Ecology in the Bible

Nogah Hareuveni

1974

Photograph of plant with seven twigs.

"You shall make a menorah . . . Six branches shall project from its sides . . . On one branch there shall be . . . cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals; so for all six branches" (Exodus 25:31–33)

The moriah plant, the menorah in nature. 

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Nogah Hareuveni

1924–2007

Nogah Hareuveni was a botanist, born in Jerusalem to Hannah and Ephraim Hareuveni, who were likewise in that field and who envisioned the creation of a Jewish botanical garden containing plants mentioned in the Bible, the Mishnah, and the Talmud. While his parents did not fulfill that dream, Nogah Hareuveni launched the Neot Kedumim Biblical Landscape Reserve in 1965. He was awarded the Israel Prize in 1994.

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