Prince Charles mourns Rabbi Sacks: ‘Will be missed more than words can say’

Britain’s Prince Charles eulogizes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, calling him “a leader whose wisdom, scholarship and humanity were without equal.”

Rabbi Sacks, 72, whose extensive writings and frequent media appearances commanded a global following among Jews and non-Jews alike, was in the midst of a third bout of cancer, which he had announced in October.

“It was with the most profound personal sorrow that I heard of the death of Rabbi Lord Sacks,” Prince Charles says in an official statement. “With his passing, the Jewish community, our nation, and the entire world have lost a leader whose wisdom, scholarship and humanity were without equal.

A message from The Prince of Wales on the passing of Rabbi Lord Sacks. pic.twitter.com/0at7g9BWsP

— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) November 8, 2020

“His immense learning spanned the sacred and the secular, and his prophetic voice spoke to our greatest challenges with unfailing insight and boundless compassion. His wise counsel was sought and appreciated by those of all faiths and none, and he will be missed more than words can say.

“Although Rabbi Lord Sacks’s death is a cause of the greatest possible sadness, we give thanks for the immeasurable contribution which — in the tradition of the most revered teachers of the Jewish people — he made to all our lives.

“I send my deepest condolences to his family.”