Canfei Nesharim, New York, NY
Jewish, Orthodox

The 19th-century scholar, Rabbi Samuel Rafael Hirsch, in his commentary on the book of Genesis (2:4), describes the work of G-d's creation as a whole and perfect circle (kalil), since everything that G-d created found its correct and balanced place in the "circle of creation." Everything has its place in the plan of creation and it is "good"; it becomes "very good" when all the parts are working in unison. (Excerpted from The Unity and Purposefulness of Creation, by Rabbi Gavriel Weinberg, in A Compendium of Sources in Halacha and the Environment)

At Tu B’Shevat (The New Year for the Trees) for the last three years, Canfei Nesharim has sponsored a Learning Campaign to share with the Orthodox community the Torah and halachot which are connected to environmental issues. This year nine organizations participated in their campaign, reaching tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews.

• For more information on the organization that sponsored this program, visit Aish.com.
• Visit MyJewishLearning.com for an informative related site.

More about Programs at Canfei Nesharim:

“[Their] mission is to provide a Torah based approach to understand and act on the relationship between traditional Jewish sources and modern environmental issues. As the leader of a Torah-based environmental movement, Canfei Nesharim develops programs and materials and provides access to Torah-based environmental resources. [They] seek to educate both those in the Orthodox Jewish community and those in the wider Jewish community about these issues and promote an ongoing dialogue about our Torah mandated responsibility to protect the environment.”