Rain Mountains and Fields | 84 |
From Battlefield Forestry | 93 |
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