Radical Uncertainty (Emor 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! There is something very strange about the festival of Succot, of which our parsha … Read more
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Ceremony & Celebration: Family Edition
For the past two parsha cycles (5779 and 5780), we have produced a weekly Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition … Read more
A Nail of Faith
Here is what I learned from the first time I built a sukkah (aside from the fact that I am … Read more
Succot For Our Time (extract from Koren Sacks Sukkot mahzor)
Of all the festivals, Succot is surely the one that speaks most powerfully to our time. Kohelet could almost … Read more
Holy Times (Emor 5776)
The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year. There are five such passages … Read more
The Festival of Insecurity – A message for Sukkot
What exactly is a sukkah? What is it supposed to represent? The question is essential to the mitzvah itself. … Read more
Our very existence depends on a delicate balance between too much and too little
For Jews the festival season is well and truly on us. We’ve just celebrated the New Year and the Day … Read more
Succot is about the Resilience of the Human Spirit
First came the tsunami in the South Pacific, then, less than 24 hours later, the earthquake in Sumatra, claiming … Read more
If you’re joined at one point to something solid, immovable, you’ll stay standing throughout the storm
As storm winds blow through the financial centers of the world is there a thought we can take with us … Read more
In memory of Yoni Jesner
Rabbi Sacks published this obituary in The Jewish Telegraph in September 2002, in memory of Yoni Jesner, a 19 year … Read more
