Wild Animals Teach Humans About Mutual Respect
Can natural predators teach humans anything about respect? Discover a key to being more respectful and tolerant — with a lesson from an unexpected source.
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Environmental New Year
Everything was created for a purpose and we are responsible to care for and protect every part of existence, whether it is human, animal, vegetable or mineral.
Read MoreThe Spiritual Difference Between Humans and Cows
Learn more about the human soul through this loving, humorous look at how cows and humans are spiritually different.
Read MoreAnimal Rights and Eating Meat
A source-based mystical perspective on meat eating and animal rights.
Read MoreThe Amphibian Soul
Just as a fish lives submerged within the environment that sustains it, we must also immerse ourselves in the truth of our existence.
Read MoreBarefoot Beasts
The physical and spiritual nature of shoes, which serve as a shield between man and earth, are examined from a Chassidic viewpoint.
Read MoreThe Kosher Pig?
Why do pigs receive so much flak, and what is unique about the pig that causes it to be the universal symbol of degradation and insult?
Read MoreBarefoot Beasts: The Spiritual Meaning of Shoes
The spiritual meaning of shoes: Chassidic teaching speaks of an equally critical need for spiritual shoes—for a shield between the person and the “earth.” Learn about the connection between shoes, going barefoot, and prohibited animals.
Read MoreThe Spiritual Meaning of Straw
Esau wished to tithe the straw of life, to attribute spiritual worth to animal fodder. Instead of exploiting the material to serve the spiritual, he wished to invest the material with a significance and value of its own, which is the spiritual meaning of straw.
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