The Ethic of Holiness (Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! Kedoshim contains the two great love commands of the Torah. The first is, “Love … Read more
Tag: morals
We must use God’s gifts to lessen the suffering of humankind (Thought for the Day)
I couldn’t help but notice the headline in yesterday’s paper: “Losing your religion can be seriously good for your wealth.” … Read more
Not Your Parents’ Crisis: A Conversation between Rabbi Sacks and Prof Jonathan Haidt
In October 2017, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and NYU Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership Jonathan Haidt discussed moral dilemmas … Read more
Lessons in Leadership (Harvard Business School)
Rabbi Sacks was recently asked some questions on the subject of leadership by a British student on the Executive Education Programme at … Read more
Children at Risk
In Britain, in today’s newspapers, there is an account of yesterday’s report of the Children’s Commissioner for England and it … Read more
Minority Rights (Behar & Bechukotai 5777)
One of the most striking features of the Torah is its emphasis on love of, and vigilance toward, the ger, the … Read more
Finding a Moral Compass in Challenging Times
On 21st March 2017, prominent New York Times columnist David Brooks and Rabbi Sacks held a public conversation at 92nd St … Read more
The Danger of Outsourcing Morality – Rabbi Sacks’ speech on accepting the Templeton Prize
Prepared Remarks Beloved friends, The news that I had won this prize almost rendered me speechless, an event that would … 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
Without a shared moral code there can be no freedom in our society
Sub-prime mortgages, financial collapse, MPs expenses: these and other recent scandals are more than mere passing events. They have left … Read more
