Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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Judaism’s Social Vision
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner-Ratner Museum . If you seek to understand Judaism’s social vision, look at its anti-poverty legislation. “It demeans,...
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Ekev – Greatness and Humility
By Rabbi Lord Sacks. A sequence of verses in this week’s sedra gave rise to a beautiful Talmudic passage – one...
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If I ruled the world
If I ruled the world I would resign immediately. It’s hard enough, individually and collectively, to rule ourselves, let alone others....
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Philosophy or Prophecy – Va’etchanan
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner Ratner Museum. One of the most profound disagreements in Judaism is that between Moses Maimonides and Judah...
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Tzedek: Justice and Compassion
Art by Phillip Ratner. Commentary By Rabbi Lord Sacks. As Moses begins his great closing addresses to the next generation, he...
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The Danger of Suspicion – Mattot-Massei
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner/Ratner Museum Commentary By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. It is a fascinating story and from it comes one...
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On Parents and Teachers
Art by Phillip Ratner-Ratnermuseum. Pinchas Commentary By Rabbi Lord Sacks. Just beneath the surface of this week’s parshah is an exceptionally...
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Balak: The Hardest Word To Hear
Art by Phillip Ratner The story of Bilaam, the pagan prophet, begins with a bewildering set of non-sequiturs – a sequence of...
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Challenging the idols of the secular age
Can religion survive, even flourish, in a secular age? The answer is an emphatic Yes. The question is how. By...
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Sacks: atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the new barbarians
I want to preface this wonderfully pertinent article by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks with a few comments of my own. I...
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Why was Moses not destined to enter the Land?
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner It is one of the most perplexing, even disturbing, passages in the Torah. Moses the faithful shepherd,...
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Power vs. Influence
The Korach rebellion was an unholy alliance of individuals and groups unhappy with Moses’ leadership. There was Korach himself, a member...
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Shelach Lecha – Beyond the Fringe
Art by Phillip Ratner Our sedra ends with one of the great commands of Judaism – tsitsit, the fringes we wear on...
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Future Tense – A Vision of Jews and Judaism in the Global Culture
Why are we here? Why are we Jews? Why does the world need – if indeed it does – a Jewish...
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10 Questions We Want Answers To – in 4 minutes or less
The Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has recorded a series of short videos in answer to some of the most basic...
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What Counts?
Art by Phillip Ratner Commentary By Rabbi Lord Sacks This week’s sedra begins with a continuation of the census begun in...
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Love as Law, Law as Love
By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. On the face of it the connections between the sedra and haftarah of Bemidbar are slender....
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The modern world was shaped by four revolutions: The Chronological Imagination
“I want, in this study, to look at one of Judaism’s most distinctive and least understood characteristics – the chronological imagination.” By...
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What Counts – The Study of the Counting of the Omer
“A prophet is one who sees the end in the beginning. While others are at ease, he foresees the catastrophe. While...
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What Makes Us Human?
” When it works, the family is the matrix of our humanity. It...
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