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In our liturgy we sing: etz chaim hi l'machazikim bah, v'tomcheha mushar, "it is a tree of life to those who hold it tight; all who live by it, will be enriched."
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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The image, of course, is the Garden of Eden, and the tree is what the Torah calls the etz chaim, the tree of life.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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In our liturgy we sing: etz chaim hi l'machazikim bah, v'tomcheha mushar, "it is a tree of life to those who hold it tight; all who live by it, will be enriched."
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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The etz chaim is not only a metaphor for an idyllic Garden of Eden but it is a symbol of a way of life that we are called upon to follow -- a transcendent source of energy that connects us to the earth and, through the earth, to each other.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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We have more than enough knowledge to tell us what kind of behavior we need to engage in to sustain the etz chaim in our life and in our world.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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The etz chaim is not only a metaphor for an idyllic Garden of Eden but it is a symbol of a way of life that we are called upon to follow -- a transcendent source of energy that connects us to the earth and, through the earth, to each other.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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L 'chaim!, the Yiddish toast, "To life!" recognizes, embraces and salutes life in the full range of its scope and complexity.
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L 'chaim!, the Yiddish toast, "To life!" recognizes, embraces and salutes life in the full range of its scope and complexity.
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L 'chaim!, the Yiddish toast, "To life!" recognizes, embraces and salutes life in the full range of its scope and complexity.
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We have more than enough knowledge to tell us what kind of behavior we need to engage in to sustain the etz chaim in our life and in our world.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Food Fight: A Kol Nidre Call for Sustainable Consumption 2010
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