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Jewish ecology and the principle of bal tash'hit

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בל תשחית

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The principle of bal tash'hit ("do not destroy," Deuteronomy 20:19) forbids waste and founds a Jewish ethic of nature: respect for trees, animals and resources, the sabbatical year (shemita) and limits on human power. It nourishes contemporary Jewish ecological thought.

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