Posted in Religion on Jul 31st, 2008
When I was growing up whenever we would go to a park or on a camping trip, my parents would instill in me the importance of leaving the area where we had just been cleaner than how we had found it.
This is probably one of the most influential ideas from my parents that has traveled [...]
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Posted in Religion on Jul 3rd, 2008
Last week, God took care of the waste in the camp. This week Moses hits the rock. The Israelites had been traveling in the desert for roughly forty years, and Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, dies. After Miriam dies suddenly the People of Israel lack water. Commentaries explain that in Miriam’s merit a [...]
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Posted in Religion on Jun 6th, 2008
When attempting to incorporate new elements and habits into our life what is the best way to do this? If I want to be greener, how do I go about doing it? If I want to be friendlier, how do I add this to my life?
In this week’s Weekly Bible segment the laws of the [...]
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Posted in Religion on Feb 5th, 2008
Green Prophet has some cool news, which we can’t announce just yet. But talk of the “news” spurred some internal dialogue amongst our writers.And it’s not only us. Our readers have also been asking about organic gardening during the shmitta year.Are there any loopholes around the halacha?What does shmitta mean?We love the idea of shmitta. [...]
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