All posts tagged "kabbalah"

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  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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  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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  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...

• 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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  Loving Our Creator Unconditionally

     By Ariel Ben Avraham Probably the most important lesson our Patriarchs teach us regarding their relationship with the Creator is to...

• 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....

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Leadership and the People

     Sculpture by Artist Phillip Ratner  By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. The sedra of Shemot, in a series of finely etched vignettes,...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Generations Forget and Remember

    By Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. The drama of younger and older brothers, which haunts the book of Bereishit from Cain...

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  Love as the Messianic Consciousness

     Sculpture by Phillip Ratner   By Ariel Ben Avraham  Love overcomes and transforms negative expressions of human consciousness. This sounds axiomatic considering...

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  Disguises – Do They Work

    Art work by Phillip Ratner       Joseph is now the ruler of Egypt. The famine he predicted has come to pass....

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  Love is the catalyst to transform, redeem and elevate

      Sculpture By Phillip Ratner.  Mikeitz: Rectifying toward God’s Love We have said that consciousness has the potentials to transform what we...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Inspired By Faith We Can Change The World

                    The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks has recorded “8 Thoughts for 8 Nights” – a...

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  Nes Gadol Haya Po – A Great Miracle Happened Here

          By Jocelyn Weiss . My first year of Aliyah is coming to a close and all things considered, it’s been a...