For this entire month of Nisan there is a special blessing for fruit trees that are showing blossom (Birkat Ha’Ilanot). In The Holistic Haggadah I ask the question: why this blessing in this month? Surely it would be more appropriate in Shvat (two months ago) when we celebrate the Festival of Trees and the [...]
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The Blessing on Trees
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Green house gases and leavened bread
Posted in Greenhouse Gases, Passover on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I would like to point out (I mention it in The Holistic Haggadah, but did not realize the significance of it at the time) that the act of fermentation that produces Chameitz (leavening) releases carbon dioxide. It is this release of gas that causes the swelling and web-like structure of bread. So that [...]
Who’s the smartest?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The question is: if the Four Children mentioned in the Passover Haggadah are placed hierarchically then which one is at the top? Of course one can answer and say that they are all archetypal inner voices and therefore the question is invalid. But I think that most of us were brought up to [...]
The Green Haggadah
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are many aspects of the Haggadah that relate to ecological and environment concerns. By next year – God willing – we will have completed the Green Haggadah that will contain a fully developed Jewish ecological theology.But for now it is important to understand the flow of the Haggadah story: we were idol worshippers, we [...]
Wonder of Water
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our post on water a couple of weeks ago was expanded into an op-ed in the Jerusalem Postarguing that technology alone won’t solve Israel’s looking water crisis; we will also have to change the way we use and think about the stuff too.
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Can Smiley Faces Save the World?
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Jewish Climate Initiatve on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Researchers at the University of Chicago apparently think so.
See this fascinating report in the New York Times about Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler’s pioneering work applying behavioral psychology to climate change.
One of the things that interests us at Jewish Climate Initiative is the huge gap between knowing and doing in the climate change business. [...]
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