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How biblical law could inform dialogue on climate change

AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, ushered in  the year 5775, which also  marks the beginning of Shmitah.  Shmitah  occurs every seven years.   According to biblical laws no planting or harvesting is allowed.  It is a sabbatical for the land and a practice that would fit in well with the Climate Change Summit at the United Nations, this week. 

Rabbi Joshua Ratner outside WSHU studios in Fairfield, Connecticut

Rabbi Joshua Ratner is the director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New Haven and the Associate Rabbi and Director of Engagement at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. 

WSHU's Tom Kuser spoke with Rabbi Ratner about the significance of Shmitah.

Tom has been with WSHU since 1987, after spending 15 years at college and commercial radio and television stations. He became Program Director in 1999, and has been local host of NPR’s Morning Edition since 2000.
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