completely prove its truths, required higher and higher systems, and the highest system is God. The two equations above summarise Cantor’s work: the first is his attempt to prove a relationship between the countable infinity and the infinity of the continuum, and the second is the idea that there’s an infinite set (a countably infinite set?) of infinities, with each infinity enormously larger than the previous.
The Life of Sarah Thoughts on the passing of Rabbi Lord Sacks Rabbi Reuven Leigh The oft-asked question, as to why the portion of the Torah which immediately informs us of the passing of Sarah the matriarch is called “The Life of Sarah”, took on extra meaning this week with the news of the passing of Rabbi Lord Sacks. In a spontaneous Photograph by Jane Liddel-King outpouring of genuine grief and loss, people from the widest possible spectrum of society, from royalty and world leaders to rabbis and laymen, went beyond the usual platitudes and niceties these events usually elicit, and unguardedly displayed their sadness and shock. Yet for all the grief and sadness, the dominant feature of the obituaries and reflections in the wake of his passing has been a deepening awareness and appreciation of “The Life of Jonathan Sacks”. It is worth remembering that the life-trajectory of one of the most outstanding leaders of Jewish thought and values of our time was set in Page 14
