Kohelet, Tolstoy and the Red Heifer (Chukat – Balak 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! The command of the parah adumah, the Red Heifer, with which our parsha begins, … Read more
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“When we don’t know who we are, tigers at the door can be very scary indeed.” (Thought for the Day)
This has been a time of extraordinary turbulence in Britain and Europe. But in the middle of it, one … Read more
The Sacrifices of Childbirth (Tazria 5779)
At the start of this parsha is a cluster of laws that challenged and puzzled the commentators. They concern a … Read more
C&C Family Edition: Refusing Comfort, Keeping Hope (Vayeshev 5779)
VAYESHEV: REFUSING COMFORT, KEEPING HOPE Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of … Read more
Nitzavim (5774) – Defeating Death
Only now, reaching Nitzavim-Vayelech, can we begin to get a sense of the vast, world- changing project at the heart … Read more
Baroness Thatcher was a Parliamentary Boadicea
As the funeral service for Margaret Thatcher takes place today, I will be thinking not of the public person … Read more
Devarim (5772) – Profits and Prophets
There are few more blazing passages in the whole of religious literature than the first chapter of the book … Read more
Chayei Sarah (5772) – A Journey of a Thousand Miles
Our parsha contains the most serene description of old age and dying anywhere in the Torah: “Then Abraham breathed his … Read more
When the duties to honour life and to save life are in conflict
You reported that I have issued an edict that “organ donation and the carrying of donor cards are incompatible with … Read more
