Celebrating Life

We are delighted to share with you this week's Covenant & Conversation recording for Yitro, entitled “The Universal and the Particular”. Read the essay in: English (https://bit.ly/2SjZX4o), Hebrew (https://bit.ly/2SoM8C5), Spanish (https://bit.ly/38jToEM) or French (https://bit.ly/38qkn1m) You can also download the Yitro Family Edition – an educational resource to engage older children / teenagers with Rabbi Sacks’ ideas – here https://bit.ly/2OP8lXE Shabbat shalom!

Tonight and tomorrow we celebrate Tu B'Shvat, the day when we remember and recognise our responsibilities to the environment and to the world God has created for us. Please watch and share this short video, and if you wish to read a slightly longer written article by Rabbi Sacks called "The Stewardship Paradigm", please click here: http://rabbisacks.org/tu-bshvat/.

We are delighted to share with you this week's Covenant & Conversation recording for Beshallah, entitled “Crossing the Sea”. Read the essay in: English (https://bit.ly/31phpre), Hebrew (https://bit.ly/31qFDBh), Spanish (https://bit.ly/2GSZEHn) or French (https://bit.ly/2vQvhz8) You can also download the Beshallach Family Edition – an educational resource to engage older children / teenagers with Rabbi Sacks’ ideas – here https://bit.ly/2vLiePi Shabbat shalom!

We are delighted to share with you this week's Covenant & Conversation recording for Bo, entitled “The Story We Tell About Ourselves”. Read the essay in: English (https://bit.ly/2GAcXMN), Hebrew (https://bit.ly/36D8OlL), Spanish (https://bit.ly/36D2kn0) or French (https://bit.ly/2t3WVHI) You can also download the Bo Family Edition – an educational resource to engage older children / teenagers with Rabbi Sacks’ ideas – here https://bit.ly/2U82iAH Shabbat shalom!

Evil happens when people let it happen, and our best defence against it is never to forget where evil leads. That is why it is so important to commemorate International Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27th January. #WeRemember #HMD2020

We are delighted to share with you this week's Covenant & Conversation recording for Va'era, entitled “The Weighing of the Heart”. Read the essay in: English (https://bit.ly/2NNjVBZ), Hebrew (https://bit.ly/2Rhl4UN), Spanish (https://bit.ly/38umXmF) or French (https://bit.ly/30NFeZC) You can also download the Va'era Family Edition – an educational resource to engage older children / teenagers with Rabbi Sacks’ ideas – here https://bit.ly/2Rc015K Shabbat shalom!

We are delighted to share with you this week's Covenant & Conversation recording for Shemot, entitled “Faith in the Future”. Read the essay in: English (https://bit.ly/2NtrwFT), Hebrew (https://bit.ly/2NrP5Pi), Spanish (https://bit.ly/2tn6H7U) or French (https://bit.ly/2u4JGXj) You can also download the Shemot Family Edition – an educational resource to engage older children / teenagers with Rabbi Sacks’ ideas – here https://bit.ly/2NqMW6i Shabbat shalom!

We are delighted to share with you this week's Covenant & Conversation recording for Vayechi, entitled “Family, Faith and Freedom”. Read the essay in: English (https://bit.ly/2sUaV6V), Hebrew (https://bit.ly/2T2ohbO), Spanish (https://bit.ly/2T12Rfm) or French (https://bit.ly/37GQOI4) You can also download the Vayechi Family Edition – an educational resource to engage older children / teenagers with Rabbi Sacks’ ideas – here https://bit.ly/2QVb55P Shabbat shalom!

As we observe Asara b’Tevet, the day which marks the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem, here is a short idea from Rabbi Sacks about the two ways we can view the idea of being under siege, and what this can tell us about the situation in the Jewish world today. Once you’ve had a chance to listen to the audio, you might wish to watch (or re-watch) a short animation we put out in 2015 called “Why I am a Jew” which you can find below. In addition, you may also be interested to read Rabbi Sacks’ recent article on the rise of antisemitism around the world, particularly in America, why it is happening now, and what we should be doing in response. You can read the article here: https://bit.ly/35vuEqZ. We wish you all a Tzom kal, an easy Fast.