Covenant and Conversation Family Edition
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Introduction
In a NutshellI; The Genesis of LoveII; The Three Stages of Creation
In a NutshellI; The Light In The ArkII; A Drama in Four Acts
In a NutshellI; A Palace In FlamesII; Four Dimensions of the Journey
In a NutshellI; Negative CapabilityII; God and Strangers
In a NutshellI; To Have a WhyII; On Judaism and Islam
In a NutshellI; Yitzhak and EsavII; The Courage of Persistence
In a NutshellI; Lavan the ArameanII; When the "I" Is Silent
In a NutshellI; No Longer Shall You Be Called YaakovII; Physical Fear, Moral Distress
In a NutshellI; The Angel Who Did Not Know He Was an AngelII; Refusing Comfort, Keeping Hope
In a NutshellI; Yosef and the Risks of PowerII; The Universal and the Particular
In a NutshellI; The Future of the PastII; Does My Father Love Me?
In a NutshellI; Family, Faith, and FreedomII; Transforming the Story
In a NutshellI; Faith in the FutureII; The Light at the Heart of Darkness
In a NutshellI; The Weighing of the HeartII; The God Who Acts in History
In a NutshellI; Writing My Own ChapterII; Against Their Gods
In a NutshellI; Crossing the SeaII; The Divided Sea; Natural or Supernatural
In a NutshellI; Particular Paths to a Universal GodII; Mount Sinai and the Birth of Freedom
In a NutshellI; We Will Do and We Will HearII; Loving the Stranger
In a NutshellI; What Do We Receive When We Give?II; A Portable Home
In a NutshellI; Dressing to ImpressII; Brothers; A Drama in Five Acts
In a NutshellI; Moshe Annuls a VowII; A Stiff Necked People
In a NutshellI; Communities and CrowdsII; The Beauty of Holiness or the Holiness of Beauty
In a NutshellI; The Blessed Power of OrderII; On Jewish Character
In a NutshellI; The Prophetic View of SacrificeII; The Pursuit of Meaning
In a NutshellI; Left and Right Brain JudaismII; Blood, Idolatry, and War
In a NutshellI; LimitsII; Between Hope and Humanity
In a NutshellI; Othello, Twitter, and Mildewed WallsII; The Sacrifices of Childbirth
In a NutshellI; Words That HealII; The Power of Speech
In a NutshellI; Holy People, Holy LandII; Thinking Fast and Slow
In a NutshellI; Made with LoveII; From Priest to People
In a NutshellI; Radical UncertaintyII; Three Versions of Shabbat
In a NutshellI; Real ResponsibilitiesII; Evolution or Revolution?
In a NutshellI; The Power of a CurseII; The Birth of Hope
In a NutshellI; Egalitarian Society, Jewish StyleII; Leading a Nation of Individuals
In a NutshellI; The Ethic of LoveII; Sages and Saints
In a NutshellI; Loneliness and FaithII; Camp and Congregation
In a NutshellI; What Is Going On?II; Fear of Freedom
In a NutshellI; How Not to ArgueII; Argument for the Sake of Heaven
In a NutshellI; Kohelet, Tolstoy, and the Red HeiferII; Losing Miriam
In a NutshellI; The Hidden Meaning of the Bilam StoryII; Not Reckoned Among the Nations
In a NutshellI; Moral vs; Political DecisionsII; The Crown All Can Wear
In a NutshellI; Keeping Our WordII; Priorities
In a NutshellI; My Teacher; In MemoriamII; The Religious Significance of Israel
In a NutshellI; The First FollowerII; The Teacher as Hero
In a NutshellI; The Infinite GameII; Why Is the Jewish People So Small?
In a NutshellI; The Covenant and the LoveII; The Politics of Memory
In a NutshellI; The Good SocietyII; Collective Joy
In a NutshellI; A Sage Is Greater Than a ProphetII; The Ecological Imperative
In a NutshellI; Does Love Conquer All?II; Animal Welfare
In a NutshellI; Be Silent and ListenII; A Nation of Storytellers
In a NutshellI; Why Be Jewish?II; Not Beyond the Sea
In a NutshellI; How to Renew a NationII; The Torah as God's Song
In a NutshellI; The Arc of the Moral UniverseII; Let My Teaching Drop as Rain
In a NutshellI; The Inheritance That Belongs to AllII; End Without an Ending

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Author: Jonathan Sacks
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a resource for parents, families, and educators to enhance intergenerational conversations about the weekly Torah reading. Each parashah features two Covenant & Conversation essays written by Rabbi Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, adapted for families to discuss around the Shabbat table. It includes educational elements like parashah summaries, engaging stories, quotes from other writings of Rabbi Lord Sacks, and reflection questions.

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