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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

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R. Eliyahu of Vilna, the Vilna Gaon, by Winograd. (Wikipedia, public domain)
November 5, 2020, 12:52 pm
The Torah, the paupers, and the Vilna Gaon
A Yiddish story offers a crucial lesson on extending open hospitality to the poorest among us, one that has not faded in the hundreds of years since it was first told (Vayera)
By Jonathan Boyarin and Jonah S. Boyarin
Jonathan Sacks
August 30, 2018, 11:03 am
Jonathan Sacks
The story we Jews tell about ourselves
In this week’s Torah reading we find the key to why Jewish identity is the strongest the world has ever known
Jonathan Sacks
July 20, 2018, 1:13 pm
Jonathan Sacks
The effective critic
Before you give rebuke, make sure the object of your improvement knows you are 100% on their side (Devarim)
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
July 13, 2018, 11:39 am
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
The daughters of Zelophehad can school us about agunot
When humans can’t figure out how to apply God’s law, relying on equality and compassion can’t go wrong
Jonathan Sacks
July 13, 2018, 11:02 am
Jonathan Sacks
Miles to go before I sleep
If we didn’t pause, we’d burn out, but we can’t stop for long, for life is built from challenges and change (Matot-Masai)
Jonathan Sacks
July 6, 2018, 2:37 pm
Jonathan Sacks
The lost masterpiece
If women like Zelophehad’s daughters had gone out to spy the land, they’d never have spoken negatively of it (Pinchas)
July 5, 2018, 4:35 pm
This week’s portion: EKEV
‘And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep…
Yoseif Bloch
June 29, 2018, 2:49 pm
Yoseif Bloch
Soldiers and semen
If Balaam is so damned despicable, why do we Jews keep quoting him?!
Jonathan Sacks
June 29, 2018, 2:20 pm
Jonathan Sacks
A people that dwells alone
Ever notice how when Jews assimilate, anti-Semitism increases — and vice versa? (Balak)
Jonathan Sacks
June 22, 2018, 1:33 pm
Jonathan Sacks
The consolations of mortality
Our lives may feel depressingly inconsequential, but they have immense purpose (Hukat)
Jonathan Sacks
June 15, 2018, 2:53 pm
Jonathan Sacks
The first populist
When leaders claim to speak with the one true voice of the people, assume they are the enemy of freedom (Korach)
Jonathan Sacks
June 8, 2018, 3:21 pm
Jonathan Sacks
Seeing what isn’t there
7 dangerous distorted ways of thinking that cognitive behavioral therapy can help prevent (Shelach)
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
June 1, 2018, 3:30 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Theocracy, democracy, and Jewish law
When the democratic election of a secular government is sanctified by halacha (Beha’alotcha)
Jonathan Sacks
May 25, 2018, 11:35 am
Jonathan Sacks
God’s children
Make those you meet feel important, and ensure that people are never ‘just numbers’ (Naso)
Jonathan Sacks
May 11, 2018, 2:03 pm
Jonathan Sacks
In search of the why
If we trust that our lives have meaning, we can handle anything — or risk being left to chance (Bechukotai)
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