News for Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
![Celebrate!]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Celebrate!Genesis began with an act of Divine creation. Exodus ends with an act of human creation!. G-d and we are partners!Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 3/14/2021, 9:05 AM ![Ki Tissa: How leaders fail]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Ki Tissa: How leaders failThere is an apocryphal quote attributed to several politicians: “Of course I follow the party. After all, I am their leader.”Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 3/4/2021, 7:42 AM ![For Purim: G-d's hidden call]( "John Downing/Getty Images") For Purim: G-d's hidden callYou don’t have to change the world to change the world, but we must always ask ourselves, what does Hashem want of me in this place, now?Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 2/26/2021, 12:00 PM ![The home we build together - Terumah 5781]( "John Downing/Getty Images") The home we build together - Terumah 5781The building of the Tabernacle was the first great project the Israelites undertook together. It symbolised the challenge of the future.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 2/19/2021, 12:41 PM ![Vision and details - Mishpatim 5781]( "Reuters") Vision and details - Mishpatim 5781Torah means “law.” But it also means “teaching, instruction, guidance,” or more generally, “direction”.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 2/11/2021, 6:11 AM ![A naton of leaders]( "Reuters") A naton of leadersDoing the math in Jethro's suggestion to Moses, we realize that 1 in every 8 adult male was expected to undertake a form of leadership role.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 2/6/2021, 6:49 PM ![The far horizon]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") The far horizonMoes did not speak about liberty at the Exodus, he spoke about the distant future and the duty of parents to educate their children.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 1/21/2021, 12:01 PM ![Overcoming setbacks]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Overcoming setbacksThere are heights you cannot climb without first having fallen. Moses shows us the need to try and try again.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 1/14/2021, 11:35 AM ![Women as leaders]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Women as leadersBeneath the surface of the parasha is a counter-narrative of six extraordinary women without whom there would not have been a Moses.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 1/7/2021, 7:10 PM ![Moving forwards]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Moving forwardsAny leader elected to anything, anyone more loved or gifted than others, will face envy and false accusations. Joseph did not waver.. Op-ed.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 1/4/2021, 8:30 AM ![The unexpected leader]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") The unexpected leaderPredictions are impossible in the affairs of living, breathing human beings and in this parasha, we see Judah rise to leadership - and why.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 12/24/2020, 7:18 AM ![Vayishlach: Be thyself]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Vayishlach: Be thyselfThe story of Jacob wrestling with an unnamed adversary and his new name Israel is essential to understanding what it means to be a Jew.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 12/4/2020, 6:28 AM ![Light in dark times]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Light in dark timesThe ability to survive and to recover is part of what it takes to be a leader. Covenant & Conversation for Vayetse.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 11/26/2020, 11:40 AM ![Communication matters]( "Reuters") Communication mattersIsaac never intended to give the blessing of the covenant to Esau. He intended to give each child the blessing that suited them.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 11/18/2020, 9:58 PM ![12 lessons I learned from Rabbi Sacks]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") 12 lessons I learned from Rabbi Sacks":I am saddened, my brother Jonathan, you were so very pleasant to me." (Samuel II, Chapter 1) Learning life lessons by example. Op-ed.Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, 11/13/2020, 9:00 AM ![The courage not to conform]( "Reuters") The courage not to conformOne reason Jews have been, out of all proportion to their numbers, leaders in many spheres of endeavour, is a willingness to be different.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 10/30/2020, 9:06 AM ![Be silent and listen]( "Reuters") Be silent and listenThe lockdown meant that we could listen to the poetry and passion of the prayers. And prayer is about listening, not just speaking.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 9/3/2020, 9:00 AM ![Does love conquer all?]( "Reuters") Does love conquer all?A seemingly minor law about inheritance is in fact a major statement of Jewish values.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 8/27/2020, 10:07 AM ![A Sage is greater than a Prophet]( "Reuters") A Sage is greater than a ProphetWhat for the Prophets was a dazzling vision of a distant future was, for the Sages, a practical programme.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 8/20/2020, 6:00 AM ![The good society]( "Reuters") The good societyMoses states a proposition that is the most fundamental one in Dvarim and one that would be echoed endlessly by Israel’s Prophets:Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 8/13/2020, 8:44 AM ![The Covenant and the Love]( "Reuters") The Covenant and the Love Eikev 5780: What is the covenant, and what is the love that is distinct from the covenant?Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 8/6/2020, 8:00 AM ![Followership]( "Yoni Kempinski") FollowershipCovenant & Conversation Dvarim 5780: Faced with an angry mob, a leader is not always in control of the situation.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 7/24/2020, 9:32 AM ![My Teacher: In Memoriam]( "Yoni Kempinski") My Teacher: In MemoriamJudaism made an extraordinarily wise decision when it made teachers its heroes and lifelong education its passion..Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 7/17/2020, 5:15 PM ![The hidden meaning of the Bilam story]( "Reuters") The hidden meaning of the Bilam storyIn the Bilam story, the Israelites were rescued from a danger they knew nothing about by a deliverance they knew nothing about.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 7/2/2020, 8:12 AM ![Kohelet, Tolstoy and the Red Heifer]( "Reuters") Kohelet, Tolstoy and the Red HeiferThe person in modern times who most deeply experienced and expressed what Kohelet felt was Tolstoy.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 6/25/2020, 9:17 PM ![How not to argue]( "Reuters") How not to argueKorach and his cohorts wanted power, not truth, not for the sake of heaven. Today Korachs are to be found when power silences other truths.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 6/17/2020, 11:28 PM ![What is going on?]( "Reuters") What is going on?In any critical situation, we need to ask: “What is happening? Of what story is this a part?" (For Shlach)Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 6/11/2020, 9:44 AM ![Loneliness and Faith]( "Reuters") Loneliness and Faith When we are alone, He is with us. Great heroes of the human spirit met God in the silence of the lonely soul and felt His embrace.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 6/4/2020, 1:30 PM
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