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Zoo : a zoological garden or collection of living animals, usually for public display.

Torah 1: a scroll of the five books of the Bible 2: the body of divine knowledge and law found in the Jewish scripture and tradition.

Zoo Torah is an educational enterprise that synthesizes these two concepts. It uses Torah as an aid for wildlife education, and it uses wildlife as an aid for Torah education. Zoo Torah offers a series of books, worldwide programs for both adults and children, zoo tours, and African safaris. If you would like to subscribe to a regular ZooTorah essay, please e-mail essays-subscribe@zootorah.com. For further information, write to zoorabbi@zootorah.com.

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