by Robert Goo Reprinted from the Environmental Protection Agency What you don’t know can hurt the environment. When rain falls or snow melts, the seemingly negligible amounts of chemicals and other pollutants around your home and premises get picked up and carried via storm drains to surface waters. The ramifications include polluted drinking water, beach […]
Water is precious! And there are many things we can do to protect this valuable resource. On this page you’ll find suggestions to help you conserve and protect water. 1) Save Water in Your Home and Community You can start at home protecting surface and ground waters from so-called “non-point source” pollution! Click here for more details. […]
Bottled Water Fact Sheet Is your bottled water really safe? A new fact sheet from Canfei Nesharim. On the front side is a teaching about Shemini Atzeres and tefilas geshem (prayers for rain). On the back is a fact sheet with information about bottled water that may surprise you. Print your own copies directly from our […]
Set up: Buy a Brita Filter, a Pur Filter, and a 3 gallon jug of commonly-used bottled water. You will also want to use tap water from your synagogue sink, unless there is a health-related problem with that water. Set large pitchers with water from each of the four sources on a table. Each pitcher […]
What to Provide: Chocolate, cakes, and other delicious treats Mezonos so that people can make a “leshev basukkah” bracha Water to drink (the water should be served in pitchers rather than in bottles – if you must buy bottles, buy 3 gallon jugs of water; serve in paper cups, not plastic) After the group has […]
