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Search The Huffington Post Follow Follow Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe Jewish Beekeepers Sweeten Rosh Hashanah, New Year Holiday Don't miss the honey cake recipe at the end. Posted: 09/13/2015 08:18 AM EDT (RNS) Sabrina Malach acknowledges that she once felt some “Jewish guilt” about her honeybees. “Are we stealing from them?” she had asked herself. “They’ve done all this work. They never stop, and now we’re taking all their honey.” But as she looks toward the Jewish New Year, which begins Sunday evening (Sept. 13), the Jewish beekeeper shares that she eventually learned the opposite lesson about bees and honey, a gastronomic symbol of the holiday. “Bees teach that nature is generous and abundant,” said Malach, who works at Shoresh,a Canadian nonprofit that links environmentalism to Jewish practice. “It’s through pollination that I see the spirituality of beekeeping,” she said. They are a species that helps other species thrive and survive.” The lessons of the hive are all the more crucial to learn this New Year, say Jewish apiarists, as 5.2m Like Like FRONT PAGE POLITICS BUSINESS MEDIA WORLDPOST SCIENCE TECH HEALTHY LIVING HUFFPOST LIVE COURTESY OF RISA ALYSON COOPER Sabrina Malach observes her bees at Bela Farm, run by Shoresh, a Canadian Jewish environmental group. FOLLOW HUFFPOST SUGGESTED FOR YOU 1. David Gregory Opens Up About NBC Firing: I 'Was Really Disappointed' a week ago live.huffingtonpost.com HuffingtonPost.com (AOL) christianity 2. GOP Senator Has Some Harsh HuffPost Religion HUFFPOST NEWSLETTERS 5.2m Like Like 310k Like Like [email protected] Subscribe! Get top stories and blog posts sent to me each day. Edition: US

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Page 1: Jewish Beekeepers Sweeten Rosh Hashanah, New Year Holiday · beekeepers are called. A worldwide, decadelong collapse of honeybee hives ... Bible, the Promised Land is known as “the

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JewishBeekeepersSweetenRosh

Hashanah,NewYearHoliday

Don'tmissthehoneycakerecipeattheend.

Posted: 09/13/2015 08:18 AM EDT

(RNS)SabrinaMalachacknowledgesthatsheoncefeltsome“Jewishguilt”abouther

honeybees.

“Arewestealingfromthem?”shehadaskedherself.“They’vedoneallthiswork.Theynever

stop,andnowwe’retakingalltheirhoney.”

ButasshelookstowardtheJewishNewYear,whichbeginsSundayevening(Sept.13),the

Jewishbeekeepersharesthatsheeventuallylearnedtheoppositelessonaboutbeesandhoney,

agastronomicsymboloftheholiday.

“Beesteachthatnatureisgenerousandabundant,”saidMalach,whoworksatShoresh,a

CanadiannonprofitthatlinksenvironmentalismtoJewishpractice.

“It’sthroughpollinationthatIseethespiritualityofbeekeeping,”shesaid.Theyareaspecies

thathelpsotherspeciesthriveandsurvive.”

ThelessonsofthehiveareallthemorecrucialtolearnthisNewYear,sayJewishapiarists,as

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beekeepersarecalled.Aworldwide,decade­longcollapseofhoneybeehivescontinues,and

beesmaybeabellwetherspeciesoftheconsequencesofenvironmentaldegradation.

Beekeeping,formany,isbothanecologicalandreligiousmission.

Shoresh’ssixhealthyhives,tendedonafarmaboutanhour’sdrivefromthegroup’sToronto

headquarters,thisyearwillproducemorethan40gallons,or1,000jarsofhoneyintimefor

RoshHashanah,theHebrewnamefortheholiday.

OnRoshHashanah,“theheadoftheyear,”Jewstheworldoverwilleatapplesdippedin

honeyandwisheachothernotjustahappy,buta“sweet”newyear.IntheTorah,orHebrew

Bible,thePromisedLandisknownas“thelandofmilkandhoney.”FordessertatRosh

Hashanahdinner,Jewishfamiliesbakehoneycake(recipebelow).

Andthoughnooneiskeepingtabs,theideathatRoshHashanahhoneyshouldcomenotfrom

thesupermarket,butfromafellowJewwhohastakenupbeekeepingasaspiritualhobby,

seemstobespreading.It’spartofaJewishback­to­the­farmmovement,saidCalifornia

beekeeperAlisaGoldberg,anditstretchesfromherSanJosebackyardtotherooftopsof

Brooklyn.

