Health & Sustainability

וַיִּקַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ בְגַן עֵדֶן לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ (בראשית ב:ט"ו)

And the L-rd G-d took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work and protect it. (Genesis 2:15)

וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם מְאֹד לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם​ (דברים ד:ט"ו)

Protect well your souls/lives. (Deuteronomy 4:15)

We take several measures to protect our health and our planet.

• Outside our Haring St. entrance, we have an organic vegetable garden which we germinate, plant, tend, harvest, and eat thereof.
• The food that we serve at the Shabbos afternoon groups is organic/vegan, oftentimes including produce from our own vegetable garden. Leftovers from groups is served at Seuda Shilishit 25 minutes thereafter.
• Our social hall has a Royal Berkey filter. It is top-of-the-line unit which filters out filters to filter out fluorine as well as many other contaminants. The water comes out healthier and tastier than tap water.
• We have solar panels on the Brown St. roof powering part of the Brown St. building
• We have a vermicomposter allowing us to keep kitchen scraps out of the landfill while nourishing our gardens’ plants and ourselves.
• We use reusable stainless steel utensils at many of events, keeping their disposable counterparts out of landfills.