"An Unforgiving Age" | pre-Selichot address | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Watch Rabbi Sacks' pre-Selichot address, recorded at Hampstead Synagogue on 21st September 2019. Film Courtesy of Promo TV/Whammy Productions.
Learn more about Rabbi Sacks' work at www.rabbisacks...

[@eitankastner9150]

i miss him so much

[@kristine8338]

It is a huge honour to live in your Lifetime Rabbi Sacks ✨

[@scout2469]

@@msdespain >>You are a fool.

[@thadstone7877]

@@msdespain Ohh how sad , to leave such a crude remark ...

[@trakrekkid]

If only there were more public figures with his calmness, clarity and kindness. Our age is becoming increasingly vicious and vitriolic, it's so refreshing to hear a voice bereft of hate.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

Why is it? I'm seriously asking, don't worry I'm not a anti-semite

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Fern D You are just trash from pathetic parents in mommy’s basement who thinks he is a genius. Going nowhere in life.

[@imeldapearce]

I wish ha shem hadn't taken Rabbi Sacks so soon, but we are so lucky to ever have had him. I like his topic of forgiveness. For him to get his mind around this whole age of blame. It is so sad, but we have an age where sadness, anger, shame, etc., are kicked to the curb.

[@zygmuntkubasiak3049]

A great and moving sermon, not only for the Jews.

[@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629]

Myślałem że byłem jedyny Polak który go ogląda 🇵🇱🇮🇱👍

[@Rolando_Cueva]

@@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629 Dziakuj 😊

[@jbarriga76]

May his memory always be a blessing. Perhaps the best speech from any pulpit I have ever heard.

[@jeanneamato8278]

This was amazing! Thank you Rabbi Sacks. Even though you are gone I’m a learning from you.

[@gugsl984]

Rabbi Sacks legacy will live on. How true are his words. We need to take heed. Miss this incredible man.

[@michael30817]

Shalom..... you are excellent....

[@mendelbatashvili4080]

Absolutely amazing. One of the greatest men of our generation

[@violetarios2475]

He certainly is

[@christopherkylen380]

i know I am kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to watch newly released movies online ?

[@patricialauriello3805]

Rabbi Sacks a beautiful sermon.

[@144Donn]

Is it possible that since the Rabbi's passing, his sermons are even more powerful? I have been brought to tears by his words and his loss. I feel as though I have lost my father, once again.

[@Adamburling]

Magnificent message by the Rabbi

[@pc6994]

Baruch HaShem we can be enlightened by such a brilliant shiur! Unfortunately I couldn't go to London this year for Rosh Hashanah to hear Rabbi Lord Sacks speaking and feeling filled with wisdom. Shanah tovah u'metukah lechem!

[@ronaldlossos1605]

Rabbi Sacks You are an incredible inspiration as always. We are privileged and blessed to be living at this time and learning and being inspired by you. Always a pleasure to be with you.

[@rutbrea8796]

Thanks again Rabbi Sacks for your great message. Hashem blessed is He, is a living G-d, and so close to all of us. Some people might not realize it, but if we try to reach Him and ask for forgiveness with a sincere heart He blessed is He, is always there for us. He is our true Father, Creator of us all. Shana tovah Rabbi, I appreciate your message given to us by our great King and G-d. B"H

[@carissstewart3211]

Amen. As beloved children, we should strive to imitate our Heavenly Father in good works and acts of mercy. The Mercy of God is Infinite.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

Strive to imitate your heavenly father? How would you do that, you can't imitate somthing you can not see!!

[@carissstewart3211]

@@fakhirpathaankhan746 Imitate - to take or follow as a model; from the Latin imitatus "to follow as a pattern." Examples of imitate in a Sentence (pulled from Merriam-Webster dictionary): "Her style has been imitated by many other writers. He's very good at imitating his father's voice. She can imitate the calls of many birds." Obviously, one cannot see birdsong, and yet with practice, one can imitate it. How much more can humans, who are made in the "Image and Likeness of God" imitate God in His loving kindness and mercy.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

@@carissstewart3211 right but you can't hear him neither so I ask again, what exactly are you imitating

[@carissstewart3211]

@@fakhirpathaankhan746 dude, you are obviously asking this in bad faith as I already said how we should imitate Him.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

@@carissstewart3211 Lmao, I'm not asking in bad faith, honestly

[@brianbozo2447]

A very good sermon applicable to any religion. He also has a nice sense of humour and isn't afraid to show his humanity. And he has written so many books!

