"One, walking and studying ...": nature vs. Torah. (on nature worship vs. worship of God)

Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought | March 22, 1995| | Copyright

Rabbi Ya'akov says: One, who while walking along the way, reviewing his studies, breaks off from his study and says, "How beautiful is that tree! How beautiful is that plowed field!" Scripture regards him as if he has forfeited his soul (Ethics of the Fathers, 3:7).

The orthodox scholar, Michael Wyschogrod, ends his seminal essay, "Judaism and the Sanctification of Nature," with the following thought:

It is difficult to return to the religion of nature. It is difficult and dangerous, particularly for Jews, to worship nature again. At the same time the ...

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