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Eternity and Mortality
The Summary ● This summary is adapted from the essay written by Rabbi Sacks in 2012, available here A kohen must do what he can…
11 May 2025
Eternity and Mortality
Our Parsha begins with a restriction on the people for whom a kohen may become tamei, a word usually translated as defiled, impure, ceremonially unclean.…
10 May 2025
Robert Putnam to Receive the Rabbi Sacks Prize from Bar-Ilan
Bar Ilan University will be awarding renowned professor of Political Science Robert Putnam the inaugural Jonathan Sacks Institute Prize for his outstanding contributions as a…
5 May 2025
Love Is Not Enough
The Summary This is an abridged version of the essay Love is not Enough, written by Rabbi Sacks in 2008. The opening chapter of Kedoshim…
4 May 2025
Love Is Not Enough
The opening chapter of Kedoshim contains two of the most powerful of all commands: to love your neighbour and to love the stranger. “Love your…
3 May 2025
Dr. Tanya White’s opening address at the AJC Global Forum
Dr. Tanya White, one of the inaugural Sacks Scholars and host of the Books & Beyond: The Rabbi Sacks Podcast series, delivered an inspiring address…
1 May 2025
Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot of Tazria and Metzora contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions of “impurity” arising from the…
27 April 2025
Holiness and Childbirth
The Summary This is an abridged version of the essay Holiness and Childbirth, written by Rabbi Sacks in 2009. In Judaism we sanctify the physical.…
27 April 2025
The Everlasting Flame (Yom Ha’atzmaut animation)
An animated video of Rabbi Sacks' thoughts on the heroic Jewish journey
23 April 2025
Food for Thought
The Summary This is an abridged version of the essay Food for Thought, written by Rabbi Sacks in 2009. The first part of Vayikra has…
21 April 2025
Food for Thought
The second half of Exodus and the first part of Leviticus form a carefully structured narrative. The Israelites are commanded to construct a Sanctuary. They…
20 April 2025
Omer Calendar
On the second night of Pesach, we begin counting the Omer. For 49 consecutive days, we strive to follow the nightly count, an keep the…
8 April 2025
Third Cohort of Sacks Scholars Announced
The Rabbi Sacks Legacy is proud to announce the launch of the third cohort of Sacks Scholars – a unique initiative dedicated to exploring the…
7 April 2025
The Thanksgiving Offering
Among the sacrifices detailed in this week's Parsha is the korban todah, the thanksgiving offering: If he offers it [the sacrifice] as a thanksgiving offering, then…
5 April 2025
The Thanksgiving Offering
The Summary This is an abridged version of the essay The Thanksgiving Offering, written by Rabbi Sacks in 2009. In Tzav we learn of the…
4 April 2025
The Counting of the Omer
If the symbol of Jewish timelessness is the everlasting light, the symbol of Jewish time is the counting of the Omer.
Counting the Omer
Time is not a series of eternal recurrences in which nothing ever ultimately changes. Cyclical time is deeply conservative; covenantal time is profoundly revolutionary. Both…
Why Do We Sacrifice?
The Summary This is an abridged version of the essay Why Do We Sacrifice?, written by Rabbi Sacks in 2010. It has been almost two…
30 March 2025
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