Manuela S. Zoninsein 鐘夢露, Beijing,China
要是光明节对年轻的犹太人有任何意义，而今天是有机会连接与从长远来看有宝贵的事，这正在冬季工作/学习的困难中。这是一个茬口连接与家人和朋友，与传统和历史，以及与食品和饮料。
不幸的是，今年其他夜晚，这种情况越来越少。在以色列，美国，巴西和中国及世界各地，人们支出在其预算中对食品中所占的今天比他们50年前。由于Sviva以色列的“犹太思想环境和法律”是指，“以色列人花费更多[比例]非相比，食品必需品”。
重要的是，我们每个人都花时间去了解我们的生计来源，欣赏我们的comestibles。这就需要了解我们的食品对环境的影响，由谁生产的，在那里是所提及，什么是最好的技术和做法的情况，使所有的事情。在托拉命令我们不要浪费资源，甚至作为一个犹太道义责任，每个人都应该感到有责任为他/她的一部分，在世界上。
所以，下次您鉴于蜡烛，或喝一杯酒，或到该酥脆latke咬突破与苹果酱或酸奶或任何其他调味品你喜欢：花一点时间思考如何真正所有来丰富寻找到你的叉子了方向。由于采取额外的时刻明白：这就是光明节是什么。
If Chanukah means anything to young Jews today, it is the opportunity to connect with things that matter in the long run, amidst the winter work/study crunch. It is a chance to connect with family and friends, with traditions and history—and with food and drink.
Unfortunately, on other nights of the year, this is happening less and less. In Israel, in the U.S., in Brazil and China and everywhere in the world, people are spending less as a proportion of their budgets on food today than they did fifty years ago. As Sviva Israel’s “The Environment in Jewish Thought and Law” describes, “Israelis are spending more [proportionally] on non-essential items” as compared to food items.
It is important that we each take the time to understand the source of our sustenance, to appreciate our comestibles. That entails understanding our food’s environmental impact, by whom it is produced, where it is raised—and, what are the best technologies and practices available to make that all happen. The Torah commands us to not waste resources; and even as a Jewish moral imperative, each person should feel responsible for his/her part in the world.
So, next time you light that candle, or drink a glass of wine, or bite into that crispy latke topped with apple sauce or sour cream or whatever or other condiment you like: take a moment to really think about how all that abundance came to find its way onto your fork. Because taking that extra moment to appreciate: that is what Chanukah is all about.
Manuela reports from China for Newsweek and the Engineering News-Record and recently established the business intelligence newsletter, AgriGate. For more: www.manuelasweb.com
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