All posts tagged "Torah"

• Guest Contributors

  On Creative Minorities – Rabbi Sacks – Erasmus Lecture

  On Monday 21st October 2013, Rabbi Sacks delivered the twenty-sixth Erasmus Lecture at the Union League Club in New York. Hosted by First...

• Steve

  Jesus: First-Century Rabbi

    I have had the great pleasure of learning with Reb Zaslow at the Annual Jewish Men’s Retreat in upstate in New...

• Blogs

  Why Jews Continue To Be Blamed for What Happened to Them

      Preaching to the Unforgiven: Man Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson recently delivered this speech at the B’Nai Brith World Center in...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Price of Silence

     By Rabbi Sacks, In an earlier Covenant and Conversation I quoted the Netziv (Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin, 1816-1893, dean of the...

• Guest Contributors

  Demonizing Israel and the Jews by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

    Recently, a new book, Demonizing Israel and the Jews by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld , sent shock waves across Europe by revealing...

• Blogs

  A miracle and an outrage in Washington

  By CAROLINE B. GLICK. Restoring the Iraqi Jewish archive to its Israeli owners would be tantamount to recognizing that the cause of...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXV) Isaiah

  llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham   One of the most important lessons we learn from...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Beginning the Journey

     A while back, a British newspaper, The Times, interviewed a prominent member of the Jewish community – let’s call him Lord...

• Blogs

  The Continuity of Israel will not falter.

  (Memories of a Hong Kong Rabbi) by Rabbi Lee Diamond   “Since antiquity, people have been predicting the demise of the Jews,...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Answering the Call

    The early history of humanity as told in the Torah is a series of disappointments. God gives human beings freedom, which...

• Guest Contributors

  We have a wonderful country and Meat pots instead of falafel

  These are two opinion pieces from Ynetnews that are important voices that need to be heard. Enjoy!  Op-ed: Israel has warmth, intimacy,...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Parashat Lekh-Lekha – The Semantic Insights

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner.  Dr Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. This week we continue explaining semantically encoded messages in this week’s Parasha Lekh Lekha....

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Courage not to Conform

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner Lekh Lekha By Rabbi  Sacks  Leaders lead. That does not mean to say that they don’t follow....

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Righteousness is not Leadership

     Sculpture by Phillip Ratner    The praise that Noah is accorded is unparalleled anywhere in Tanakh. He was, says the Torah,...

• Blogs

  A True Test of Brotherhood: Nahal Brigade’s Grueling March up Masada

       Last month, after six months of advanced training, soldiers of the Nahal Infantry Brigade marched with pride to complete their 57...

• Cyber Or

  CyberOr 1 The Journey

      Hello Greetings Welcome I would like to invite you to join me on a journey. I have been on this...

• Blogs

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXII) Isaiah

  llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham  Our Sages call Isaiah the Prophet of consolation, in...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  What exactly is a sukkah? What is it supposed to represent?

    The question is essential to the mitzvah itself. The Torah says: “Live in sukkot for seven days: All native-born Israelites are...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XX) Jeremiah

  llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham  “Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed...

• IDF

  How IDF Soldiers Observe Yom Kippur

  In 1973, IDF soldiers were called on to fight the invading armies on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Tomorrow the...