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What we\u00a0eat shapes ethical consciousness. It\u00a0is\u00a0a key to social and environmental justice and to restoring harmony in our relationships with our world and with G-d. It\u00a0has the power to dull our senses or stir our sense of joy and gratitude. What we eat\u00a0contributes to vibrant spiritual and physical health or burdens us with illness and an unnamed heaviness and dread. I focus on food because it’s something I can do. With every mouthful, we\u00a0have an opportunity to choose life for ourselves and for all sentient beings.<\/p>\n

“…choose life, that you may\u00a0live,\u00a0you and your children…” (\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd–\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d7\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4, \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b6\u05da\u05b8). \u00a0Deut 30:19<\/p>\n

For more, visit my blog, vegetatingwithleslie.org<\/a>, \u201cLike\u201d me on FaceBook\/Vegetating with Leslie<\/b> or follow me on Twitter, @vegwithleslie<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What we\u00a0eat shapes ethical consciousness. It\u00a0is\u00a0a key to social and environmental justice and to restoring harmony in our relationships with our world and with G-d. It\u00a0has the power to dull our senses or stir our sense of joy and gratitude. What we <\/p>\n

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