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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.

Aware as we may be of the importance of visiting and assisting people who are ill, we still have to overcome our fears and hesitations in order to perform this mitzvah.