Rabbi David Mevorach Seidenberg is the creator of neohasid.org and the author of Kabbalah and Ecology: Godโs Image in the More-Than-Human World (Cambridge). He teaches around the world on issues relating Judaism and Jewish thought to ecology, spirituality, social justice, human rights, animal rights, dance, music, and astronomy. He is also the Shmitah scholar-in-residence at Abundance Farm in Northampton MA. David completed his doctorate and rabbinical training at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, and received a second ordination from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the founder of the Jewish Renewal movement. He has been studying and writing about Shmitah for close to 40 years.
The traditional prayer for the state of Israel, more literally titled A Prayer for Peace for the State, made no distinction between peace, survival and victory. It is time to make such distinctions.
ืชึฐึผืฉึทืืึทึผื ืจืึผืึฒืึธ ืึดืึธึผืจึตืืึผื ืึผืชึฐืึทืึตึผืฉื ืคึฐึผื ึตื ืึฒืึธืึธื โSending Your Spirit, Your breath, all creatures come to life, and You renew the face of the Earth.โ (Psalms
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