Jewish ideas About Trees by Lori Feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge en-us 2017-01-02 09:59:18 UTC 2017-02-24 12:52:11 UTC hello@padlet.com lori_feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958917 “Do not corrupt or destroy this world.
 For if you do, there will be nobody after you 
to restore it” 
(Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:28)



]]> 2017-01-02 10:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958917 Bereishit (Genesis)2: 15“The Lord God took man and placed him in the garden of Eden , to till it and tend it.” lori_feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958933 2017-01-02 10:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958933 Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai ... used to say: if you have a sapling in your hand, and someone should say to you that the Messiah has come, stay and complete the planting, and then go to greet the Messiah (Avot de Rabbi Nathan, 31b) lori_feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958952 2017-01-02 10:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958952 lori_feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958989  according to the Torah. We are not the masters of nature, “To God is the earth and all its contents”, we are merely his trustees – in the name of God who created us and is the creator of the world, and for future generations.
 - Rabbi Jonathan Sacks “The Dignity of Difference”


]]> 2017-01-02 10:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144958989 The Torah compares humans to trees] because, like humans, trees have the power to grow. And as humans have children, so trees bear fruit. And when a human is hurt, cries of pain are heard throughout the world, so when a tree is chopped down, its cries are heard throughout the world. (Rashi) lori_feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144959611 2017-01-02 10:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144959611 Every part of the vegetable world is singing a song and bringing forth a secret of the divine mystery of creation (Rav Kook) lori_feldstein https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144959681 2017-01-02 10:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lori_feldstein/4oitp468d7ge/wish/144959681