Weekly Torah Reading
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Hopes and Fears – Chayei Sarah
The simple answer is because they happened. That, however, cannot be all. We misunderstand Torah if we think of it...
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Even Higher Than Angels
Sculpture By Phillip Ratner. It is one of the most famous scenes in the Bible. Abraham is sitting at the entrance to...
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Covenant & Conversation: Lech Lecha – Making Space
By Artist Phillip Ratner. By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks The call to Abraham, with which Lech Lecha begins, seems to come...
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Yoram on Avrum and the Binding of Issac – Akaida
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner By Yoram Getzler. Recently Avraham Burg, who is known as Avrum wrote an essay on the Binding of...
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Noach – True Morality
by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Is there such a thing as an objective basis of morality? For some time, in secular...
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Who creates, sustains and affectionately empowers all that exists
The Torah begins with the dawn of Creation. To fully appreciate this narrative, one must recognize history to be more than...
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Learn from Moshe that all of Am Yisrael is holy and deserving of our patience, understanding and love.
by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum PARSHAT VEZOT HABRACHA (by Yehuda HaKohen) “Fortunate are you, O Israel: who is like you! O people...
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There is no more potent symbol of Jewish history than the sukkah
Sukkot, or Tabernacles, is the most joyous of all the festivals. We call it the ‘season of our rejoicing’. And like Pesach...
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Moshe went and spoke these words to all of Israel
PARSHAT VAYEILECH by Yehuda HaKohen. This is another point of view on this portion of the Torah for the Shabbat before Yom...
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Judaism’s greatest leap of faith: the belief that the world is ruled by justice.
By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten...
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Nitzavim – Why Be Jewish?
By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. In the last days of his life Moses renews the covenant between God and Israel. The entire...
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The Day Forgiveness Was Born
Art by Phillip Ratner. This is a very timely commentary for this time of year. By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of Britain....
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Ki Tavo: Claiming our Inheritance of God’s Love – the One who gave us life, freedom, the Torah, identity, and Land.
By Ariel Ben Avraham We have said in previous commentaries on this portion of the Torah that the Promised Land, the Land...
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Covenant & Conversation 5772: Ki Tavo – Listening and Law
By International Artist Phillip Ratner. Commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of England. It would be reasonable to assume that a language...
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Ki Tetse – To be free, you have to let go of hate.
By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only...
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Ahavat Yisrael (love of Israel) – the duty that a leader bears for his nation.
PARSHAT SHOFTIM (by Yehuda HaKohen) SHOFTIM deals primarily with statutes pertaining to Israel’s leadership. Because leadership is not a position of honor...
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Shoftim: The Justice of God’s Love
Ariel Ben Avraham . The Torah commands us that “Judges and officers you shall place at all your city-gates” (Deuteronomy16:18), the Prophet...
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Separated from the mind, the heart became numb and developed into a “Heart of Stone”
PARSHAT R’EH. by Yehuda HaKohen “Then it shall be that the place where HaShem, your G-D, will choose to rest His...
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As Israel returns to independence in our land…
PARSHAT EKEV by Yehuda HaKohen. Another point of view. EKEV opens and closes with challenging ideas meant to condition the...
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HaShem is not some giant invisible tyrant but rather the timeless ultimate Reality
PARSHAT VA’ETCHANAN (by Yehuda HaKohen) “I implored HaShem at that time, saying, `My L-rd, HaShem, You have begun to show Your servant...
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