Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times – UK launch events
Rabbi Sacks’ new book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times is out on 12th March 2020 in the UK. It … Read more
Tag: happiness
Collective Joy (Re’eh 5779)
If we were to ask what key word epitomises the society Jews were to make in the Promised Land, several … Read more
It’s Purim week…
It’s Purim week – the perfect time for a conversation with comedian Ashley Blaker…
Understanding Prayer: Heart, Mind and Soul – Transcripts
Spiritual Exercise (1/10) Prayer is to the human spirit what exercise is to the human body. I try to … Read more
Understanding Prayer: Heart, Mind and Soul
As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, join Rabbi Sacks in a series of ten short videos to learn … Read more
A Journey of a Thousand Miles (Chayei Sarah 5777)
Our parsha contains the most serene description of old age and dying anywhere in the Torah: “Then Abraham breathed his … Read more
The Deep Power of Joy (Re’eh 5776)
On 14 October 1663 the famous diarist Samuel Pepys paid a visit to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Creechurch … Read more
The Pursuit of Meaning (Vayikra 5776)
The American Declaration of Independence speaks of the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Recently, following … Read more
The Pursuit of Joy (Ki Tavo 5775)
Happiness, said Aristotle, is the ultimate goal at which all humans aim.[1] But in Judaism it is not necessarily so. … Read more
The Therapeutic Joy of Purim
There is a unique law in the approach to Purim. Mishe-nichnas Adar marbim be-simcha: “From the beginning of Adar, … Read more
