Tag: the name israel

Be Thyself (Vayishlach 5781)

30th November 2020

Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book Lessons in Leadership. … Read more

9th December 2019

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! One fact about this week’s parsha has long perplexed the commentators. After his … Read more

20th November 2017

What did Jacob add to the Jewish experience? What is it that we find in him that we do not … Read more

29th December 2015

Genesis ends on an almost serene note. Jacob has found his long lost son. The family has been reunited. Joseph … Read more

23rd November 2015

It is one of the most enigmatic episodes in the Torah, but also one of the most important, because it … Read more

12th November 2012

Rebecca, hitherto infertile, became pregnant. Suffering acute pain, “she went to inquire of the Lord” [vatelekh lidrosh et Hashem] … Read more