“EatinghoneyonRoshHashanahcanseemevensweeterwhenitcomesfromyourownhive,

orthatofaneighbororfriend,”saidGoldberginanemailfromIsrael,wheresheisspending

theholiday.Herhusband,HaroldGoldberg,hasinspiredseveralneighborstoestablishhivesof

theirown,andthisyearfiveJewishfamiliesjoinedtogetherforapre­RoshHashanahhoney

extractionproject.

“Wedon’tsellthehoney,buttrytoshareitasgenerouslyaswecan,”hesaid.

AvrahamLaber,anOrthodoxrabbiandbeekeeperwholearnedthecraftfromhisneighborin

Troy,N.Y.,10yearsago,nowuseshishobbytoteachbothadultsandchildrenabouttaking

responsibilityfortheircommunitiesandtheplanet.

Honeybees—whichpollinateplantsastheynourishthemselves,andwhichformharmonious

hiveswhereeachinsectcontributestothewelfareofeachother—reflectJewishteachingson

lifeandthedivine,Jewishbeekeeperssay.

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Bela Farm honey harvest. Photo courtesy of Andrea Shugar

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“Whatweseeintheserviceofhoneybeesistheamazinglessonthateveryonecanbebotha

giverandreceiver,”saidLaber,oftheChabadmovement.

Takethetreesthatneedthebeestopollinatetheirflowersbeforetheycanbearfruit.“God

createdthemthattheydon’tjusthavetobegforhelp,”hesaid.“Theycanoffersomethingin

exchange—theirnectar—togetwhattheyneed.”

Ofcoursehoneybeesarenotgettingwhattheyneed.Scientistsinthepastdecadehave

documentedtheglobaldemiseofthespecies:Eachyearaboutathirdofhivescollapse.

Theproblem,knownascolonycollapsedisorder,terrifiesfarmersandenvironmentalistswho

understandthathoneybeesarekeytothesurvivalofahostofcrops.Anumberofculpritsare

thoughttohavecontributedtothemassbeedeaths.Amongthem:pesticides,amite,harsher

weatherandthedecliningdiversityofpollen­producingwildflowers.

RabbiFredScherlinderDobb,oftheCoalitionontheEnvironmentandJewishLife,doesnot

keepbees,butseesthemassymbolsofnature’sintricacy,celebratedonthebirthdayofthe

EartheachRoshHashanah.

HenotesthatGodintheTorahpronouncespartsofhiscreation“good,”butonlyproclaimsit

“verygood”afterhesurveys“all”thathecreated,“theinterconnectedwhole.”

“Thatistheweboflife,andbecausebeestouchsomanystrandsofthatwebwithinalocal

ecosystem,weneedtohearthesilentcryoftheabsentbees,”saidScherlinderDobb.

Hecalleditanecologicalandtheologicalwarning.

“Witheveryhivethatcollapsesweareseeinghumanityplacingitsfootprintdirectlyoverthe

divinesignatureofcreation.”

HONEYCAKE

(Serves10­12)

3­1∕2cupsall­purposeflour

1tablespoonbakingpowder

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Bee keepers tend to the bees at Bela Farm. Photo courtesy of Lisa Borden

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1teaspoonbakingsoda

1∕2teaspoonsalt

4teaspoonscinnamon

1∕2teaspoongingerpowder

1∕2teaspoonallspice

1∕8teaspoonnutmeg

1cupvegetableoil

1cuporangeblossom,cloverorTupelohoney

1cupsugar

1∕2cupbrownsugar

2largeeggs

1teaspoonvanillaextract

1cupwarmcoffeeorstrongbrewedtea

3∕4cuporangejuice(notfromconcentrate)

1∕2teaspoonorangezest

1∕2cupslicedtoastedalmonds

Powderedsugarfordusting

1.Preheattheovento350degrees,andevenlygreaseaBundtpanwithbutter,vegetableoilor

cookingspray.Inalargebowl,whisktogethertheflour,bakingpowder,bakingsoda,saltand

spices.

2.Makeawellinthecenterandaddtheoil,honey,bothsugars,eggs,vanilla,coffee,orange

juiceandzest.Usingawhiskoranelectricmixersettolowspeed,combinetheingredientsto

makeastiffbatter.

3.Spoonbatterintopreparedpan.Placethepanonabakingsheet,andbakeuntilthecake

springsbackwhenyoutouchitinthecenter,about1hour.(Becarefulnottooverbake.)Let

cakestandfor15minutesbeforeremovingitfromthepan.Theninvertontoawireracktocool

beforeslicing.Servetoppedwithalmondsanddustedwithpowderedsugar,ifdesired.

Source:TheJewishDailyForward’sblog,“TheJewandtheCarrot”

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Lorne Newman · Tel Aviv, IsraelI bought my honey from a Druse woman at the Druse village of Majdal Shams in theGolan Heights. Terrific quality!

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