[@scottheld4837]

For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted, but the man whom the Lord commends. Amen

[@BobSmith-dn2ms]

What a wonderful man! We need more people like him!

[@contact3604]

What powerful words, wise words! Thank you Rabbi Sacks never have l heard, such truth spoken so plainly. May l, be made worthy! Moira From England.

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[@carolinedecastro4171]

Wonderful.

[@marymacdonald1651]

שלום. It is strange, isn't it? That we forget how much we all need forgiveness and how much G-d forgives us.

[@anniedheere2604]

And to think that humans are above G-d Almighty and they cannot forgive. What a personality, what a genius ...., what a human we have lost.

[@anniedheere2604]

What a loss to humanity his untimely departure but knowing how great is our L-rd his lifetime had been completed but he is constantly in my heart and his touching voice so clear in my ears. May his memory be a blessing to his beloved family and the all humanity. He is sorely missed.

[@avieichler98]

Rabbi Sacks, you are great!!!

[@msdespain]

fuck you Zionist Jews

[@MangoLemonaideFresh]

@Fern D fuck you bigot and racist :)

[@thadstone7877]

@@msdespain Would Rabbi Sacks even be considered A Zionist ? Ultra Orthodox Jews have a lot of non Zionist Rabbis . . .

[@thadstone7877]

@@msdespain Wow I thought you people Loved Jews just had a problem with Israel ... May goodness and kindness fill your life

[@jonfungg]

@@thadstone7877 antizionism = anti-semitism. Examine their propaganda, speech and actions. Explain, please, why are Jewish people, synagogues, places of business, Jewish schools etc around the world attacked by people who scream and yell "fuck israel!" Antizionism is simply a politically correct form of anti-semitism.

[@williamjayaraj2244]

Shalom.Thank you for the wonderful message on unforgiving age of today Rabbi Sacks.

[@abdulrazakalusmani7536]

Brilliant and insightful.

Amazing sermon to all humanity. Thank God for him and may he live on

[@erpollock]

Our whole world is impoverished by the loss of Rabbi Sacks. Now G-d has given him the answers to his existential questions.

[@puca7908]

What a wonderful teacher, empathetic human, and certainly a beloved son of Hashem. Blessed be his memory.

[@arielteixeira4306]

Great sermon ! Greetings from a christian

[@sjoerdstellingwerf8226]

Amazing, these holy words of grace!

[@TheProms]

God Bless Albania! God Bless Israel!

[@sethduoltut4087]

May Adonai blessing his Rabbi forevery

[@mishkaned7777]

And rabbi sacks, I love hearing you! Great sermon! Thank you!

[@Mloviral]

Amazing! Very powerful, thank you! Shalom!

[@edwinab2590]

God forgives and gives us the strength to heal what we have harmed, to mend what we have broken and to each become the person he created us to be.

[@Lukeclout]

Rabbi Sacks - I will do my best to resonate your wisdom on this day of your passing in the US whereby the US has just finished a most divisive election.

[@HHM706]

Thankyou Rabbi Sacks. Common sense and compassion.

[@jasonssavitt5297]

A society without Hashem in their hearts is one devoid of compassion.

[@marshawoods4983]

Thank you Rabbi wonderful sermon as usual!

[@mags2763]

Hashem please help me to become the person you want me to be. Help me forgive others and myself

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

Amen

[@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629]

God bless you.

[@Wolf.88]

Thank you Rabbi

[@user-gu7dn9gr8f]

Legend. He is missed. And all of this done while fighting cancer if that’s not faith I don’t know what is.

[@goldenstate6276]

Rabbi sacks should be president!!!

[@mop00012]

Brilliant

[@anthonylondon3366]

Thank you Rabbi Sacks for this insight on modern life......media technology has not made people anymore enlightened and tolerant.

[@MusiceWoman]

Thank you so much. Well said.

