Welcome to Covenant & Conversation essays, Rabbi Sacks' commentary on the weekly Torah portion, explores new ideas and sharing inspiration from the Torah readings of the week.

Although there is no audio available for the essay we are sharing with our readers this week, here is a recording from the archives, accompanying this essay: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/toldot/jacob-right-take-esaus-blessing/.

You can find the written article on Toldot that expands upon these ideas available to read, print, and share, by visiting: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/toldot/the-tragedy-of-good-intentions/
Multiple translations of the essay are also available here.

For intergenerational discussion on the weekly Parsha and Haftara, a new FAMILY EDITION is now also available: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-family-edition/toldot/the-tragedy-of-good-intentions/

For more articles, videos, and other material from Rabbi Sacks, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org and follow @RabbiSacks.

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy continues to share weekly inspiration from Rabbi Sacks. This piece was originally written by Rabbi Sacks in 2014.

With thanks to the Schimmel Family for their generous sponsorship of Covenant & Conversation, dedicated in loving memory of Harry (Chaim) Schimmel.

Was Jacob Right To Take Esau’s Blessing? (Toldot, Covenant & Conversation)

What is Judaism? It is a way of thinking, a constellation of ideas: a way of understanding the world and our place within it. Judaism contains life-changing ideas.

Each week as part of his Covenant & Conversation series for 5778, Rabbi Sacks will explore a single life-changing idea in the Hebrew Bible. You can download a written version of his commentary from www.RabbiSacks.org.

Covenant and Conversation 5778 is kindly supported by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation in memory of Maurice and Vivienne Wohl z”l.

'The Consolations of Mortality'| Chukat, Covenant & Conversation 5778

"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/sages-and-saints-naso-5779/

Family edition: rabbisacks.org/cc-family-edition-naso-5779/

Sages and Saints (Naso 5779)

Welcome to our first show. A discussion on Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, but there are also questions we ask. Is Islam inherently violent? Should Christianity be considered avodah zarah? Is world peace possible between all faiths? All that and more in our very first episode.
 
We mamash love reading, and we want you guys to be able to read too. Listeners of the show can get 10% off most books at Pomeranz Bookseller in Jerusalem when mentioning the show at the kuppah. Use code RABBISACKSSHOW and get 25% off all English Rabbi Sacks books. Restrictions may apply.  

See what we're cooking up on Instagram: instagram.com/jewcast 

Stay tuned for next week for the release of a new episode in Hebrew on Rabbi Yehuda Halevy. 

Note: After recording this show, we found out that a lot of Rabbi Sacks' books are running out of print fast, and they are printing more copies. G-d Willing, there will be fresh copies a week or 2 after the release of this episode.

Episode 1a: On Rabbi Sacks, The London Bridge

Follow the audio shiurim, lectures and speeches of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, global religious leader, philosopher, author of over 30 books and moral voice for our time. Rabbi Sacks served as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth between September 1991 and September 2013. A full biography - together with an extensive online archive of Rabbi Sacks' work - is available at www.rabbisacks.org or you can follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @rabbisacks.

Was Jacob Right To Take Esau’s Blessing? (Toldot, Covenant & Conversation)

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust

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