by Rabbi Dovid Sears This article is printed as part of the Tu b’Shevat Learning Campaign, sponsored by Canfei Nesharim, an organization that is educating the Orthodox community about the importance of protecting the environment. Jewish mystics speak of “Four Worlds.” These Four Worlds are actually four stages in a sequence that spans […]
by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Strikovsky (Reprinted with permission from B’Or HaTorah) Fill the land and conquer it. Dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every beast that walks the land (Genesis 1:28). G-d’s blessing to Adam and Eve is interpreted by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Isaac Breuer, and Rabbi […]
Resolving the Ambiguity at the Heart of Bal Tashchit by Rabbi Yehoshua Kahan Tu BiShevat is popularly referred to as “The New Year for the Trees”. This evokes in many of us an image of anthropomorphized trees getting together and celebrating, perhaps along the lines of the Ents, those humanized trees of Lord of […]
By Rabbi Yonatan Neril View a printable version of the article. Tu b’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, is a good time to reflect on our Torah responsibilities to preserve trees, and other natural resources granted by Hashem, for future generations. Sometimes we don’t realize how our personal choices can affect our […]
by Rabbi Zecharyah Tzvi Goldman Rabbi Zecharyah Tzvi Goldman is rabbi of the Vermont Street Shul in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder and rabbinic administrator of EarthKosher, a kosher certification agency that exclusively certifies health food and alternative medicine companies. The following is an edited halakhic responsa from Judaism and the New Age: Halakhic […]
