4 Lessons
The Power of Shame
The new social media have brought about a return to an ancient phenomenon, public shaming. Tthis gives us a way of understanding the otherwise bewildering phenomenon of tsara’at.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Nissan 6 5782
How to Praise
The Sages were eloquent on the subject of lashon hara, the sin they took to be the cause of tsara’at. But there is a meta-halachic principle: “From the negative you can infer the positive”.Therefore there must in principle be a concept of lashon hatov, good speechץ
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Iyar 3 5781
The Power of Speech
Metzora 5779
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Nisan 6 5779