The Office of Rabbi Sacks

on 31st October 2019, Rabbi Sacks spoke at an evening of celebration to mark the competition of the Noé Edition of the Koren Talmud Bavli which includes commentary by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. Rabbi Sacks’ shiur was entitled “Is Our Most Famous Prayer a Prayer? The Counterpoint of Speaking and Listening in Avodat Hashem”. Listen to a recording of the 30-minute shiur and download the accompanying mekorot (source) booklet here: https://bit.ly/2rjuwwc. If you prefer to watch a video recording of the shiur, you can do so here: https://youtu.be/kfrwui9_flE.

Here is the audio recording of Rabbi Sacks' Covenant & Conversation commentary essay on the Torah portion of Vayera 5780. You can download a PDF of this commentary, as well as an accompanying Family Edition, from rabbisacks.org/vayera-5780/. Covenant & Conversation is kindly sponsored by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation.

Here is the audio recording of Rabbi Sacks' Covenant & Conversation commentary essay on the Torah portion of Lech Lecha 5780. You can download a PDF of this commentary, as well as an accompanying Family Edition, from rabbisacks.org/a-palace-in-flames-lech-lecha-5780/. Covenant & Conversation is kindly sponsored by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation.

Here is the audio recording of Rabbi Sacks' Covenant & Conversation commentary essay on the Torah portion of Noach 5780. You can download a PDF of this commentary, as well as an accompanying Family Edition, from rabbisacks.org/noach-5780/. Covenant & Conversation is kindly sponsored by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation.

Here is the audio recording of Rabbi Sacks' Covenant & Conversation commentary essay on the Torah portion of Bereishit 5780. You can download a PDF of this commentary, as well as an accompanying Family Edition, from http://rabbisacks.org/bereishit-5780/. Covenant & Conversation is kindly sponsored by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation.

Covenant & Conversation is the name of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks' weekly commentary on the parsha. As he writes in the introduction to the 5780 series: "We don’t merely read the Torah. We bring to it our time, our lives, our most attentive listening, and our deepest existential commitments. My own beliefs have been formed in that ongoing conversation with the biblical text that is part of the Jewish mind and the Jewish week. Which is why, to emphasise this personal engagement, I’ve decided to call this year’s series of Covenant & Conversation, ‘I Believe,’ as a way of saying, this is how I have come to see the world, having listened as attentively as I can to the Torah and its message for me-here-now." You can download a copy of the written text at www.RabbiSacks.org. You can also download an accompanying Family Edition that aims at making the ideas in the weekly essay accessible for older children and teenagers through guided discussion points and ideas.

"I am delighted to share with you the newest cycle of Covenant & Conversation essays on the weekly parsha (Torah reading). I am particularly excited to introduce a Family Edition accompaniment to this year's series which has two main aims. First, to present the ideas in Covenant & Conversation in a simplified way, making my ideas more accessible to children and teenagers. Second, to act as an educational resource for parents, teachers and anyone else to engage their children and students in meaningful and stimulating conversations about the parsha." Main edition: http://rabbisacks.org/haazinu-5780/ Family edition: http://rabbisacks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CandC-Family-Haazinu-FINAL.pdf

"I am delighted to share with you the newest cycle of Covenant & Conversation essays on the weekly parsha (Torah reading). I am particularly excited to introduce a Family Edition accompaniment to this year's series which has two main aims. First, to present the ideas in Covenant & Conversation in a simplified way, making my ideas more accessible to children and teenagers. Second, to act as an educational resource for parents, teachers and anyone else to engage their children and students in meaningful and stimulating conversations about the parsha." Main edition: rabbisacks.org/vayelech-5780/ Family edition: rabbisacks.org/cc-family-edition-vayelech-5780/

"I am delighted to share with you the newest cycle of Covenant & Conversation essays on the weekly parsha (Torah reading). I am particularly excited to introduce a Family Edition accompaniment to this year's series which has two main aims. First, to present the ideas in Covenant & Conversation in a simplified way, making my ideas more accessible to children and teenagers. Second, to act as an educational resource for parents, teachers and anyone else to engage their children and students in meaningful and stimulating conversations about the parsha." Main edition: rabbisacks.org/nitzavim-5779/ Family edition: rabbisacks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CandC-Family-Nitzavim-FINAL.pdf

Here is Rabbi Sacks’ Thought for the Day broadcast on BBC Radio 4, delivered as part of John Humphrey’s final programme after 32 years as one of the presenters. To read a transcript, please click here:http://rabbisacks.org/honest-doubt-can-be-more-powerful-than-dishonest-faith-thought-for-the-day/