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- Hebrew Name: יעקב צבי
- String Ratio: Rambam Ratio
- Tying Method: North Africa/Molcho 10-5-6-5 Method
- How We Know: Picture(s)
- Date Born: 8 March 1948
- Location Born: Lambeth District of London, England
- Date Passed: 7 November 2020
- Location Passed: London, England
Type of wearer: Chief Rabbi Candidate
Affiliation: Centrist Orthodox, Modern Orthodox
Former Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, was reportedly seen a number of times wearing a tallis with Techeiles. Rabbi Harvey Belovski recalled seeing him wear such a tallis many times, though he did caution that this should not be taken as a firm endorsement of any particular shittah, noting that the garment may have been bought that way and that Rabbi Sacks’s other talleisim were, as far as he remembered, white-only. Even so, the meaning of Techeiles plainly spoke to Rabbi Sacks. In his own words (posthumously, thanks to hyehudi for the heads up), “Tzitzit, with their thread of blue, remind us of heaven, and that is what we most need if we are consistently to act in accordance with the better angels of our nature.”
About Wearer
From Wikipedia:
“Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks (Hebrew: Yaakov Zvi, יעקב צבי) (8 March 1948 – 7 November 2020) was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013. As the spiritual head of the United Synagogue, the largest synagogue body in the United Kingdom, he was the Chief Rabbi of those Orthodox synagogues but was not recognized as the religious authority for the Haredi Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations or for the progressive movements such as Conservative, Reform, and Liberal Judaism.[2][3] As Chief Rabbi, he formally carried the title of Av Beit Din (head) of the London Beth Din. At the time of his death, he was the Chief Rabbi Emeritus.[4]
After stepping down as Chief Rabbi, in addition to his international travelling and speaking engagements and prolific writing, Sacks served as the Ingeborg and Ira Rennert Global Distinguished Professor of Judaic Thought at New York University and as the Kressel and Ephrat Family University Professor of Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University. He was also appointed Professor of Law, Ethics, and the Bible at King’s College London.[5] He won the Templeton Prize (awarded for work affirming life’s spiritual dimension) in 2016.[6] He was also a Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.
Minhagim
| Minhag | Minhag SubGroup | Fully or Partially? |
|---|---|---|
| Ashkenazi | Full |
