Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin is the director of The Biblical Museum of Natural History in Israel. This essay is extracted from The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom (OU Press / The Biblical Museum of Natural History / Maggid Books).
by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin
An ancient text reveals how everything in the natural world is a tapestry of spiritual lessons for life.
Fruit and human beings share a similar essence: they both reveal only a fraction of their hidden potential.
It has long been our environmental duty to save species from extinction. Will genetic engineering change all that?
Environmental preservation has been part of Jewish tradition for 3,300 years.
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