The Good Society (Re’eh 5780)
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The Infinite Game (Va’etchanan 5780)
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Extract from “Deuteronomy: The Renewal of the Sinai Covenant”
Below is an extract from the introduction of “Deuteronomy: The Renewal of the Sinai Covenant”, the fifth instalment of Rabbi … Read more
On Jewish Character (Pekudei 5779)
Pekudei has sometimes been called the accountant’s parsha, because that is how it begins, with the audited accounts of the … Read more
Loving the Stranger (Mishpatim 5779)
There are commands that leap off the page by their sheer moral power. So it is in the case of … Read more
The Book of the Covenant (Devarim 5777)
As we begin reading the fifth and final book of the Torah, I would like to discuss three questions. First, … Read more
The Ten Utterances (extract from the Koren-Sacks Shavuot machzor)
What the Israelites heard at Sinai has become known as the “Ten Commandments.” But this description raises obvious problems. First, … Read more
Biblical Insights into the Good Society (Ebor Lecture 2011)
I want this evening to retrace three fascinating journeys of thought, two that took place 180 years ago, the third some … Read more
