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Jews in Medieval Christendom. Jewish History from 632 - 1650. Medieval Jewish History. Jews in the Middle Ages.

A description of the highlights of the Torah, according to the divisions of the weekly portions.

The jubilee year provided for a period of both social equality and ecological recovery.

The ancient rabbinic sages did not see degradation of the natural environment as a systemic problem: but we can learn from their legislation addressing the more local environmental issues of which they were aware.

Why don't we say a blessing before we do a good deed?

The biblical shemitah represents an alternative to the consumer society.

Fruit trees cannot be destroyed in war, and the Jewish legal tradition takes this to be a paradigm for any act of despoliation.

The Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, is divided into three sections: Torah, Prophets and Writings.

The Bible, also known as Tanakh, is the founding document of the Jews.

Suffering is meaningless unless you decide otherwise.