The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Judaism's Life-Changing Ideas: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible
Jonathan Sacks
"This might just be one of the most transformative books you will read this year.” Here is a lovely review of Rabbi Sacks’ “Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas” in the @Jerusalem_Post: https://t.co/TjoDx1u3gt. Order now from @korenpublishers: https://t.co/vdUAMrA1LQ. #ShabbatShalom https://t.co/xYcV11Yz0D
Hardcover, 2020
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society
Jonathan Sacks
Here is a wonderful column by @nytdavidbrooks which quotes Rabbi Sacks zt”l, and especially ideas on multiculturalism from his book ‘The Home We Build Together’ and his 2016 Erasmus Lecture ‘On Creative Minorities’ -> https://t.co/okHiNKH0Jd
Paperback, 2009
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Violence and the Sacred
René Girard
Covenant & Conversation: This week’s piece for Parshat #Tzav, entitled “Violence and the Sacred” is based on a chapter in Rabbi Sacks’ book Essays in Ethics. Read or listen to it at https://t.co/YUjls6MREY https://t.co/vShgJggGSW
Paperback, 1979
$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
State of Halakha: Israel's History in Jewish Law
Aviad Tabory
𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 Rabbi Aviad Tabory teaches at @yehatzvi, and is Rosh Beit Midrash at Camp Stone. He authored “State of Halakha: Israel’s History in Jewish Law”, published by @maggid_books. Find out more at https://t.co/ysLI2ddkyB #SacksScholars https://t.co/QtqYa32GKg
Hardcover, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mishpatim
Rabbi Aryeh Silver
Read ‘Healing the Heart of Darkness’, Rabbi Sacks zt”l’s essay for #Mishpatim from his ‘Essays in Ethics’ series, published by @korenpublishers -> https://t.co/9iMTwYdfAZ #ShabbatShalom
Paperback, 2015
$12.07$6.03 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Right and the Good
David Ross
Covenant & Conversation: This week’s piece for #VaEtchanan, entitled “The Right and the Good”, is based on a chapter in Rabbi Sacks’ book Essays on Ethics. https://t.co/CM1VgrWbOi https://t.co/Qb1zwoJ5Kr
Paperback, 2003
$43.99$22.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Essays in Ethics
John MacKinnon Robertson
Covenant & Conversation: This week’s piece for #AchareiMot, entitled “The Scapegoat” is based on a chapter in Rabbi Sacks’ book Essays in Ethics. Read/listen at https://t.co/Z2fu6ku3p7 🇮🇱 For readers in Israel, the essay for Kedoshim is available at https://t.co/p6jr4ChF86 https://t.co/RM8k8FOQas
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Supernatural: Holy and Unholy
Christine Gooden
Covenant & Conversation: This week’s piece for Parshat #Shemini, entitled “Fire: Holy and Unholy” is based on a chapter in Rabbi Sacks’ book Essays in Ethics. Read or listen to it at https://t.co/cx0Skpb8pB https://t.co/pV785gLZcx
Paperback, 2010
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Politics of Responsibility
Chad Lavin
Covenant & Conversation: This week’s piece for #Bechukotai, “The Politics of Responsibility,” is based on a chapter in Rabbi Sacks’ book Essays on Ethics. Read/listen: https://t.co/4VAHme9FJo 🇮🇱 Readers in Israel: the essay for Bamidbar is available at https://t.co/TJNSd8gbLs https://t.co/i4T4sBiodc
Hardcover, 2008
$44.00$22.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Va-Yeshev: Shabbat am
Elliott Michaelson Majs
Read ’The Heroism of Tamar’, Rabbi Sacks zt”l’s essay for #Vayeshev from his ‘Essays in Ethics’ series, published by @korenpublishers -> https://t.co/uxU2A2Y7MX #ShabbatShalom
Paperback, 2013
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book