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God's Partners in the Work of Creation

Rachel Landman
As we begin the new Torah cycle with the reading of Parashat B’reishit, we receive our first  call to action as environmental stewards with the line, “The Lord God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to till and tend it” (Genesis 2:15). This verse is central to both Jewish and Christian climate action as we articulate our moral call to global citizens and leaders alike to protect the work of God’s Creation.