How to Praise (Tazria – Metzora 5781)
Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book Lessons in Leadership. … Read more
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Words That Heal (Tazria – Metzora 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! At the risk of disclosing a spoiler, I would like to begin this week’s … Read more
The Power of Speech (Metzora 5779)
As we saw in Parshat Tazria, the Sages identify tzara’at – the condition that affects human skin, the fabric of … Read more
The Power of Praise (Tazria-Metzora 5778)
From time to time couples come to see me before their wedding. Sometimes they ask me whether I have any … Read more
Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov? (Tazria-Metzora 5777)
The Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as a miraculous public exposure of … Read more
The Power of Shame (Metzora 5776)
On 20 December 2013, a young woman, Justine Sacco, was waiting in Heathrow airport before boarding a flight to Africa. … Read more
Tazria (5774) – The Price of Free Speech
Hannah Smith was a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl living in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Bright and outgoing, she enjoyed an active social life and … Read more
Metzora (5771) – Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov?
As we saw last week, the Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness … Read more
Tazria (5771) – Othello, WikiLeaks and Mildewed Walls
It was the Septuagint, the early Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, that translated tzara’at, the condition whose identification … Read more
Vayeshev (5771) – Speech Therapy
From Vayeshev to the end of the book of Bereishit we read the story of Joseph and his brothers. … Read more
