Essays on Ethics: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible

Essays on Ethics (2016) is the second themed companion to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's Covenant & Conversation series, with one essay for each weekly Torah portion. The foreword is by former U.S. senator Joseph I. Lieberman. Sacks reads the Hebrew Bible as a blueprint for Western morality, taking up questions such as why Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son and what Moses did wrong in striking the rock. His themes include justice, dignity, compassion, forgiveness and love.