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Category: Bible/Torah

Balancing our evolutionary and biological realities

On: March 25, 2019March 1, 2020 By: Leslie Cook

I haven’t written as much on the Torah portions after two years of working pretty steadily at them. With my focus on the relationship between human beings and other animals, it was inevitable that I would have to struggle with the “meaning”

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Category: Animal Rights, Bible/Torah, Politics, Thoughts 3 Comments/

Torah Ecology: Bingo — Shofetim (Deut. 16:18-21:9)

On: December 20, 2018March 23, 2020 By: Leslie Cook

February 1, 2017, I began a Torah study project. These words described my intention: “Today I begin a new project of looking at the weekly Torah portions, searching for insights on food, ‘animal rights,’ agriculture and ecology.” The name of the section I

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A purpose-driven life? Not so fast…

On: December 7, 2018April 3, 2023 By: Leslie Cook

I read an article today in The Conversation that started me thinking. It talked about a demonstrable psychological link between those who believe in “creationism” and those who believe in conspiracy theories. The article reports that “The new study takes the role

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Category: Animal Rights, Bible/Torah, Religion/Spirituality 2 Comments/

Torah Ecology: Re’eh 2018 (Deuteronomy.11.26-16.17)

On: August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

This portion, Re’eh, includes what I believe is a pivotal statement with regard to animal sacrifice and the relationship between humans and other animals. It is a significant next step in the biblical Story of the Animals: Deut. 12:15-16 15 רַק֩ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֨ת

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Eternal Life

Meals are life Feeding on Life
On: August 7, 2018August 12, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

Five years ago when I started my blog, I wrote: “As we journey through our lives, we both eat and nourish, destroy and enrich.  The great gift we have as human beings is that we can make conscious decisions about the balance

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Do justice, love goodness and walk humbly…

On: July 20, 2018July 21, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

I watched Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale over the last couple of weeks. Visually, it is beautiful. Emotionally, it is searing, sobering and thought-provoking. The book was written in 1985, and the Hulu series began in 2017. I hadn’t read the book or

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Torah Ecology: Balak 2018 (Numbers 22:2 – 25:9)

On: June 29, 2018February 10, 2020 By: Leslie Cook

This year I read one of those books that you keep returning to, a book that gave coherence to my own half-formed thoughts and startled me into a journey of self-recognition and definition. The book was Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. In

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Torah Ecology: Vayakhel-Pekudei 2018 (Ex. 35:1-40:38)

On: March 10, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

Last year when I worked with this portion, I was struck with the ongoing “love story” these portions in Exodus tell, a love story between G-d and the Israelites. In Ki Tissa, I felt the deep wound in the relationship that resulted

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Torah Ecology: Ki Tissa 2018 (Ex 30:11-34:35)

On: February 26, 2018March 4, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

Ki Tissa is one of the most extraordinary portions in the biblical year, and there’s a lot one could say about it. Last year I reflected on the beautiful love story this portion relates and the moments in which Moses acts as

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Torah Ecology: Tetzaveh 2018 (Exodus 27:20 – 30:10)

On: February 19, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

Where Terumah suggested ways to understand the meaning of sacrifice through spatial arrangements, Tetzaveh offers additional insights by looking at the priests’ activity, their garments, the spaces they use and the role of blood. What we learn is that sacrifice is a

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It's hard for me to imagine that it's been well over three years since I did any serious writing. I did some reading and editing in my blog this morning and hope to do a LOT more in coming months, really restructure my site and get underway again with creating content for a book. In the meantime, here is a piece from 2020 that I liked and did some work on today: ... See MoreSee Less

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A relationship story unfolds in the anthropomorphisms of biblical mythology. Journey through biblical myth-making to find meaning.
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Scientists discover shocking tactic that would solve food scarcity for millions: 'Enough food to feed 19 million people'

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Mycoforestry is the process of growing edible mushrooms in forests, and the practice could also help save the planet.
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Why keto and paleo diets are the worst popular weight loss fads: study

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“Our research also shows there’s a way to improve your health and footprint without giving up meat entirely,” study senior author Diego Rose said.
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What a wonderful story! I’m providing two links below, one to a National Geographic article which requires Apple Reader. At the National Geographic site, you will be locked out unless you’re a subscriber.This second link is to a different source which mentions Buettner’s recipe book: www.yahoo.com/now/secret-adding-extra-10-good-200000902.html“There is another American diet, one that could actually increase your life expectancy by up to 10 years and, in some cases, reverse disease. It’s not a fad diet invented by a South Beach doctor, a paleo diet marketer, or a social media influencer. This diet was developed by ordinary Americans, is widely affordable, is sustainable, and has a lower carbon footprint than a meat-heavy diet. Most important, it is hearty and delicious, developed over centuries by fusing flavors from the Old and New Worlds in ingenious and uniquely American ways.” ... See MoreSee Less

This American diet could add 10 years to your life — National Geographic

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Earth’s longest-lived people dwell in five ‘blue zones’—but their healthy ways of eating can be found in parts of America.
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Instant Pot! Israeli White Bean Soup - Vegetating with Leslie

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Instant Pot Israeli White Bean Soup is another of my old favorites that I reworked for my Instant Pot. Recipe makes about 1 gal. Keeps well.
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