Tag: farm and garden

yesThis is a collection of shmita resources from all across the internet that Hazon has brought together in one place. Curricula, educational materials, essays, articles,...

yesRav Kook’s Introduction to Shabbat Ha’Aretz is the first-ever English translation of the introduction to a book on shmita (Biblical sabbatical year) by Rabbi Abraham Isaac...

yesThe Shmita Sourcebook is designed to encourage participants to think critically about the Shmita Cycle – its values, challenges, and opportunities – and how this tradition...

yesBased on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film Eating Animals is an urgent, eye-opening look at the environmental, economic, and public health...

yesStarting a family commences a period of change. Expectant parents very quickly transition from thinking for themselves to providing for a new life, and the...

yesThis curriculum allows students from grades 5-9 to explore the question, what is the relationship between Jewish texts, traditions, and practices and the food we...

yesThis program is an interactive color exploration through natural dyeing. Participants will learn about the symbolism and holiness associated with certain colors in Judaism, specifically...

yesThis program reclaims our American holiday of Thanksgiving by transforming it into an opportunity to embrace HaKarat HaTov (recognizing the good, or gratitude) during a...

yesThis program uses storytelling as an introduction into the importance of seeds and the connections foods play to different people and cultures. Participants will have...

yesThis lesson makes a connection between how both plants and people live in community. On the farm, plants and other organisms are giving and receiving...

yesLearn about and enact the value of peah through harvesting a delicious summer treat and decide how much to donate. Share the remaining bounty with...

yesAn hour-long program designed to explorer Heschel’s philosophy of Radical Amazement. It is a lower-energy, discussion-based program that benefits from a garden or similarly beautiful...

yesAny Jewish farm, school, community center or garden can use this document to either create a calendar garden with the community or to lead interactive...

yesThis program is an introduction to greening in early childhood classrooms through teaching about the Jewish ritual of havdalah....

yesExperience Sukkot as a celebration of the seasonal harvest while in an urban setting! Join us on an urban farm in downtown D.C. to...

yesUsing Rosh Hashanah as a springboard, the children will learn about bees and how they make honey. They will participate in a hide and seek...