If we break it there is no repair [View all]

[Meshuga]

I stumbled upon this midrash (Kohelet Rabbah 7:13 -- written sometime between the 6th and 8th century) that should be used as a reminder to us all especially with all the "profits over the environment" mentality of our times. The passage teaches us the importance of caring for the environment. Well, at least in the Jewish tradition:

When God created the first human beings, God led them around all the trees of the Garden of Eden and said: “Look at My works! See how beautiful they are—how excellent! For your sake I created them all. See to it that you do not spoil and destroy My world; for if you do, there will be no one else to repair it.”