Weekly Torah Reading
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The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XLIV) Isaiah
We once again pick up this weekly commentary from our friend Ariel Ben Avraham. Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar...
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1.6KJonathan Sacks – Was Jacob Right To Take Esau’s Blessing?
Sculpture: Thanks to our dear friend international artist Phillip Ratner. “Was Jacob right to take Esau’s blessing in disguise? Was he right...
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1.3KJonathan Sacks – Beyond Nature – Noach – Covenant & Conversation
Jonathan Sacks The argument continues today among the neo-Darwinians. Some believe that natural selection and the struggle for survival make...
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1.3KJonathan Sacks – The Leader’s Call for Responsibility
Jonathan Sacks This is what he says: Give ear, O heavens, that I may speak, Earth, hear the sayings of...
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1.5KJonathan Sacks – Defeating Death and Consensus vs. Command
Defeating Death (Nitzavim) Only now, reaching Nitzavim-Vayelech, can we begin to get a sense of the vast, world- changing project at...
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1.1KJonathan Sacks – A Nation of Storytellers
A profound commentary on our narrative as a people and nation. A must read for...
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1.3KJonathan Sacks – Against Hate – Ki Tetzei
Jonathan Sacks First, a general point. Jews have been subjected to racism more and longer than any other nation...
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1.7K1Jonathan Sacks – Learning and Leadership – Shoftim
Jonathan Sacks: The parsha of Shoftim is the classic source of the three types of leadership in Judaism, called by the...
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1.4KJonathan Sacks – Defining Reality – Re’eh
One of the gifts of great leaders, and one from which each of us can learn, is that they frame reality...
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1.7KJonathan Sacks -To Lead is to Listen – Shema Yisrael – Eikev
Jonathan Sacks “If only you would listen to these laws …” (Deut. 7: 12). These words with which our parsha...
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1.2KJonathan Sacks – The Fewest of all Peoples Va’etchanan
Jonathan Sacks Buried inconspicuously in this week’s parsha is a short sentence with explosive potential, causing us to think again about...
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Jonathan Sacks – The Leader as Teacher – Devarim
It was one of the great moments of personal transformation, and it changed not only Moses but our very conception of...
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Jonathan Sacks – Leadership at Time of Crisis – Masei
By Rav Jonathan Sacks, The parsha of Masei always occurs at the heart of the Three Weeks. This is the time...
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Jonathan Sacks – Conflict Resolution – Mattot
One of the hardest tasks of a leader – from prime ministers to parents – is conflict resolution. Yet it is...
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Jonathan Sacks – Lessons of a Leader
Lessons of a Leader. Pinchas contains a mini-essay on leadership, as Moses confronts his own mortality and asks God to appoint...
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Jonathan Sacks – Leadership and Loyalty – Balak
Leadership and Loyalty – Balak First, by way of introduction, we have independent evidence that Bilaam actually existed. An...
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Miriam, Moses’ Friend – Chukkat – Leadership
Miriam, Moses’ Friend Moses’ subsequent behaviour is extraordinary. He takes the staff. He and Aaron gather the people. Then...
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Confidence – Hope is the belief that together we can make things better.
Confidence “Optimism is the belief that things will get better; hope is the belief that together we can make things better.”...
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Influence or Power? Beha’alotcha
Influence or Power ; Sculpture by Phillip Ratner/Ratner Museum. Commentary By Rav. Jonathan Sacks. There is a lovely moment in this...
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