Long before Greenpeace existed, the Torah already presented an environmental ethic. This is expressed in the verse (Deuteronomy 20:19): \u00abWhen you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees.\u00bb.<\/p>\n
Our sages explain that if the Torah prohibits cutting down the enemy's trees during times of war, then certainly productive trees cannot be destroyed during times of peace. And it doesn't stop with trees. Destroying or ruining food, clothing, dishes, plants, water sources, or anything that might be useful to others is inappropriate, even if it belongs to no one.<\/p>\n
However, it's not about preservation for preservation's sake. Anything that's a nuisance can be destroyed; for example, a tree occupying space where a house will be built can be cut down.<\/p>\n
Although, apparently, each person owns their own belongings and, therefore, could do whatever they want with them, the Torah states that the entire earth belongs to God and He designated that a certain object be in the possession of a certain person to do something good with it, not to waste it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long before Greenpeace existed, the Torah already established an environmental ethic. This is reflected in the verse (Deuteronomy 20:19): \u00abWhen you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees.\u00bb Our sages explain that if the Torah prohibits cutting down trees during times of war\u2026 Read More \u00bbWaste<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2322,6],"tags":[953,950,942],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos","category-vida-judia","tag-comida","tag-di-s","tag-tora"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Desperdiciar.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"Desperdiciar<\/a><\/blockquote>