[@Martin_Adams184]

This sermon is so packed with wisdom and with moral courage! It is telling that such a high proportion of the numbers viewing have left comments. What gives it much of its power is its breadth of mind and imagination, allied to compassion, and its moral clarity. So it has humour ("his holiness Richard Dawkins"); and when it accuses it accuses not only behaviour, but the ideas (or perhaps a lack of ideas born of unrecognised nihilism) in which such behaviour is rooted. Thereby, Rabbi Sachs suggests that there's a way back (i.e. forgiveness), even for "the people without shame [... who] are the only people who survive in a world without shame." All I would add is this: one of the things that most disturbs me about this issue is the moral failure of those who stay silent when they are in a position to shout from the rooftops knowing they will be heard. They bend before the spirit of this age, with its lack of forgiveness, its peculiar combination of moral relativism and moral certainty based on self-righteousness. Politicians, institutional leaders, religious leaders - only a small minority seem to understand what's happening. They don't have the insight or the moral courage to look at anything greater than the court and noise of public opinion (not that the noise reflects what most people would prefer), nor to identify and name the evil. Their perspectives are on themselves and their own institutions. Where is the moral clarity that enabled the Psalmist to call out, "I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I" (Psalm 61:2).

[@scottheld4837]

For let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Amen

[@JCs-Music]

Love this message

[@imeldapearce]

"Going from Failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." (Winston Churchill). "God lifts us when we fall. God forgives us." (SAcks)

[@scottheld4837]

Sin and surrendering... For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. Amen

[@Chari-n5b91ty]

I miss Rabbi Sacks so much.

[@sima8787]

Tears

[@mattdevereaux4550]

Wise and inspiring!

[@someflower795]

Lesson to learn: don't make jokes publicly if you're not a comedian. Or a dictator. The honourable rabbi has recognised the nature of our age quite late.

[@SusanaMelegatti]

Amo éste Discurso! 💝🙏💝

[@michaelisrael1791]

Forgiveness, as described in HaTanach, is important. That is true forgiveness.

[@ThisIsEddieBear]

I am an ex athirst, Christian millennial and I love Rabbi Sacks.

[@LeeGee]

Toda raba. Bravo!

[@firstlast1357]

‪What a difference. Don’t be a victim. Don’t blame others. People who are able to admit their sins are blessed. This why they are the chosen people.‬

[@davidcamilleri145]

I'm sorry but the 'chosen people' is a metaphor and everyone can be a member of the 'chosen people'. Salvation is not exclusive to a genetic group, my friend, but anyone who accepts God's forgiveness and is able to forge a way ahead, indeed not blaming others. this my friend, is Christ's own message. Romaticising the chosen people only corrupts thought.

[@patrickedwards8518]

Christianity doesn't believe all people go to heaven if they are worthy; it believes only "Christians" go to heaven. Jews, Christians, and Muslims all say it.

[@JanisBerman]

Actually, being chosen requires a great deal of responsibility in Judaism, it’s not about salvation

[@davidcamilleri145]

@@patrickedwards8518 well if you accept God's love, manifested in the incarnation of Christ then you can go to heaven. If you deny Christ consciously then what is the point is there to go to heaven? However let God be the ultimate judge... I wouldn't go into that area.

[@gabrielsalvador334]

MR Edwards. that's correct only born again Christians go to heaven.

[@canadiannavigator3346]

As a Christian we are witnessing the new "Witch-Trials".

[@reneeemigree9004]

Amein, he lives in your lifetime, our lifetimes. Ty

[@ruthjacobs2714]

The world is so much poorer since he went home

[@handzmagic]

Toda raba, Rabbi Sacks for your brilliant and insightful words! Shanah Tovah U'metuka 💙🙏 YoU have been One of 3 favorite rabbis of mine since Israel's 60th Anniversary.🕊🎶 B'H!!! ~ Rozlyn from USA

[@veritas5004]

Agree. Who are your other two favorite rabbis?

[@walterarredondo3516]

The sad part of it all is,that we say; i forgive you, but will never forget! Where is the forgiveness then?

[@thadstone7877]

Saying you forgive is still a positive first step

[@tumbletoes909]

Walter Arredondo If you don’t remember, then what is there to forgive? But if the memory is painful, then forgiveness is a true sacrifice.

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Writing as a Christian, what a wonderful sermon. Of course, to be 'forgiving' requires the wisdom, and maturity, to recognise that the 'lex talionis' only engenders feuds; and settles nothing. It also requires (dare I write it?) the EXAMPLE of a LOVING and FORGIVING GOD!

