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1948–2020 England
Sir Jonathan Sacks (8 March 1948 – 7 November 2020) was a British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, author and politician who served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013.
England Academics Rabbis Theologians Also known as: Jonathan Sacks, Sacks, Jonathan, Sacks, Rabbi Sir Jonathan
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Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art.
Optimism is the belief that things will get better. Hope is the faith that, together, we can make things better.
The Dignity of Difference (2003)
The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity.
The first of the "request" prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole.
The Authorised Daily Prayer Book (2006)
We have no idea where the world is going, except that it's going there very fast.
If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.
Judaism is the refusal to give way to despair.
The Case for God (2010)
Faith is not a certainty. Faith is the courage to live with uncertainty.
The Case for God (2010)
The meaning of the word "true" here is similar to the word Amen said after a blessing. It is an act of affirmation and ratification, reminding us that the Shema is less a prayer than a declaration of faith.
The Authorised Daily Prayer Book (2006)
In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel...
The Case for God (2010)
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