Tag: numbers

NEW BOOK: “Numbers: The Wilderness Years”

4th May 2017

The following is an extract from Rabbi Sacks’ new book Numbers: The Wilderness Years, the fourth and penultimate book in … Read more

13th May 2013

This week’s sedra begins with a continuation of the census begun in last week’s – the act that gives the … Read more

7th May 2013

On the face of it the connections between the sedra and haftarah of Bemidbar are slender. The first has to … Read more

9th July 2012

With Pinchas a new type enters the world of Israel: the zealot. “Pinchas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the … Read more

2nd July 2012

The year is 1933. Two Jews are sitting in a Viennese coffee house, reading the news. One is reading the … Read more

25th June 2012

It is a scene that still has the power to shock and disturb. The people complain. There is no water. … Read more

18th June 2012

Korach had a point. “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the … Read more

11th June 2012

The episode of the spies has rightly puzzled commentators throughout the centuries. How could they have got it so wrong? … Read more

4th June 2012

It was the emotional low of Moses’ life. After the drama at Sinai, the revelation, the golden calf, the forgiveness, … Read more

29th May 2012

As mentioned in a previous Covenant and Conversation, there was an ongoing debate between the sages as to whether the … Read more