By Rav Jonathan Sacks. The sequence of parshiyot, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First,...
European Union (EU) flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons. Catherine Ashton’s...
Pope John Paul II during a visit to Yad Vashem 23/3/2000,The Dalai Lama, speaking with Avner Shalev during a visit to Yad...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Our parsha takes us through a bewildering transition. Until now in Shemot...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. This week’s parsha consists of two episodes that seem to be...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Few texts have had a deeper influence on Western civilisation than the first chapter of Genesis, with...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The Israelites had crossed the Red Sea. The impossible had happened. The mightiest army in the ancient...
This video is well worth the time to listen to. It is enlightening and inspiring! On 14 November 2013, Rabbi Lord...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. To gain insight into the unique leadership lesson of this week’s parsha, I often ask an audience to...
At first, Moses’ mission seemed to be successful. He had feared that the people would not believe in him, but God had...
This week’s parsha could be entitled “The birth of a leader.” We see Moses, adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, growing up as...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Bereishit ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. His brothers were afraid...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. I was once present when the great historian of Islam, Bernard Lewis, was asked to predict the course...
Art By Phillip Ratner. Commentary by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is a global religious leader, philosopher, the author of more than...
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. ” The Dignity of Difference” “Judaism and Jews represent the voice of hope in the conversation among...
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner-Ratner Museum. Commentary by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. If leadership is the solution, what is the problem? On this,...
The question is essential to the mitzvah itself. The Torah says: “Live in sukkot for seven days: All native-born Israelites are...
At the end of his life, having given the Israelites at God’s behest 612 commands, Moses is instructed to give them...
Art by Phillip Ratner – Ratner Musem. Ki Tavo begins with the ceremony of bringing firstfruits to the Temple. The Mishnah...
Sculpture by Phillip Ratner – Ratner Museum In Deuteronomy 24, we encounter for the first time the explicit statement of a...
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