All posts tagged "Torah"

• Weekly Torah Reading

  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...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  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...

• Steve

  Final Results of the Israeli Election and Comments

     This election is a triumph for Democracy. The people have spoken. Now the powers that be need to create  a responsible...

• Blogs

  ‘A Big Society’ or ‘A Good Society’

  This is a brilliant and truly insightful understanding of  The State, Community and Society. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, I want this evening...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  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...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  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...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Disguises – Do They Work

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

• Blogs

  Antisemitism and the flight of the ‘progressives’ – A Hanukkah Diarist

    “As my wife and I lit our Hanukkah candles last night, and we sang Ma’oz Tzur (מעוז צור), my mind darkly drifted back...

• Guest Contributors

  Northern Israel – Tzfat – Chanukah Vacation

                             By Laurie Rappeport. During Chanukah vacation many people, both Israelis and foreign travelers come...

• 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...

• Guest Contributors

  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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Refusal to be Comforted

    Jacob rent his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned his son for a long time. His sons and daughters tried to...

• Guest Contributors

  Safed – The City of Kabbalah – Mysticism

        By Laurie Rappeport. Travelers to Northern Israel can enjoy a fascinating visit to the ancient city of Safed, known as the...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Vayishlach – Fear or Distress

     Sculpture By Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum.com   “A people capable of feeling distress, even in victory, is one that knows the tragic complexity...