by Ora Sheinson Pesach. The holiday of our freedom! Too often it becomes the holiday of our environmental degradation, beginning with toxic cleaning supplies and ending with bags full of plastic and aluminum trash. Below are some basic tips covering a few of the many ways to reduce the personal stress and environmental impact […]
by Rabbi Shlomo Levin On Passover we read about the four children- the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask. Each has a different attitude toward the Passover holiday, and we can often picture a stereotype of what type of person they represent. What if these […]
by Rabbi Yonatan Neril The Exodus from Egypt contains some profound insights into Divine-aware living. In this dvar Torah I will present a Jewish perspective on material consumption rooted in lessons from the Exodus. It is based primarily on the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov’s main student, Rabbi Natan, in his book Likutei […]
In some communities, it may feel like “keeping up with the Greenbergs” requires wasteful quantities of cellophane, ribbon, and styrofoam for your mishloach manot packages! But regardless of your community, you can create healthy, earth-friendly, beautiful and economical mishloach manot for Purim. To help you, Canfei Nesharim has developed a selection of five eco-friendly and […]
by Rabbi Akiva Gersh Purim comes at an auspicious time in the Hebrew calendar. Falling on the full moon in the month of Adar, when it is not a leap year, it occurs exactly one month, one cycle of the moon, after Tu B’Shvat, and one month, one cycle of the moon, before Pesach. Three […]
