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Teaching for the Month of Adar

17th February 2026

In Adar, Purim unmasks the serious adult who has it all figured out and returns us in childlike wonder to our vulnerable and honest dance with mystery. Just like early spring with its tight buds,…

Categories: Shabbat and Holidays

Tags: purim

Rosh Hashanah Seder

26th September 2024

Symbolic foods and other prayers for the night of Rosh Hashanah Our short guide contains kiddush for Rosh Hashanah, a series of prayers to be recited over different symbolic foods, and other verses and prayers…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Families, Teens, Young Adults

Shabbat Sustainable Resources

12th January 2024

Hosting a Shabbat meal is a wonderful way to spend quality time with family and friends without the distractions of the everyday (email, ringing cell phones, distracting smartphone messages…). It also offers an amazing template…

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Tags: Holidays, Shabbat

Weekly Parsha Divrei Torah

2nd October 2023

For the past 20 years, Adamah and its predecessors have been using Jewish tradition as the basis for a series of Jewish Environmental teachings, which we now call Torah of the Earth. Here you can…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Shabbat and Holidays, Shmita

Tags: Shmita

Age: Adults

Yom Kippur Sustainable Resources

12th January 2023

What is Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. Observance of Yom Kippur traditionally includes fasting; abstaining from leather, lotion, and other physical comforts; and spending the day…

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Tags: Holidays

Rosh Hashanah Sustainable Resources

12th January 2023

Rosh Hashanah, which literally means the “head of the year”, is the Jewish New Year. The holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the perfect time to let the blasts of the shofar shake you awake to…

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Tags: Holidays

Shavuot Sustainable Resources

12th January 2023

What is Shavuot? The Festival of Harvest is more than a celebration of the first harvest of fruits and vegetables, it also commemorates the gift of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is a time…

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Tags: Holidays, Shavuot

New Year for the Animals

12th January 2023

There are four New Years festivals recorded in the Mishnah. You’ve probably heard of Tu B’Shvat, the new year of the trees, and Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year. But did you know that Judaism…

Categories: Animals, Shabbat and Holidays

Tags: Holidays

The Egg on the Seder Plate

4th March 2022

Use this as a tool for making conscious food choices and to start a discussion about animal welfare at your seder. We discuss many items on the seder plate – but the egg is often…

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Food Traditions, Passover, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Climate Action Shabbat Guide

1st November 2021

This Shabbat Guide is organized around how to take meaningful climate action as an individual, in community, and through the political system. Produced in partnership with Dayenu. Download the Climate Action Shabbat Guide

Categories: Adamah Publications, Environmental Justice, Shabbat and Holidays,

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, High School, Middle School, Young Adults

Veggie Prints Postcards

17th March 2021

Categories: Crafting + DIY, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Tags: arts & crafts, Natural, Teva

Age: Adults, Elementary, Teens

Havdalah Sachets

17th March 2021

Developing ritual objects can bring a depth of meaning into our lives. Create your own blended Havdalah spices to bring home in its own sachet. Learn about different herbs and spices and how they connect…

Categories: Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Herbalism & Wild Edibles, Nature Exploration and Outdoor Wilderness, Shabbat and Holidays

Tags: havdalah, herbs, Teva

Age: Elementary, Teens

Greening Chanukah Guide

1st December 2020

The Greening Chanukah Guide offers an overview of Chanukah through the lens of sustainability. Find tips and tricks for greening your holiday and learn more about the environmental implications of oil production to help create…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Environmental Justice, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays

Setting a Conscious Table

6th April 2020

Four questions to help you prepare a Passover Seder As you prepare for the Passover seder this year, consider using these four questions to help inform your own conscious food choices, and to enhance your…

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Food Traditions, Passover, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

A Hanukkah Dilemma: Dairy Making, Judith and the Dairy Industry

31st March 2020

Categories: Crafting + DIY, Food & Climate, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Tags: capitalism, Cheese, Dairy, environment, industry, judith, Shavuot

Age: Adults

Exploring the Water Cycle and Hebrew Holidays

31st March 2020

Categories: Food & Climate, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Tags: climate, cycle, Holidays, Rain, water

Age: Middle School

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