The Torah ends with the last command: to keep writing and studying Torah. And this is epitomised in the beautiful custom, on Simchat Torah, to move immediately from reading the end of the Torah to reading the beginning. The last word in the Torah is Yisrael; the last letter is a lamed. The first word of the Torah is Bereishit;…
Why Am I Bound By a Covenant I Didn’t Personally Agree To? Exploring Rabbi Sacks’ answers to the ultimate question in Judaism: What Obligates Me To Keep The Torah? Download in English Download in Hebrew Download in Spanish Download in French Download in German BACKGROUND The covenant of Sinai was when God gave the Torah to the Jewish people, on…
The Summary This summary is adapted from this week’s main Covenant & Conversation essay by Rabbi Sacks. Why is the central narrative of the Torah the promise of a journey to the Land of Israel. Why is Judaism not a religion that can be practised by individuals wherever they happen to be? Why did the people of the covenant need…