Sabbath
“Shabbat is our moment of eternity in the midst of time. Within the cycle of the week it creates a delicate rhythm of action and reflection, making and enjoying, running and standing still. Without that pause to experience family, community, and God, we risk making the journey while missing the view.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
This is a video of a Facebook Live dvar Torah, livestreamed in April 2020 where Rabbi Sacks offered some words...
An Armchair Conversation with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks at Kohelet Yeshiva High School (Merion, Pennsylvania) on 16 March 2015. Auto-generated...
On Monday 17th November 2014, Rabbi Sacks attended an International, inter-religious Colloquium on “The Complementarity of Man and Woman” convened...
Recorded in October 2014 for Shabbat UK (The Shabbos Project), Rabbi Sacks discusses how we celebrate Shabbat in modern society....
Two music aficionados get together and discuss composers and compositions. Dennis Prager wonders why we don’t have instrumental music on...
8 Short Chanukah Thoughts for 8 Chanukah Nights
Essays and writings from Rabbi Sacks' extensive body of work
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Transcript Streaming instead of dreaming, went the headline that caught my eye this week. Using phones or tablets before bedtime,...
ARTICLES, REFLECTIONS
Few texts have had a deeper influence on Western civilisation than the first chapter of Genesis, with its momentous vision...
ARTICLES, ARTICLES
If I ruled the world I would resign immediately. It’s hard enough, individually and collectively, to rule ourselves, let alone...
ARTICLES
As the political leaders of Europe come together to save the euro and European Union itself, I believe the time...
CREDO
Is the internet making us stupid? Are social networking sites distorting personal relationships, encouraging us to substitute virtual encounters for...
ARTICLES, ARTICLES
The following article was published in the Hirhurim Journal on 1st July 2010. challenges-of-the-information-ageDownload
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Next week the international conference on climate change begins in Copenhagen, and I’ve asked all the synagogues under my aegis...
CREDO
As the Copenhagen conference on climate change approaches, it is worth remembering a call made independently by two of the...
CREDO
During this economic crisis much attention has been paid to the deregulation of financial services that took place in the...
LECTURES, SPEECHES
The St George's Lecture, delivered by Rabbi Sacks at St George’s Hall, Windsor Castle on 5th June 2000. Transcript Your Royal...
The series of weekly commentary essays on the Torah by Rabbi Sacks
EMOR • 5776, 5783
The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year. There are five such passages...
EMOR • 5783
The Parsha in a Nutshell This summary is adapted from this week’s main Covenant & Conversation essay by Rabbi Sacks,...
BESHALLACH • 5776, 5783
The first translation of the Torah into another language – Greek – took place in around the second century BCE,...
BESHALLACH • 5783
The Parsha in a Nutshell This summary is adapted from this week’s main Covenant & Conversation essay by Rabbi Sacks,...
EMOR • 5779
The Parsha in a Nutshell Parshat Emor deals with two kinds of holiness: that of people and of time. Chapter...
