All posts tagged "Bible"

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  Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond

       Religious liberty’s under threat : By Daniel Treiman Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond. “Today,...

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  As we count the עומר some words about counting from Ha Rav Kook

      Ha Rav Kook: What value is there to our lives, which “stream by like a dream“?     Thanks to Rabbi Lee...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Jonathan Sacks “We The People”

             We The People.  By Rav. Jonathan Sacks.  In Bechukotai, in the midst of one of the most...

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  Why is ‘Isra’el’ not (only) the State of the Jewish People

      In the debate whether Israel is “the State of the Jewish People” we should note how this name was proposed by...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Think Long – Behar – Jonathan Sacks

    By Jonathan Sacks Please take the time and read this weeks commentary. His insights transcend  personal religious  identity.   Jonathan Sacks:...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Be Not Afraid of Greatness – Israel – Jonathan Sacks

                   Be Not Afraid of Greatness: By Rav Jonathan Sacks.  Embedded in this week’s parsha are two of the most fundamental commands...

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  Is There Something the World Isn’t Seeing – Israel

  World Isn’t Seeing – Israel: Thought that this was worth sharing regardless whatever ones views.  “The MOST Important Video About Israel You’ll...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Followership – Kedoshim – the Great “holiness code”

   Followership By Rav. Jonathan Sacks. There is a fascinating sequence of commands in the great “holiness code” with which our parsha begins,...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Seasons of Love – Three biblical books about love

  Seasons of Love:Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes     By Rav. Jonathan Sacks   Seasons of Love   Shir HaShirim...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Lessons about Jewish identity from the “wicked” son’s question

    Lessons about Jewish identity from the “wicked” son’s question. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.   Lessons about Jewish identity from the “wicked”...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Passover-How It Tells its Story, The Unasked Question, and The Jewish Task

        All three taken from the Jonathan Sacks Haggada. As Passover ( Pesach) approaches I thought it would nice to...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Sprints and Marathons – Acharei Mot

      Sprints and Marathons   By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It was a unique, unrepeatable moment of leadership at its highest height. For forty...

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  How To Praise – subject of lashon hara, evil speech – Metsorah

                By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. How To Praise. The sages were eloquent on the subject of lashon hara, evil speech, the sin...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Reticence vs. Impetuosity – Shemini – It should have been a day of joy –

    By Rav. Jonathan Sacks, It should have been a day of joy. The Israelites had completed the mishkan, the sanctuary. For...

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  Purim, the most boisterous and exuberant of all Jewish festivals.

  “If you’re driving through a Jewish area this Saturday night or Sunday, don’t be surprised if you see lots of children in...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  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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  Jordanian’s Sheikh Ahmad al-Adwan: Cites Quranic Sources for Islam-Jewish Relations

      Sheikh Ahmad al-Adwan “Historic Palestine”? A heretical invention. The right to al-Aqsa? Nothing less than a distortion of Allah’s word • Jordanian...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Team-Building – Vayakhel

             By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. How do you remotivate a demoralized people? How do you put the pieces...