Jonathan Sacks: Mirrors of Love Vayakhel The Torah in Parshat Vayakhel, which describes the making of the Mishkan, goes out of its...
Jonathan Sacks: The Birth of a New Freedom Ki Tissa Witnessing the birth of a new idea is a little like watching...
Jonathan Sacks: The Aesthetic in Judaism Tetzaveh Why is the Torah so specific and emphatic, in this week’s Parsha, about the clothes...
Jonathan Sacks: The Architecture of Holiness TERUMAH From here to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking...
Jonathan Sacks: The Slow End of Slavery MISHPATIM In Parshat Mishpatim we witness one of the great stylistic features of the Torah,...
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT YITRO: BECOMING A HOLY NATION BY ESTABLISHING A HOLY GOVERNMENT “וְאַתֶּ֧ם תִּֽהְיוּ־לִ֛י מַמְלֶ֥כֶת כֹּֽהֲנִ֖ים וְג֣וֹי קָד֑וֹשׁ“ “And you...
Jonathan Sacks: The Custom that Refused to Die YITRO There’s an enthralling story about the Ten Commandments and the role they played...
Jonathan Sacks: Music, Language of the Soul BESHALLACH For the first time since their departure from Egypt, the Israelites do something together....
Jonathan Sacks: The Necessity of Asking Questions BO It is no accident that Parshat Bo, the section that deals with the...
Jonathan Sacks: Freedom and Truth VAERA Why did Moses tell Pharaoh, if not a lie, then less than the full truth? Here...
Jonathan Sacks: Who am I? SHEMOT Moses’ second question to God at the Burning Bush was, ‘Who are You?’. He asks God...
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYECHI-WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THESE END OF DAYS? RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYECHI-WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THESE...
Jonathan Sacks: The Last Tears VAYECHI At almost every stage of fraught encounter between Joseph and his family in Egypt, Joseph weeps....
Jonathan Sacks: Three Steps for Mankind VAYIGASH In his introduction to the Rabbinical Council of America’s version of the ArtScroll Siddur, Rabbi...
Jonathan Sacks z”l: What is the theme of the stories of Genesis? וישב Vayeshev One of the most fundamental questions about the...
Jonathan Sacks z”l: The Jewish Journey VAYISHLACH Why is Jacob the father of our people, the hero of our faith? We are...
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYETZEH: THE HOUSE OF JACOB’S UNIVERSAL MISSION RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYETZEH: THE HOUSE OF JACOB’S UNIVERSAL MISSION...
Jonathan Sacks z”l: The Birth of the World’s Oldest Hate VAYETSE “Go and learn what Laban the Aramean sought to do to...
Jonathan Sacks z”l: The Tragedy of Good Intentions TOLDOT It is the deep, reverberating question at the heart of Toldot. Why did...
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYERA: PERFECTING THE WORLD DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם הָי֧וֹ יִֽהְיֶ֛ה לְג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל וְעָצ֑וּם וְנִ֨בְרְכוּ־ב֔וֹ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃...
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