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In Search of Jewish Identitiy
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The other day I was having a conversation with a Jewish intellectual and the question came up, as it often does, as to the nature of Jewish identity. What are we? What makes us Jewish? This has been one of t ....
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Posted 5/13/2016 2:56 PM |
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The Courage to Admit Mistakes.
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Some years ago I was visited by the then American ambassador to the Court of St James, Philip Lader. He told me of a fascinating project he and his wife had initiated in 1981. They had come to realise that man ....
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Posted 5/6/2016 5:00 PM |
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The Eighth Day
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Our parsha begins with childbirth and, in the case of a male child, “On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised” (Lev. 12:3). This became known not just as milah, “circumcision”, but some ....
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Posted 4/8/2016 4:44 PM |
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Posted 4/1/2016 3:42 PM |
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Parshas Tzav
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The world gives the impression as if it operates by itself. Although a nonbiased individual should be able to discern the Grand Puppeteer behind the stage, it seems that most people are simply oblivious to the Creator. A fascinating explanation of a ....
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Posted 3/27/2016 12:08 PM |
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A Moment with Rabbi Avigdor Miller Zt"l #124
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Question #124
QUESTION:
When Adar comes in we are told to increase our joy. Why is that?
ANSWER:Because it's a season that requires a certain frame of mind. Purim requires joy, Pesach requires joy. In order, how ....
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Posted 3/18/2016 5:06 PM |
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Don't Sit: Walk
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Sitting is the new smoking. So goes the new health mantra. Spend too much time at a desk or in front of a screen and you are at risk of significant danger to your health. The World Health Organisation has id ....
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Posted 3/11/2016 4:09 PM |
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Posted 3/11/2016 3:41 PM |
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The Social Animal
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
At the beginning of Vayakhel Moses performs a tikkun, a mending of the past, namely the sin of the Golden Calf. The Torah signals this by using essentially the same word at the beginning of both episodes. It e ....
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Posted 3/4/2016 4:17 PM |
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The Closeness of God
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The more I study the Torah, the more conscious I become of the immense mystery of Exodus 33. This is the chapter set in the middle of the Golden Calf narrative, between chapter 32 describing the sin and its co ....
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Posted 2/26/2016 3:34 PM |
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Posted 2/18/2016 10:05 PM |
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The Gift of Giving:
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
It was the first Israelite house of worship, the first home Jews made for God. But the very idea is fraught with paradox, even contradiction. How can you build a house for God? He is bigger than anything we ....
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Posted 2/12/2016 4:01 PM |
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Posted 2/12/2016 3:59 PM |
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Posted 2/5/2016 3:06 PM |
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To Thank Before we Think
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
One of the most famous phrases in the Torah makes its appearance in this week’s parsha. It has often been used to characterise Jewish faith as a whole. It consists of two words: na’aseh venishma, literally, ....
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Posted 2/5/2016 2:18 PM |
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To Thank Before We Think
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The Ten Commandments are the most famous religious-and-moral code in history. Until recently they adorned American courtrooms. They still adorn most synagogue arks. Rembrandt gave them their classic artistic e ....
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Posted 1/29/2016 4:14 PM |
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On Not Predicting the Future - By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Jacob was on his death-bed. He summoned his children. He wanted to bless them before he died. But the text begins with a strange semi-repetition:
“Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
Assem ....
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Posted 12/25/2015 1:09 PM |
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Posted 12/18/2015 2:30 PM |
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Posted 12/17/2015 4:37 PM |
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Posted 12/11/2015 3:15 PM |
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