Sivan Rahav-Meir Remembers Rabbi Sacks

From Shtark Tank with Yaakov Wolff by Yaakov Wolff.

• Published: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:15:00 GMT
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What do you think was the most common question Rabbi Sacks got? It was not about Israel, halacha, or politics. It was “Do you remember me?”

As we approach Rabbi Sacks’s Yartzeit, Sivan Rahav-Meir joins Shtark Tank to talk about the Rabbi Sacks she came to know. It started with a phone call during COVID, a live Zoom event with Yishai Ribo, and the realization that you are never stuck. Sivan is a seventh-generation Israeli, a longtime journalist, and a baalat teshuva. She shares what Rabbi Sacks taught her about being a shaliach, wherever you are and whatever you do.

We talk about:

• Why Rabbi Sacks’s real legacy might be the families who sent their kids to Jewish schools because of him
• How being a baalat teshuva can keep Torah feeling like fire instead of habit
• Finding balance with technology, WhatsApp, and the pull of always being “there”
• Work, family, and why your own simcha is worth protecting
• Staying connected across Israel’s divides without compromising halacha
• The Jewish response to October 7th: more Shabbat, more Torah, more simcha

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:37 Welcome and Sivan’s background
• 04:45 How Sivan first connected with Rabbi Sacks
• 08:08 Torah in media, politics, and culture
• 10:53 Torah that lights up your day
• 15:10 Technology, balance, and “Do you remember me?”
• 20:52 Work, family, and renewal
• 25:33 Unity and breaking boundaries
• 28:55 Responding to October 7th
• 30:24 Closing

About Sivan

Sivan Rahav-Meir is a media personality and lecturer. She was voted by Globes newspaper as most popular female media personality in Israel and by the Jerusalem Post as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world. She is Married to Yedidya, mother of five, lives in Jerusalem. To get her daily content search for "the daily thought".

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