Tag: biblical heroes

The Heroism of Tamar (Vayeshev)

22nd November 2021

This is a true story that took place in the 1970s. Rabbi Dr Nahum Rabinovitch, then Principal of Jews’ College, … Read more

7th October 2021

In an extraordinary series of observations on this week’s parsha, Ramban (Nahmanides, 1194 – 1270) delivers harsh criticisms of Abraham … Read more

21st June 2021

Is leadership a set of skills, the ability to summon and command power? Or does it have an essentially moral … Read more

14th June 2021

It is one of the great mysteries of the Torah. Arriving at Kadesh the people find themselves without water. They … Read more

11th January 2021

Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book Lessons in Leadership. … Read more

4th January 2021

Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book Lessons in Leadership. … Read more

30th December 2019

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! In our parsha, Joseph does something unusual. Revealing himself to his brothers, … Read more

23rd December 2019

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! Mikketz represents the most sudden and radical transformation in the Torah. Joseph, … Read more

16th December 2019

Pictured above: 1: Eddie Jacobson (left), with his friend, former President Harry S. Truman 2: Dorothy de Rothschild speaking at … Read more

9th December 2019

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! One fact about this week’s parsha has long perplexed the commentators. After his … Read more