Klal Yisroel as Guardians of the Environment

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[music] You're listening to the Yeshiva of Newark podcast. I'm your host and curator, Rabbi Abram Kvich, and I hope you [music] enjoy this episode. If it's Arab Shabas Kadesh, hey, this must be Riska. I'm here with Rab Gabriel Beher and mayor Schiller. Last week's program, it struck a chord by many of our listeners and I was encouraged to look at something that was available on look at something that was available on the great Kushution website and it was there that I was able to find uh an essay by professor Samuel Lebend who is an associate professor in the university of Kyifa an essay about Rashamshin Fulhir and specifically the issue that we were talking about and I thought it would be a good link to a broader issue. He he mentions as you did Rabbi Schiller and Rabbi Bhabra that so much of uh today's Torah world doesn't seem to be in line with the real core principles of in line with the real core principles of Rahers as he says it's Torah supposed to shape its adherence into warriors of love and justice towards all people and guardians of the natural environment as well. Now this was something that um we didn't emphasize that much in our sakira ksur about raers but I know rabbi sher that that that is mentioned often the beauty of the natural world and we all know the memores you know the kesh is going to have tightness on you if you don't really

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1. 0:01[music] You're listening to the Yeshiva of Newark podcast. I'm your host and curator, Rabbi Abram…
2. 4:05no world. The world doesn't exist. Just as the rest of humanity doesn't exist, the oceans…
3. 8:14shows more covet to have things that >> no it shows more cover to be able…
4. 12:18issues has a different weight to be attached to it. And now Rabbi Kavlovich has added…
5. 16:55is is reflective of the fact that whether it's consumerism the way you I think uh…
6. 21:04correct or should I be flippant in this regard should bother you more the Russian Yeshiva…
7. 25:08the amazing amount of garbage that goes out three times a week. Three times a week.…
8. 29:50a gener a world that was in dark but was in that the dark stage of…
9. 34:03the Velt, the creator, the one who Rabd is hoping to be Mustabic with a so…
10. 38:08else is mishoy at best. Many of you listeners know of course that uh I received…

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