A New Concept of Freedom: A Shiur for Pesach

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Listen to a pre-Pesach shiur by Rabbi Sacks with fresh insights into the concept of freedom. To download the accompanying source sheet, please click here: rabbisacks.org/wp-content/upload…pt-of-freedom.pdf. This shiur was delivered at University College London on 20th March 2018, as organised by London J-Soc.

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0:00.0	Nathaniel Matam, Rabbi Brodo, France.
0:04.0	Thank you very much for that.
0:06.0	All-inspiring introduction and prepare to be disappointed.
0:12.0	But it's great to be here and I think actually we should pay tribute to UCL,
0:22.3	because I think it was the first place in Britain
0:26.9	where Jews could get degrees.
0:29.1	Absolutely extraordinary thing,
0:30.7	and it took until 1828, I think it would.
0:33.9	1828?
0:34.9	26, oh sorry, it took kings until 1828 so about 156 oh sorry
0:38.3	kings until 1828 to arrive
0:41.3	they're arriving down the road and nobody get back to
0:45.3	anyway it's great to be with you to wish you all
0:49.3	to thank you all for being here and for standing up for Jewish life on campus.
0:56.0	And I'm very loath to add this little footnote Nathaniel to your introduction.
1:01.0	But since it's the time for it, I may as well say it, because it was in 2005 that a majesty was kind enough to actually make me a sir and the the the
1:15.6	the Bucking Palace is incredibly sensitive to diplomatic issues and I'm sure you know
1:24.6	you better be warned because if you ever get to be a night or a day,
1:28.5	you may need to know this, that when the queen or whoever it is comes to lay the sword on your shoulder,
1:35.3	you have to kneel. Now, you will know from Puritan that Jews, I'm ordered, we don't kneel before anyone,
1:43.5	except I shall alone.
1:45.0	And this therefore presents, he presented a serious diplomatic issue in Buckingham
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