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Environmental Responsibility (Shoftim 5775)

Some commands in the Torah were understood so narrowly by the sages that they were rendered almost inapplicable. One example is the ir ha-nidachat, the city led astray into idolatry, about which the...

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To the Third and Fourth Generations (Ki Teitse 5775)

There is, on the face of it, a fundamental contradiction in the Torah. On the one hand we hear, in the passage known as the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, the following words: The Lord, the Lord,...

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The Pursuit of Joy (Ki Tavo 5775)

Happiness, said Aristotle, is the ultimate goal at which all humans aim.[1] But in Judaism it is not necessarily so. Happiness is a high value. Ashrei, the closest Hebrew word to happiness, is the...

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Why Judaism? (Nitzavim 5775)

This week’s parsha raises a question that goes to the heart of Judaism, but which was not asked for many centuries until raised by a great Spanish scholar of the fifteenth century, Rabbi Isaac Arama....

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Torah as Song (Vayelech 5775)

Moses’ long and tempestuous career is about to end. With words of blessing and encouragement he hands on the mantle of leadership to his successor Joshua, saying, “I am a hundred and twenty years old...

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The Arc of the Moral Universe (Ha’azinu 5775)

In majestic language, Moses breaks into song, investing his final testament to the Israelites with all the power and passion at his command. He begins dramatically but gently, calling heaven and earth...

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Moses’ Death, Moses’ Life (Vezot Habracha 5775)

And so Moses dies, alone on a mountain with God as he had been all those years ago when, as a shepherd in Midian, he caught sight of a bush in flames and heard the call that changed his life and the...

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Finding a Moral Compass in Challenging Times

On 21st March 2017, prominent New York Times columnist David Brooks and Rabbi Sacks held a public conversation at 92nd St Y in New York entitled ‘Finding a Moral Compass in Challenging Times’. The...

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Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov? (Tazria-Metsorah 5777)

The Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as a miraculous public exposure of the sin of lashon hara, speaking badly about people. Judaism is a sustained...

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The state is no substitute for personal responsibility in the sensationalist...

People in their hundreds camped out overnight in central London to be among the first to buy the new iPhone X last week. I love my smartphone, not least because it’s smarter than me. But still, people...

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Finding a Moral Compass in Challenging Times

On 21st March 2017, prominent New York Times columnist David Brooks and Rabbi Sacks held a public conversation at 92nd St Y in New York entitled ‘Finding a Moral Compass in Challenging Times’. The...

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Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov? (Tazria-Metsorah 5777)

The Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as a miraculous public exposure of the sin of lashon hara, speaking badly about people. Judaism is a sustained...

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The state is no substitute for personal responsibility in the sensationalist...

People in their hundreds camped out overnight in central London to be among the first to buy the new iPhone X last week. I love my smartphone, not least because it’s smarter than me. But still, people...

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C&C Family Edition: Physical Fear, Moral Distress (Vayishlach 5779)

VAYISHLACH: PHYSICAL FEAR, MORAL DISTRESS Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi...

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C&C Family Edition: Against Their Gods (Bo 5779)

BO: AGAINST THEIR GODS Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant...

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‘Morality in the 21st Century’– Listen to Rabbi Sacks’ BBC Radio series

Earlier this year, Rabbi Sacks explored the issue of morality in the 21st century as part of a series of five programmes on BBC Radio 4. Over the daily episodes, Rabbi Sacks and a host of expert...

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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times – UK launch events

Rabbi Sacks’ new book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times is out on 12th March 2020 in the UK. It comes out on 1st September 2020 in the United States. If you want to come and listen...

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Rabbi Sacks on the coronavirus pandemic (Extended Newsnight interview)

On Tuesday 17th March, Rabbi Sacks was interviewed by Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight about how the themes of his new book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times* relate to the current...

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