What Do We Receive When We Give? (Terumah 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the Israelites to take an offering … Read more
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The Genesis of Love (Bereishit 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! In The Lonely Man of Faith, Rabbi Soloveitchik drew our attention to the … Read more
Let My Teaching Drop as Rain (Ha’azinu 5780)
In the glorious song with which Moses addresses the congregation, he invites the people to think of the Torah – … Read more
The Torah as God’s Song (Vayelech 5780)
At the end of his life, having given the Israelites at God’s behest 612 commands, Moses gave them the final … Read more
Not Beyond the Sea (Nitzavim 5779)
When I was a student at university in the late 1960s – the era of student protests, psychedelic drugs, and … Read more
Seasons of Love – Rabbi Sacks on Shavuot
Watch Rabbi Sacks’ Shavuot video message, entitled ‘Seasons of Love’, below. Transcript If you look at the Shalosh Regalim, the … Read more
When the “I” is Silent (Vayetse 5779)
This week’s parsha relates a powerful, primal vision of prayer: Jacob, alone and far from home, lies down for the … Read more
The Most Personal of Festivals
(an extract from the Koren Sacks Yom Kippur Mahzor) The day is intense. The process of preparation and prayer began … Read more
The Closeness of God (Ki Tissa 5776)
The more I study the Torah, the more conscious I become of the immense mystery of Exodus 33. This is … Read more
Vayetse (5773) – Encountering God
It is one of the great visions of the Torah. Jacob, alone at night, fleeing from the wrath of Esau, … Read more
