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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.

The importance of this act is emphasized in daily prayers.

A rabbi offers advice about how to perform the mitzvah of visiting the sick with wisdom, discretion, and sensitivity.

A Talmudic legal parable illustrates that, although they may have improved the natural world, humans do not own it. We may transcend nature, but we are also part of it.

To the Israelite prophets, humans are central to the relationship of God and the created world...