nature

On Shemini Atzeret, praying for the natural resource on which all life depends.

The Jewish practice of blessing natural phenomena awakens us to the fact that the earth is a wonder, a witness, and a spiritual mystery.

In Birkat Hahammah (the Blessing of the Sun), the rabbis acknowledged the power of nature, but put the emphasis on its Creator.

Turning and returning.

We must pray for beneficial rain, and then follow through with environmental action.

To whom does the earth belong?