All posts tagged "kabbalah"

Jonathan Sacks – Why Civilisations Die & Video for Passover

Jonathan Sacks – Why Civilisations Die & Video for Passover In her recent “The Watchman’s Rattle”, subtitled ‘Thinking our way out of...

Jonathan Sacks – The Sin Offering

Jonathan Sacks – The Sin Offering Vayikra is about sacrifices, and though these laws have been inoperative for almost 2000 years since...

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Lee Diamond

Lee Diamond – Who Has Chosen Us….

Lee Diamond – Who Has Chosen Us…. We were chosen Or so our tradition declares But Chosen for what..? Chosen: As...

Jonathan Sacks – Encampments & Journeys

Jonathan Sacks – Encampments & Journeys Right at the end of the book of Shemot, there is a textual difficulty so slight...

Jonathan Sacks – The Sabbath: First Day or Last?

Jonathan Sacks – The Sabbath: First Day or Last? In the immensely lengthy and detailed account of the making of the Tabernacle,...

Jonathan Sacks – Who Is Honoured?

Jonathan Sacks – Who Is Honoured? Tetzaveh is the only sedra from the beginning of Exodus to the end of Deuteronomy, that...

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Lee Diamond

Lee Diamond – My Dybbuk

Lee Diamond – My Dybbuk Dedicated to my children It won’t let me go It possesses me It holds my very breath...

Jonathan Sacks – The Architecture of Holiness

Jonathan Sacks – The Architecture of Holiness From here to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking...

Jonathan Sacks – Justice or Peace?

Jonathan Sacks – Justice or Peace? The sedra of Yitro, which contains the account of the greatest Divine revelation in history, at...

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Jonathan Sacks – The Power of Ruach-Spirit

Jonathan Sacks – The Power of Ruach-Spirit In September 2010, BBC, Reuters and other news agencies reported on a sensational scientific discovery....

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Jonathan Sacks – Freedom & Truth

Jonathan Sacks – Freedom & Truth Why did Moses tell Pharaoh, if not a lie, then less than the full truth? Here...

Yitzhaq Hayut-man

THE UNEASY BROTHERHOOD OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

THE UNEASY BROTHERHOOD OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY By Yitzhaq Hayut-Man Introduction & Name of the Parashah Esau and Jacob The youth of...

Jonathan Sacks – Why Did Isaac Love Esau?

Jonathan Sacks – Why Did Isaac Love Esau? Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were...

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Jonathan Sacks – A Journey of a Thousand Miles

Jonathan Sacks – A Journey of a Thousand Miles Our parsha contains the most serene description of old age and dying anywhere...

Jonathan Sacks – On Being a Jewish Parent

Jonathan Sacks – On Being a Jewish Parent The most influential man who ever lived does not appear on any list I have...

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Jonathan Sacks – Individual and Collective Responsibility

Jonathan Sacks – Individual and Collective Responsibility I once had the opportunity to ask the Catholic writer Paul Johnson what had struck...

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Jonathan Sacks – The Faith of God Bereishit – Covenant & Conversation

Jonathan Sacks – The Faith of God Bereishit – Covenant & Conversation There is a deep question at the heart of Jewish...

Jonathan Sacks – The Spirituality of Song

Jonathan Sacks – The Spirituality of Song With Ha’azinu we climb to one of the peaks of Jewish spirituality. For a month Moses had...

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