Caring for the Environment
In this lesson, we will learn some Jewish ideas about caring for the environment.
Caring for the Environment
In this lesson, we will learn some Jewish ideas about caring for the environment.
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Key learning points
- Environmental problems.
- Beliefs regarding stewardship.
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You will need two different coloured pens: black or blue and another coloured pen, such as green or red.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What Jewish holiday is known as the Day of Atonement?
Passover
Rosh Hashana
Q2.
What is blown on Rosh Hashana to remind the Jewish people to repent or think about how they have been acting?
Shabbat
Shalom
Trumpet
Q3.
Which food is eaten on Passover?
Apples and honey
Challah
Q4.
The Jewish calendar is:
A solar calendar
There is a different Jewish calendar?
Q5.
What is Tashlich?
A food eaten on Passover to represent the bricks that were built in Egypt
A special prayer said on Yom Kippur
5 Questions
Q1.
True or false: There is one specific Jewish text that talks about how to care for the environment.
True
Q2.
True or False: Many Jewish people believe that there is a Jewish commandment to not be wasteful.
False
Q3.
Which is NOT a way that some Jewish people connect Jewish practice to caring for the environment?
Believe that one has the obligation in Tikkun Olam to fix the world
Make a blessing on foods that they eat
Think about the connection between the Jewish holidays and the harvest seasons
Q4.
'Tikkun Olam' means:
To care for the world
To destroy the world
Q5.
In Genesis, after God places Adam in Gan Eden, God commands Adam
'To live in it and watch over it'
'To protect it and plant it'