Tag: listening

Is Our Most Famous Prayer a Prayer?

12th November 2019

On Thursday 31st October, Rabbi Sacks had the privilege of delivering a short shiur – a “Talmud Talk” – as … Read more

2nd August 2018

Some 20 or so years ago, with the help from the Ashdown Foundation, I initiated a conference at the Hebrew … Read more

29th June 2018

This Sunday is the Fast of Tammuz, and with it begins the period of mourning in the Jewish calendar called … Read more

11th September 2017

Spiritual Exercise (1/10) Prayer is to the human spirit what exercise is to the human body. I try to … Read more

6th September 2017

As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, join Rabbi Sacks in a series of ten short videos to learn … Read more

23rd August 2016

It is one of the most important words in Judaism, and also one of the least understood. Its two most … Read more

7th October 2015

What exactly was the first sin? What was the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil? Is this kind of … Read more

6th July 2015

Then the word of the Lord came to him: ‘Why are you here, Elijah?’ He replied, I am moved by … Read more

3rd September 2012

It would be reasonable to assume that a language that contains the verb “to command” must also contain the verb … Read more

26th July 2007

R. JACOB LEINER (1814-1878), leader of the Hassidic community in Radzyn, was the son of the Ishbitzer Rebbe, R. Mordechai … Read more