Welcome to the Covenant & Conversation series, Rabbi Sacks’ commentary pieces on the weekly Torah portion, exploring ideas and sharing inspiration from the Torah readings of the week.

This audio from Rabbi Sacks was recorded in 2014.
Follow along with the audio here: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/korach/servant-leadership/

This week we are featuring a Rabbi Sacks essay on a similar theme, entitled 'The Servant as Leader'. Read and download the written essay, and all translations, click here: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/korach/the-leader-as-servant/

For intergenerational discussion on the weekly Parsha and Haftara, a new FAMILY EDITION is now also available: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-family-edition/korach/the-leader-as-servant/

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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.

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

Servant Leadership (Rabbi Sacks on Korach, Covenant & Conversation)

Torah Studies 5785
Class 30: Parshat Shelach
Stronger Than Angels
Why We Can Thrive Where Even Giants Failed
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The spies feared that materialism would overwhelm the Jewish people, just as it had corrupted the fallen angels. But Caleb saw things differently. This class explores why our souls are stronger than angels—and how we can embrace the physical world without losing our spiritual identity.

Torah Studies 5785 - 30 - Shelach: Stronger Than Angels | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Kabbalah Café
Know Your Soul - Part 31
Beings From Another Realm
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, June 15, 2025

Souls don’t belong here. They’re celestial beings on a terrestrial mission, sent from Above for a limited time with a sacred task. According to Kabbalah, that mission is nothing less than cosmic repair: to mend the fallout from the primordial “shattering of the vessels.”

But there’s a catch. The soul has to play its part. If it drifts too far into the spiritual, the balance breaks -- heaven outweighs earth, and the mission stalls.

In this session of Kabbalah Café we explore the soul’s tightrope walk between heaven and earth. We uncover how G-d calibrated creation with perfect precision, reveal two surprising dimensions of teshuvah, and unlock the secret to spiritual optimization in a fractured world.

Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 31 - Beings From Another Realm | Rabbi Ari Sollish

In this episode we explore the Noam Elimelekh’s radical insight that the very presence of darkness makes our light shine brighter. Beginning with Korach’s act of “separating himself” and the Genesis image of the rakia—­the luminous firmament that divides the waters—we uncover how contrast protects the sincere seeker and turns even small acts of goodness into radiant beacons. Rabbi Ben offers a concise teaching, a contemporary reflection for everyday life, and a short guided meditation to help you rest in the wholeness that emerges through imperfection.

Neshamah Project Episode 83: Light Through Contrast: Korach, the Firmament, and Thriving in Imperfection

Journey through Nach is a program at the the Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst, learning through Nach in depth one perek a week.

Journey through Nach - Yehoshua 1

This shiur seeks to understand why the learning of Tanach dropped off the curriculum of Torah learning and why it has experienced a resurgence in the last century.

Language of Nationhood - The Fall and Rise of Tanach Study

Welcome to the Covenant & Conversation series, Rabbi Sacks’ commentary pieces on the weekly Torah portion, exploring ideas and sharing inspiration from the Torah readings of the week.

This audio on Parshat Chukat from Rabbi Sacks was recorded in 2019.
Follow along with the audio here: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/chukat/losing-miriam/

Read and download the written essay, and all translations.

For intergenerational discussion on the weekly Parsha and Haftara, a new FAMILY EDITION is now also available: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-family-edition/chukat/losing-miriam/

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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.

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


Losing Miriam (Rabbi Sacks on Chukat, Covenant & Conversation)

Kabbalah Café
All for the Sake of Heaven - Part 1
The Magic of Materialism
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, June 22, 2025

What if your next coffee, conversation, or business meeting could unleash fierce divine energy?

Welcome to our new Kabbalah Café series, where we dive into the profound mystical work "All For the Sake of Heaven," a spiritual roadmap that redefines how we engage with the world.

While other paths teach retreat from the material, Kabbalah reveals a deeper truth: the physical isn’t a distraction, it’s a portal. The mundane moments of daily life hold the power to connect us with the Divine, and this series will show you how.

Together, we explore how to elevate ordinary activities like eating, working, and relating, discover inner harmony with self, world, and G-d, and transform physical living into a spiritual mission.

This is practical mysticism at its most powerful -- real, accessible, and deeply relevant.

Kabbalah Café: All for the Sake of Heaven - 1 - The Magic of Materialism | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Torah Studies 5785
Class 32: Parshat Chukat
The Power of Letting Go
Forgiveness, Healing, and the Path to True Unity
Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Does forgiveness mean withholding punishment, or does it require something deeper? This class explores Moses’s response to the people’s rebellion, revealing that true forgiveness restores unity and helps others heal—just as G-d does for us.

Torah Studies 5785 - 32 - Chukat: The Power of Letting Go | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Journey through Nach - Yehoshua 2 - The Spies (Again)

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Rabbi Ya’akov Trump serves as the Rabbi of the vibrant community of the Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst. Part of his mission is to share his passion for the Torah and its relevance in contemporary times. His innovation has led to numerous engaging programs in his community and beyond. He is a featured speaker on YUTorah.org, has his own Nach Yomi website, has produced a number of podcasts including Nach Yomi, Aliya Yomi and Epilogues. He recently released an App on both the App Store  and Google Play.  He is the on the executive board of the RCA as vice president for the New York area. He was listed in the City and State magazine in the Faith 100 of 2023. He was also nominated for the Marquis Who’s Who of America 2023 volume. Rabbi Trump is a current fellow at the Krauthammer Fellowship of 2023-24 with the Tikvah Fund. Rabbi Trump sits on the board of the Vaad of the Five Towns and Far Rockway.

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.

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