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Transcript of the Chief Rabbi’s address at the International Conference of Chabad Shluchim

Rabbi Krinsky,Rabbi Shemtov,Rabbi Kotlarsky, Rabbi Sudak, Rabbi Lew, all theShluchim[Chabad-Lubavitchemissaries] from Great Britain, all theShluchimfrom everywhere, distinguished guests, friends. I can sum up my reactionto this...

5772
Covenant & Conversation: Beshalach 5772

For the first time since their departure from Egypt the Israelites do something together. They sing. “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel.” Rashi, explaining the view of R. Nehemiah in the Talmud (Sotah 30b) that they spontaneously sang...

Articles - General
Has Europe lost its soul to the markets?

(Published in The Times, 12th December 2011) As the political leaders of Europe come together to save the euro and European Union itself, I believe the time...

Thought for the Day
That quiet leadership of influence seeks no power but it changes lives

This programme has focused on leaders and leadership, and there’s an insight in the bible I find fascinating and it’s still true today. The Hebrew Bible tells the stories of two kinds of leader: prophets and kings. The kings...

Credo
Ways to achieve happiness beginning with thank you

Last month I made some suggestions for finding happiness in hard times. Here are some more for 2012. First, thank. Don’t just thank God: thank people. There is almost nothing you can do to bring...

Speeches
The Limits of Secularism (published in Standpoint, January 2012)

In 1830 a young French aristocrat visited the United States to see the new phenomenon of American democracy built on the principled separation of Church and state. He naturally expected to find a secular society, a place where religion, having...