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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Page 91
... laws of shemira : In Jewish law , the duty to rescue persons is extended to the rescue of their property . The mitzvah of the return of lost property is one manifestation of this responsibility . Our duty to the beloved neighbor is to ...
... laws of shemira : In Jewish law , the duty to rescue persons is extended to the rescue of their property . The mitzvah of the return of lost property is one manifestation of this responsibility . Our duty to the beloved neighbor is to ...
Page 128
... laws to which Rav Yehudah is referring ? As out- lined in the legally rich portion of Mishpatim , " Rulings ” ( Exod . 21-24 , esp . 21 : 28-22 : 5 , and developed in the Talmudic order of Nezikin , " Damages , ” particularly the first ...
... laws to which Rav Yehudah is referring ? As out- lined in the legally rich portion of Mishpatim , " Rulings ” ( Exod . 21-24 , esp . 21 : 28-22 : 5 , and developed in the Talmudic order of Nezikin , " Damages , ” particularly the first ...
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... Laws of Marital Relations , " 15 and 16 , which state that even if one has fulfilled the minimum , a person " is commanded by the Rabbis not to desist from procreation while he yet has strength . " 4. Alan Durning , How Much Is Enough ...
... Laws of Marital Relations , " 15 and 16 , which state that even if one has fulfilled the minimum , a person " is commanded by the Rabbis not to desist from procreation while he yet has strength . " 4. Alan Durning , How Much Is Enough ...
Contents
Environmentalism Religion | 11 |
The Humble Ruler and the Stuff of Nature | 20 |
Creator Creating Creation | 33 |
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