Love Is Not Enough (Acharei-Mot Kedoshim 5778)
The opening chapter of Kedoshim contains two of the most powerful of all commands: to love your neighbour and to … Read more
The opening chapter of Kedoshim contains two of the most powerful of all commands: to love your neighbour and to … Read more
From time to time couples come to see me before their wedding. Sometimes they ask me whether I have any … Read more
Have you ever felt inadequate to a task you have been assigned or a job you have been given? Do … Read more
The first words we are taught to say each morning, immediately on waking, are Modeh/modah ani, “I give thanks.” We … Read more
It was never my ambition or aspiration to be a rabbi. I went to university to study economics. I then … Read more
With this week’s double parsha, with its long account of the construction of the sanctuary – one of the longest … Read more
Comparing two of the most famous events in the Torah, we face what seems like a glaring contradiction. In this … Read more
There are lives that are lessons. The late Henry Knobil’s was one. He was born in Vienna in 1932. His … Read more
The behavioural economist Dan Ariely did a series of experiments on what is known as the IKEA effect, or “why … Read more
William Ury, founder of the Harvard Program of Negotiation, tells a marvellous story in one of his books.[1] A young … Read more