Rabbi Sachs is a world-renowned scholar, philosopher, religious leader.

He's an author of 25 books and a leading moral voice.

He served as the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

from September 1991 until September of 2013.

In 2005, Rabbi Lord Sachs was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen and has taken his seat

from October 2009 at the House of Lords. By Sachs will be in and out, because if I understand

correctly, he can only be outside of the United Kingdom for so long and remain a member

of the House of Lords, so he will be coming back and

forth, both to be at YU and at NYU as well over the coming semester and beyond. Just one

quick thought to introduce. In this week's Parcia, Vajikuli Truma, we have the Mitzvah of Tudaka of giving to an institution,

something I'm speaking about a lot these days, about collecting for an institution of Torah.

Taruma, though, means to raise somebody up.

The Mitzvah of Tudaka is unique in the sense that it truly raises up the individual who's involved with it.

One who gives Siddaka, especially one who gives Siddaka to the poor,

really serves as an agent of the Rebonne Shalom.

I'm doing some reading about this this week to prepare for a shir,

that a person who gives Siddaka really serves it. The money is really going through you to the person, from

the Kaddish-Barachu to the individual who's receiving the money. And in that sense, you sort of

serve as a shaliyah. You actually serve as an agent of the reboner Shalob. It's true with other mitzvah on some level as well, but there is a special feeling when one gives

to Dhaka that they're serving somehow to do something to help Kiva Ya'u, almost to serve

to function on behalf of the Rebonne Shalom.

The opportunity to hear Abbae Saks speak is to get a little

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