The book Holiness and Nature is a collection of essays by Rabbi Oury Cherki covering a wide range of topics. The original Hebrew version was published under the title Kedusha Vi’teva [קדושה וטבע] in 2013. For quotations from classic Jewish sources cited in this book, a number of published translations have been utilized and adapted to fit the specific context: Verses quoted from the Torah have been adapted from R. Aryeh Kaplan’s translation entitled The Living Torah; Passages from the rest of the Hebrew Bible have been adapted from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) version; Passages from the Talmud have been adapted from the website “Sefaria: A Living Library of Torah Texts Online.”
The book Holiness and Nature is a collection of essays by Rabbi Oury Cherki covering a wide range of topics. The original Hebrew version was published under the title Kedusha Vi’teva [קדושה וטבע] in 2013. For quotations from classic Jewish sources cited in this book, a number of published translations have been utilized and adapted to fit the specific context: Verses quoted from the Torah have been adapted from R. Aryeh Kaplan’s translation entitled The Living Torah; Passages from the rest of the Hebrew Bible have been adapted from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) version; Passages from the Talmud have been adapted from the website “Sefaria: A Living Library of Torah Texts Online.”
