The Crown All Can Wear (Pinchas 5779)
Moses said to the Lord, “May the Lord, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over this … Read more
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Three Versions of Shabbat (Emor 5779)
There is something unique about the way Parshat Emor speaks about Shabbat. It calls it a mo’ed and a mikra … Read more
The Prophetic Voice (Matot-Masei 5777)
During the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha b’Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read … Read more
Judaism’s Three Voices (Acharei Mot & Kedoshim 5777)
The nineteenth chapter of Vayikra, with which our parsha begins, is one of the supreme statements of the ethics of … Read more
The Courage to Admit Mistakes (Acharei Mot 5776)
Some years ago I was visited by the then American ambassador to the Court of St James, Philip Lader. He … Read more
Tetzaveh (5774) – The Counterpoint of Leadership
One of the most important Jewish contributions to our understanding of leadership is its early insistence of what, in the … Read more
Seven Principles of Jewish Leadership
I was recently asked to write the foreword to a publication being produced by the Adam Science Foundation to mark … Read more
Pinchas (5768) – The Crown Everyone Can Wear
Midrash is, among other things, the ability to listen to the Torah’s silences. Sometimes they contain great dramas. What … Read more
Vayikra (5768) – The Sins of a Leader
Sometimes the Torah conveys its most profound ideas by a mere nuance, one that becomes apparent only by attentive … Read more
