Jonathan Sacks z”l – The Deep Power of Joy – RE’EH On 14 October 1663, the famous diarist Samuel Pepys paid a...
Jonathan Sacks z”l – The Spirituality of Listening – EIKEV It is one of the most important words in Judaism, and also...
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT EKEV: HOW TO FEAR HASHEM FEARLESSLY In Parshat Ekev- Moshe Rabbenu continues to recount the tumultuous history of...
PARSHAT VAETCHANAN: RAV KOOK ON ‘UNITING EXISTENCE’ In Parshat VaEtchanan Moshe Rabbeinu announces the central foundation of the Israelite worldview. “שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
Jonathan Sacks – To 120: Growing Old, Staying Young DEVARIM On 27 March 2012, to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Queen,...
Jonathan Sacks – The Complexity of Human Rights MATOT-MASEI The book of Bamidbar comes to a close that is very strange indeed....
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT PINCHAS: HOW TO BE A HOLY ZEALOT Parshat Pinchas begins by honoring Aaron’s grandson, Pinchas for his zealous...
Jonathan Sacks – Moshe’s Disappointment – PINCHAS Hidden beneath the surface of parshat Pinchas, the Sages uncovered a story of great poignancy....
Jonathan Sacks z”l – Healing the Trauma of Loss CHUKAT It took me two years to recover from the death of my...
PARSHAT KORACH: RAV KOOK ON the dangers of KORACHISM “Now Korach, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, betook himself,...
Jonathan Sacks z”l – Two Kinds of Fear SHELACH LECHA One of the most powerful addresses I ever heard was given by...
IDF – 75 Years of Defending Israel 75 years ago today on the Hebrew calendar the IDF was established. Since then, our...
Jonathan Sacks z”l – From Despair to Hope BEHA’ALOTECHA There have been times when one passage in this week’s parsha was, for...
Torat HaRav Kook In Honor of Yom Yerushalayim/Jerusalem Day Torat HaRav Kook In Honor of Yom Yerushalayim/Jerusalem Day “Yerushalayim, and Zion in...
Jonathan Sacks z”l – The Sound of Silence Bamidbar Bamidbar is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot. So the Sages connected...
Tsvi Bisk – Israel: “Refugees: and Settlers” The Palestinian leadership affirms the “right of return” according to United Nations General Assembly Resolution...
Shelly Schreter – How Much Has the Jewish Condition Changed Since 1948? The very question provokes indignation, certainly in Israel. 75 years...
Jonathan Sacks z”l – Family Feeling BEHAR-BECHUKOTAI I argued in my Covenant and Conversation for parshat Kedoshim that Judaism is more than an ethnicity. It is...
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Democracy in a Jewish State? Biblical Precedents Along with Israel’s recent “Judicial Reform” program is the festering question...
Jonathan Sacks z”l – The Plague of Evil Speech TAZRIA-METZORA The Rabbis moralised the condition of tzara’at – often translated as leprosy...
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