Jewish Environmental Flashcards
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Ethical Teaching 1: To Serve and Protect (L’ovolah W’shomrah)
(3 things )
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“God put him into the Garden of Eden to til it and keep it” (Gen 2:15)
COEJL- environmental practices
Maimonides “..nor dust shall land on home affecting thy neighbour…”
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Q
Ethical teaching 2: B’alal Taschit (Do not Destroy)
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Talmud Shabbat “One who covers oil lamps has violated Ba’al Taschit”
“You shall not destroy its trees by wieldng an ax against them” Deut 20:19
Children of the Covenant
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Q
Ethical teaching 3: Tikkum Olam (Repair the world)
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Kohelet Rabbh 7:13 “Do not corrupt or destroy”
Jewish Ecological Coalition (JECO)