[@aronmu]

The huge loss of his passing is strongly felt through this clip that expresses an assertive humility versus 'pseudo-moralistic stances of activists' (as Jordan Peterson puts it ). 'An accusing culture' would be befitting as the title. Tolerance for human weakness reserved merely for the more intentional offenders is a damaging pity for this culture which will hopefully evolve. 'How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle - we are distressed for thee, our brother Jonathan' (Samuel II, 1).

[@Meitsjustmereally]

Shulchan Aruch starts off with “do need be ashamed by the scoffers”. No shame, but for the right thing

[@liateph]

אמן

[@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629]

Pride precedes destruction, and a haughty spirit comes before failure. (Proverbs Ch.16)

[@ArielBerdugo]

Winston!!

[@MrWholphin]

True, and it brings 2 Timothy 3 to mind

[@peace-now]

So true. The problem is that the "Unforgiving Age" is specific to England. The English use any weakness to attack. In New Zealand, where I was brought up, it is different. I remember I had Jewish friends who would use self deprecating humour. One was my boss. By doing that, he somehow made me feel at ease, that he was also a small fish - like me. Of course, we New Zealanders all have that sort of humour ourselves. We do not have a "born to rule" mentality like the English, where fellow human beings are treated as lower beings, to be jumped on if they show any weakness.

[@Aenthel]

I'm not sure if it is entirely fair to say all English are like that, usually just about any group of persons (which tends to revolve around ethnic social organisation) will at times take advantage of other groups that are not as well established or capable of maintaining their own rights or interests, unfortunately that is all too typical of human nature my experience with Islanders is that they are usually very friendly, I can say a lot of good things about them but there are also examples that are significantly less than perfect as well, human nature and by some association how different cultures develop underscores most of these issues, we can all work together and one day we will all be working together in kindness and good-will (Micah 6:8)

[@peace-now]

@@Aenthel I'm sure there are exceptions, but most English think the same. They are posh.

[@trakrekkid]

I don't know, our age seems to be awfully forgiving of the anti semitic transgressions of Jeremy Corbyn et al. I fear that forgiveness has been politicised, and if you have the right politics you can be forgiven of anything.

[@isaiah30v8]

For almost 2000 years the remains of the Tribe of Judah have suffered some of the most horrific persecutions. The Jews however, are returning to Israel after having been dispersed for many generations all around the world. Does that mean God has now forgiven the Tribe of Judah for what they did nearly 2000 years ago? . Numbers 14:18 ‘God, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness, pardoning error and transgression, but by no means will he give exemption from punishment, bringing punishment for the error of the fathers upon sons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation.’ . .

[@MangoLemonaideFresh]

@isaiah30v8 doesn’t prove anything

[@rogerlephoque3661]

The 2000 year old slur that you have thrown cryptically against the Jews and the message of Rabbi Sacks of Bleesed Memory, will surely require you to admit your sin and seek forgivness

[@isaiah30v8]

I can say what I did above with confidence because I am absolutely certain that God can stop Romans. . Perhaps you don't think he can? . .

[@DafTubeYomi]

👍👍👍

[@rareword]

What an artist !

[@dellonman]

As an atheist, I endorse this message.

[@joshabrams7293]

Can we forgive the unforgivers?

[@mosheweisblum1991]

יישר כח. וכן במעשה תמר למרות שיהודה יכול היה להכחיש ובאותה תקופה לא היו ראיות כמו DNA, ובכל זאת הודה ואמר “צדקה ממני” וכן דהע״ה, שלא כמו בימינו, יכול היה להתחמק בקלות ובכל זאת הודה.

[@jerrysullivan8424]

in this politically correct day and age, I don't joke about anything. :(

[@walterarredondo3516]

Tom, we have to do the same as our Heavenly Father; Forgive and forget, For the Almighty said it, I will remember your sins no more! And as far as the east is from the west has He removed our transgression from us. There is no end from east to west, there are no poles!

