Creation+&+Destruction,+Knowing+Right,+Sustainability+in+Torah

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We've studied the psukim in Bereshit with an emphasis on comparing the following phrases: מלאו את הארץ וכבשוה and, לעבדה ולשמרה. These two phrases demonstrate the need of man to both develop and preserce the land. We realized that there is nothing that man can create without utilizing raw materials that G-d created. Man's development of creation is both beneficial and detrimental, leading to the conclusion that every development has both potentials, and that possible detrimental effects must always be kept in mind and controlled.

= Judaism and Ecology, Part I: Every Act of Creation Begins with an Act of Destruction =



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= = Judaism and Ecology, Part II: How Do We Know What's Right? =



= Judaism and Ecology, Part III: Sustainability of the Environment in the Torah =