Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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The great leaders know their own limits – Tzav
By Rav. Jonathan Sacks. The great leaders know their own limits. They do not try to do it all themselves. They...
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The Sins of a Leader – Vayikra
Sins of a leader- Leaders make mistakes. That is inevitable. So, strikingly, our parsha implies. The real issue is how he or...
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Celebrate – Pekudei dvar Torah – Covenant and Conversation
“If leaders are to bring out the best in those they lead, they must give them the chance to show they...
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Team-Building – Vayakhel
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. How do you remotivate a demoralized people? How do you put the pieces...
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How Leaders Fail – Ki Tissa
By Rav Jonathan Sacks. Leaders can fail for two kinds of reason. The first is external....
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“The 7 Principles to Inner Happiness”
By Rav Sacks. What are some of the key principles to consider when looking to lead a life of true inner...
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The Counterpoint of Leadership – Tetzaveh
One of the most important Jewish contributions to our understanding of leadership is its early insistence of what, in the eighteenth...
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The Home We Build Together – Terumah
By Rav Jonathan Sacks. The sequence of parshiyot, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First,...
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Vision and Details – Mishpatim
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Our parsha takes us through a bewildering transition. Until now in Shemot...
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A Nation of Leaders – Yitro
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. This week’s parsha consists of two episodes that seem to be...
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The Stewardship Paradigm
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Few texts have had a deeper influence on Western civilisation than the first chapter of Genesis, with...
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Looking Up – Beshallach
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The Israelites had crossed the Red Sea. The impossible had happened. The mightiest army in the ancient...
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The Far Horizon – Bo
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. To gain insight into the unique leadership lesson of this week’s parsha, I often ask an audience to...
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Overcoming Setbacks – Vaera
At first, Moses’ mission seemed to be successful. He had feared that the people would not believe in him, but God had...
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Women as Leaders
This week’s parsha could be entitled “The birth of a leader.” We see Moses, adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, growing up as...
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Kiddush Hashem ( the sanctification of God’s name) in a Complicated World
Last month, Rabbi Sacks visited communities in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Speaking at the Beit Knesset Feigenson, Rabbi Sacks delivered a lecture where he explored the...
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Surviving Failure – Vayechi
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Bereishit ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. His brothers were afraid...
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The Unexpected Leader – Vayigash
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. I was once present when the great historian of Islam, Bernard Lewis, was asked to predict the course...
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The Power of Dreams – Mikketz
In one of the greatest transformations in all literature, Joseph moves in one bound from prisoner to prime minister. What was...
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8 Short Thoughts for 8 Chanukah Nights
With Chanukah just around the corner, Rabbi Sacks has written eight short thoughts, one for each night of Chanukah. Why...
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