The Schechter Day School Network announces with pride the publication of a new source book on water and Judaism, Mekor Hayyim, (the Source of Life) developed and compiled by Rabbi Lawrence Troster. A product of a pilot project on Judaism and the Environment that involved five schools in the Schechter Network, the book contains biblical, rabbinic and modern texts and citations that can be used in diverse ways for teaching and learning, and applied in a wide variety of settings, such as day school classrooms, student environmental initiatives, Shabbatonim, youth groups and summer camps. Read more »