All posts tagged "Bible"

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Pesach, or Passover, is the Jewish festival of freedom

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner . This past week my wife and I had the surprising pleasure of encountering  Rabbi Sacks and...

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  Rituals are how civilizations preserve their memory

       When people talk about religion in Britain, they tend to speak about beliefs. Which, for Jews, is very odd. Yes, belief...

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  Tzav – Violence and the Sacred

      By Rabbi Lord Sacks Judaism is less a philosophical system than a field of tensions – between universalism and particularism, for...

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  Between Destiny and Chance

    Art by Phillip Ratner   Commentary By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks  The third book of the Torah is known in English as...

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  Two Types of Community

    Art by Phillip Ratner. Commentary By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. A long drama had taken place. Moses had led the people...

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  New Israeli MK Dr. Ruth Calderon Establishes a Refreshing Learning Environment

      It is no coincidence that maiden speech given by MK Ruth Calderon registered 150,000 viewers on YouTube. The new member of...

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  Love as our common bond

     By Ariel Ben Avraham   Ki Tisa: God’s Love The principle in the relationship between Israel and God is Love. We proclaim...

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  Prophet and Priest

       By Lord Chief Rabbi Sacks. The sedra of Tetsaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only...

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  Purim – An a capella Music Video Parody

    An a capella Purim music video parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads, foheads.com, graduates and students of Midreshet Ein Prat, Israel....

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  Essence of Ahavat Yisrael is the willingness to take responsibility for the future of the Jewish people

     Sculpture by Phillip Ratner commentary by Yehuda HaKohen,  “Speak to the Children of Israel and they shall take to Me a...

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  Theology, Identity, and Covenant

     By David Hartman Since Sunday, when David Hartman passed away, eulogies of this outstanding thinker and educator have appeared in a...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Building Builders – Terumah

       Sculpture By Phillip Ratner. Commentary By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we...

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  The Legacy of Rabbi David Hartman: Popularity is not important. Integrity is

  By David Bedein. David Bedein is a  dear friend who is devoted and dedicated  to understanding the “real” intent behind the language...

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  Learning to Live in God’s Love

    By Ariel Ben Avraham. Ego’s fantasies and illusions correspond to idolatry as Love’s ways and attributes correspond to real freedom. In...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  In The Details – Mishpatim

  Sculpture by Phillip Ratner. Commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. On the opening phrase of Mishpatim – “And these are the laws...

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  Yitro: From Ego’s Idolatry to Love’s Freedom

  Sculpture by Phillip Ratner   Commentary By Ariel Ben Avraham  In our previous commentary on Yitro: “Understanding God’s Love” (February 5, 2012 in...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Politics of Revelation

  Sculpture by Phillip Ratner , Commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks  The revelation at Mount Sinai – the central episode not only...

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  ‘A Big Society’ or ‘A Good Society’

  This is a brilliant and truly insightful understanding of  The State, Community and Society. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, I want this evening...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  What Does Judaism Have to Say to the World

  On 26th November 2012, the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks delivered the 2012-13 Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law and Thought at Berkeley Law....

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  Of Lice and Men

     Sculpture By Phillip Ratner. By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. Throughout all Egypt the dust turned into lice. But when the magicians...