[@reneeemigree9004]

But, here’s the situation, the world in this age, the overall spirit, of certain ones, that set the tone, seek to be ‘irrational’, they KNOW IT, are well aware of their irrationality, seeking to send a message, they now have found some voice and are prevailing. So, wisdom says, must guard yourself, they are irrational enemies. Not to give them attention, by commenting on EVERY LITTLE IRRATIONALITY. THAT IS WHAT THEY LOVE, SEEK, ‘ATTENTION OF THEIR IRRATIONALITY’, because they are not moral and enjoy every minute of attention. The objective should be to expose and comment on, confront their irrational behaviors, such as at Cambridge Trinity, I believe he said, and THEN, WAVE YOUR HAND AT THE ISSUE, HAVE A LOUD, GOOD PUBLIC CHUCKLE AND move on to the rational things in life, discarding them. One cannot give them too much of an audience, that is what they seek, ‘in their fight against Jacob, in these end times’. Don’t give it to them, that is wisdom. From: a believing christian, who follows Torah’, G_d bless, Amein. !

[@MayaAMorella]

Chag Sameach ✨

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

What's that mean?

[@jamesgarrett4030]

Do you ever visit the south west of England Rabbi ?. I could really do with a quiet word with a man of your standard. Not saying your better than anyone else , but i have an issue that isnt going away, no matter what i seem to do. You could say the reason is of biblical proportions ..... My life was a normal one nine years ago but something happened , i cant write the details here, auxilio divinio .. the south west is a beautiful place , many secret gems .... Please if ever your wondering this way please allow me to show you , we could speak about my problems then. And maybe some of the worlds also. From your brief message here today i can see your an ideal candidate to share my problem with !. The birds have there nests and the foxes have there dens but the son of man does not have anywhere to rest his head. James.

[@fakhirpathaankhan746]

My faith is weak, I need proof!!! I would never look at a beauty from.upon my roof and have relations, instead you'll find me in the house of the Lord, or helping the poor, only if you can provide me with the proof!!

[@herbertwarmstrong]

The Rainbow is aware of some of your comments kid rob … Mr Sacks.

[@villiestephanov984]

😂😍

[@reneeemigree9004]

PS: One more point comes to mind. Recently, listening to a man, Dereck Prince, very interesting life, on youtube, ‘how to find your place’, he has an international ministry, still in existence, the ministry, etc., and he commented on his plan, actually, think it might have been a teaching position, professor, at Cambridge, he states. When he gave it up, people did not think it wise he states on this video, however, he states, following G_d, YHWH, is always best, of course. Mentioning an interesting fact, that if he STAYED IN THAT POSITION, HE’D PROBABLY HAVE TO RETIRE AT 65 OR EARLIER, AND HAVE A LITTLE PENSION, ETC. I thought to myself, these well known top historical institutions, in the UK, are pretty stingy, that seems to be fact. They are (forgive...’big show offs’ re: their reputation, etc., of being a classy, elite place’), but generosity for years of service, may be lacking. It seems to be a trend, well known...? (In point blank words, d’t be so stingy, ‘put your $ where your bragging on your reputation is’) Correct? {Such an illusion, game}. Anyway, he stated this fact in this video.

[@lauranell2978]

Jordan Peterson, if Rabbi Sacks supports, you are 100 solid! As far as character

[@artbaugh3]

❤️

[@samdog01ful]

Rabbi Sacks, I offer to you my deepest appreciation for your words of wisdom. Every blessing, Georgina a Christian and a believer in the Nation of Israel.

[@williamrichmond814]

Had it not for Judah, by extension, there'd be no Christians

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[@Vroombout69]

I recommend you research the World Jewish Congress and the Talmund, then go to the Jewish Protocols......

[@orlandofurioso9228]

Sell outs, and the politically correct thrive and prosper in this perverse generation.

[@USER-jo7yz]

Forgiveness by fellow men is acceptable, but anticipating forgiveness and redemption from God is idolatry. Yeshayahu Leibowitz explains his theory here: www.jstor.org/stable/30245835?seq=1 or here: www.jstor.org/stable/27908664?seq=1

[@awfelia]

♡ Jordan Peterson!!

[@mcmxli-by1tj]

Why do shameless people survive in an unforgiving culture?

[@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629]

mcmxli1941 Pride precedes destruction, and a haughty spirit comes before failure. Proverbs 16

[@paulineoneill852]

I have the greatest respect and admiration for you, Rabbi Sacks, but do you think that political correctness may have something to do with the subject of your sermon? Everyone being afraid to speak up for fear of victimisation? I think definitely so.