Learning & Values Parshah (Weekly Torah) Shemot - Exodus Yitro Parshah Columnists

Covenant & Conversation

Yitro

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Only in Judaism was G‑d’s self-disclosure not to an individual (a prophet) or a group (the elders) but to an entire nation, young and old, men, women and children, the righteous and not-yet-righteous alike.

Justice or Peace?

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

To Thank Before We Think

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

The Ten Commandments are the most famous religious-and-moral code in history. It is worth remembering, of course, that the “ten commandments” are not Ten Commandments.

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The Custom That Refused to Die

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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The Politics of Revelation

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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To Lead

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

We examine two episodes that seem to be a study in contrasts.

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The Structure of the Good Society

By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Honoring parents acknowledges our human createdness. It tells us that not everything that matters is the result of our choice, chief of which is the fact that we exist at all. Other people’s choices matter, not just our own.

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