Jewish Environmental ethics (1 Viewer)

[Edalis]

does anyone have any info on Jewish Environmental ethics mainly deforestation? i need it asap if possible.

Please

Edalis

 

[Cassias]

try looking up stuff on Bal Tashchit, which prohibits wanton dectruction and try looking something up on Shomrei Adamah, festival of trees. personally im doing global warming, theres a heap of information especially on the COEJL website

 

[snapperhead]

try looking up stuff on Bal Tashchit, which prohibits wanton dectruction and try looking something up on Shomrei Adamah, festival of trees. personally im doing global warming, theres a heap of information especially on the COEJL website

Thanks for the info
Please post up further information if you have it so it can benefit other users

 

[Cassias]

lol my bad, shomrei adamah is a jewish organisation that does environmental stuff the new year of trees is called "Tu B'Shvat"

 

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The Tamudic principle that stands behind the Jewish environmental ethic is 'Do Not Destroy', known as Bal Tashchit. This Jewish demand dates back to one of the 613 mitzvot of the Torah.

If you besiege a town for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. Although you may take food from them, you must not cut them down. - Deut 20:19

This verse in fact specifically refers to the destruction of trees in the course of laying siege to a city in a battle. The later rabbis have extended the biblical example to a general prohibition against any wasteful and wilful destruction.

Nothing was created by God without a purpose, thus the whole of creation is deserving of respect and appropriate care.

For further info try looking up

• The Jewish National Fund
• The Coalition of the Environment and Jewish Life.
• Tu B'Shevat.