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To Thank Before We Think (Rabbi Sacks on Yitro, Covenant & Conversation)

The Office of Rabbi Sacks

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The Prohibition of Envy

Envy can lead people to adultery, theft and even murder. Jews have special reason to fear envy: it surely played a part in the existence of anti-Semitism throughout the centuries. The antidote to envy is gratitude; who is rich? As Ben-Zermain replied, has some mere bekelko, one who rejoices in what he has.

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