Torah

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's new Torah commentary is making waves in Israel five years after his death

Sacks, the chief rabbi of Great Britain, is the author of a posthumous volume that is challenging Israel’s top-selling Koren Tanakh.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
 SCRIBES FINISH writing a Torah scroll.

Parashat Nitzavim: Isaiah on 'hasbara'

THE WRITER’S daughter Ya’ara Tehila, of whom he is very proud.

'The daughter of kings and queens': A letter to my daughter on her bat mitzvah

UNITY DOES not mean uniformity of opinion.

Rosh Hashanah: One union


'Ascending the Ladder': Career tips from the Bible - review

A skilled Jewish day school, supplementary school, or adult education teacher could structure an entire course based on this book, or more specifically, the chapter titled “Workplace Ethics.” 

CHARLTON HESTON as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 blockbuster film ‘The Ten Commandments.’

Ki Tavo haftarah: Hamas no more

The clash with Hamas is not merely a contemporary conflict – it is part of a divine drama stretching across millennia.

Smoke rises following Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025.

Parashat Ki Tavo: The basket of first fruits

The world is so beautiful when we look upon it with a good eye; when we bless its creator and are filled with gratitude.

GRAPES GROW in the Tali Vineyard in Moshav Lachish.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ legacy: Inside the new Chumash with Jessica Sacks

Discover how Rabbi Sacks connected Jewish tradition with modern culture and why his teachings resonate across religious and secular divides.

JPost sits down with Jessica Sacks.

There is no ‘crime of Torah study’: Haredi lies about draft dodger arrests - opinion

When haredi leaders and media outlets resort to hyperbole or even deliberate falsehoods, it undermines, rather than advances, meaningful progress in this vital national conversation.

POLICE CONFRONT haredi demonstrators to stop them from blocking a road amid a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who had failed to comply with an army recruitment order, at Beit Lid junction last month.

Beyond the headlines: Where will you be for the holiday prayer?

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

The sign at the entrance to the Old City

Your Investments: Estate planning lessons from the Torah - Keep wills fair and balanced - opinion

Your investments: No matter how great you think your children are, do everyone a favor, and create a will where assets are split evenly among your children.

GEORGE FOREMAN poses before the WBC Heavyweight World Championship fight in 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.

Parashat Ki Teitzei: Words are tearing us apart

Elul is upon us. In a few weeks, we will confess our sins of the body, heart, and mind. This year, let us focus on the sins of the tongue, for they shape the confused, divided world we inhabit.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.

Parashat Ki Teitzei: The hidden enemy and the open enemy

In these days of mercy and forgiveness, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, it is fitting to engage in soul-searching regarding our honesty in financial matters

The Torah reserves ‘abomination of the Lord’ precisely for this form of dishonesty.

Beyond the headlines: Brought together by a soul

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Slichot at the Western Wall.

Elul: Facing ourselves, facing one another - opinion

Elul is a deep dive into ourselves, into the hidden recesses of who we are.

ELUL IS a deep dive into ourselves.