Tag: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -The Divided Sea: Natural or Supernatural? Beshalach...
The splitting of the Reed Sea is engraved in Jewish memory. We recite it daily during the morning service, at the transition from the...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -Against their gods Bo 5779
The ninth plague – darkness – comes shrouded in a darkness of its own.
What is this plague doing here? It seems out of sequence....
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -The God Who Acts in History Vaera...
The Israelites were at their lowest ebb. They had been enslaved. A decree had been issued that every male child was to be killed....
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -The Light at the Heart of Darkness...
She is one of the most unexpected heroes of the Hebrew Bible. Without her, Moses might not have lived. The whole story of the...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -The Future of the Past Vayechi 5779
The scene that brings the book of Genesis to a close is intensely significant. Joseph’s brothers were terrified that, after the death of their...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -Does My Father Love Me? Vayigash 5779
It is one of the great questions we naturally ask each time we read the story of Joseph. Why did he not, at some...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -The Universal and the Particular – Mikketz...
The story of Joseph is one of those rare narratives in Tanach in which a Jew (Israelite/Hebrew) comes to play a prominent part in...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – Refusing Comfort, Keeping Hope Vayeshev 5779
The deception has taken place. Joseph has been sold into slavery. His brothers dipped his coat in blood. They bring it back to their...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – Physical Fear, Moral Distress Vayishlach 5779
Twenty-two years have passed since Jacob fled his brother, penniless and alone; twenty-two years have passed since Esau swore his revenge for what he...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – When the “I” is Silent (Vayetse...
This week’s parsha relates a powerful, primal vision of prayer: Jacob, alone and far from home, lies down for the night, with only stones...