And now, Rabbi Lord Sachs and Lord Griffiths, please join me for the presentation

of the 2016 Templeton Prize. There are six symbols here.

There's the Torah, the scroll, the menorah, the tree of life, the dove, sign of peace

following Noah, 25, for the 25 books you've written.

And here, next one, next to me here is a quill, a pen into a bottle which is marked ink.

So Jonathan, that is the symbolism of the Templeton Prize being awarded to you.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you. Rabbi Sachs, this is the Tree of Life Medallion,

which represents the breadth and the depth of the purpose and vision of the Templeton Prize. This is the important part.

This is the important part.

The rest is pomp and circumstance.

This is the prize.

This is the check for your work and your ministry and a lifetime of exemplary service.

Thank you.

Congratulations. Great you. Congratulations. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The news that I had won this prize almost rendered me speechless

an event that would have been unprecedented in the history of the rabbinate, but not quite.

But it has left me, moved, humbled, thankful, and deeply motivated.

I want to express my deep sense of gratitude to and kinship with the Templeton family,

to the memory of the late Sir John whose vision still drives

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