“An Unforgiving Age” – Watch Rabbi Sacks’ pre-Selichot address

Kohelet, Tolstoy and the Red Heifer (Chukat – Balak 5780)

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! The command of the parah adumah, the Red Heifer, with which our parsha begins, is known as the hardest of the mitzvot to understand The opening words, zot chukat ha-Torah, are taken to mean, this is the supreme example of a chok in the Torah, that is, a law whose logic is obscure, perhaps unfathomable It was a ritual for the... Read more

Morality matters more than ever in a world divided by fear and faithlessness

What happens to national identity when everything holding a nation together disintegrates or disappears What happens to society when the focus of a culture is on the self and its icon, the “selfie” What happens when Google filters and Facebook friends divide us into non-communicating sects of the like-minded And what happens to morality when the mantra is no longer “We’re all in this... Read more