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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: Do animals have souls? (Part I)
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Monday, March 7, 2011. Do animals have souls? Do Jews believe that animals have souls? I get this question a lot lately. People want a quick yes-or-no answer, but the problem is, the Hebrew language has five different words that get translated as "soul". Nefesh, ruach, neshamah, chayah.
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: Be Kind to Animals Week: a Jewish perspective
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Be Kind to Animals Week: a Jewish perspective. Stands in a place where the perfect Zaddik. Growing up in the 1950s in America, I went to public school, spent part of my summer at Scout camp, and otherwise participated in the world at large. Next I wondered if ...
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: New book tells inspiring story of Jake Barnett, autistic boy genius
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Sunday, April 7, 2013. New book tells inspiring story of Jake Barnett, autistic boy genius. As I have written before on this blog, I am an adult on the autism spectrum (Asperger's). Last year, in a previous article,. Do, not what we can't. Get him into a special college program, and eve...
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: Crickets chirping: That sweet, sad sound of summer's end
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Thursday, July 26, 2012. Crickets chirping: That sweet, sad sound of summer's end. Or some similar species. These make one of the first night sounds in early spring. Read below about how and when crickets do chirp. Adult male field cricket. Courtesy of OrganicGardeningInfo.com). And it ...
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: Karen Davis, anti-kapporos activist, misses the mark on Jewish theology
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Thursday, November 13, 2014. Karen Davis, anti-kapporos activist, misses the mark on Jewish theology. For the past few years I have been a part of The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos,. Anti-kapporos protest on Brooklyn Parkway, 2014. Karen Davis is in the center holding a chicken.
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: Harvesting Wild Plums (Prunus americana)
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Harvesting Wild Plums (Prunus americana). Wild plums gathered on our land. Chipmunks and wild birds were also enjoying the feast. So I pitted them by hand. A messy job! While supplies last. This is a native species that grows in zones 3-7.). November 29, 201...
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: To collect or not to collect -- is that really the question?
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Wednesday, August 24, 2011. To collect or not to collect - is that really the question? Still, the question remains: Is it ethical to allow children to collect living things from nature? My vegan friends say no, we don't need zoos or bugs in jars, the kids can learn from watching nature...
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: The Kapparot ritual -- how tradition has become a travesty
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The Kapparot ritual - how tradition has become a travesty. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is coming soon, and with it comes the annual culture war over a ceremony called. By Dr Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., and me.). Respect, not insults, please. Dialogue from wi...
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: In Memory of "Big Bird," my pet rooster
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Notes from a Jewish Thoreau. Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods. And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder."). Friday, July 3, 2015. In Memory of "Big Bird," my pet rooster. In some cities for letting their kids walk a couple blocks alone to the park. For actual cases of these ridiculous ordinances.). The best memorial you could give to Big Bird is to buy a copy and educate yourself about the Ka...
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