…meaning. BEHAR: In life, ask not, what can I gain?” But “what can I give?” Be a blessing to others and you will find that life has been a blessing to you. BECHUKOTAI: Search for meaning and you will discover strength, fulfilment and peace. FROM THE BOOK OF BAMIDBAR: BAMIDBAR: Remember your destination. This will help you to distinguish between…
…same word comes to mean, in Latin, a narrative of past events. [9] Jonathan Sacks, The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2009). [10] Roger Scruton, England, an Elegy, Continuum, 2006, 16. [11] See “We, the People”, the Covenant & Conversation essay on Behar-Bechukotai, for further discussion on the power of this phrase. Why do you think stories can be so effective in teaching and…
…by its alignment with the will and word of its Creator. Vayikra Tzav Shemini Tazria Metzora Acharei Mot Kedoshim Emor Behar Bechukotai Bamidbar (Numbers) The central theme of Bamidbar, the book of Numbers, is the second stage of the Israelites’ journey: physically from Egypt to the Promised Land, mentally from slavery to freedom. It is among the most searching, self-critical…
…Conversation, Bechukotai) On Judaism and Islam (Covenant & Conversation, Chayei Sarah) Particular Paths to a Universal God (Covenant & Conversation, Yitro) Loving the Stranger (Covenant & Conversation, Mishpatim) The Universal and the Particular (Covenant & Conversation, Mikketz) Minority Rights (Covenant & Conversation, Behar) The Home We Build Together (Covenant & Conversation, Terumah) Short Quotes from Rabbi Sacks on Interfaith Dialogue…
Read the transcript of Rabbi Sacks’ address to the Council of Christians and Jews, delivered in May 1992 on the 50th anniversary of the CCJ. There is a very powerful verse in the Bible in Leviticus, Chapter 25, which describes the nature of such an occasion as this – a Jubilee. It says: “Vekidashtem et shenat hachamishim sham,” you shall…
A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible I Believe is a personal and intimate demonstration of how Rabbi Sacks came to see the world through listening attentively to the Torah and its message for the present and all times. This is the latest book in the Covenant & Conversation series of themed books, written by Rabbi Sacks on the weekly Torah portion. The…
…University, his doctorate in Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University, and his Juris Doctor (JD) from Fordham Law School. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Leba, and their four children. < Back to The Sacks Scholars More from Rabbi Dr. Seth Grauer Holy Times: Behar, Covenant & Conversation, the Family Edition…
In the final parsha of the book of Leviticus, in the midst of one of the most searing curses ever to have been uttered to a nation by way of warning, the Sages found a fleck of pure gold. Moses is describing a nation in flight from its enemies: Just the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
Koren Publishers have launched a new Magerman edition of the Koren Tanach featuring, for the first time, the complete translation of Chumash by Rabbi Sacks zt”l. You can order your copy here and view the opening pages below. Peek Inside…