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Things Judaism Has Taught Me About Life

Posted on 01/23/2019 by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Beliefs and Practices

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks just released a six-minute video in which he shares dozens of lessons he's learned from Judaism. The video is filled with brief statements and amusing animations.Interestingly, he...

Why Do We Sacrifice Animals?

Posted on 06/06/2018 by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Beliefs and Practices

The laws of sacrifices that dominate the early chapters of the book of Leviticus, are among the hardest in the Torah to relate to in the present. It has been almost 2,000 years since the Temple was destroyed...

The Power of Praise

Posted on 04/22/2018 by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Beliefs and Practices

From time to time couples come to see me before their wedding. Sometimes they ask me whether I have any advice to give them as to how to make their marriage strong. In reply I give them a simple suggestion. It...

Why I Am A Jew

Posted on 11/04/2015 by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Beliefs and Practices

The deepest question any of us can ask is: Who am I? To answer it we have to go deeper than, Where do I live? or What do I do? The most fateful moment in my life came when I asked myself that question and...