Rabbi David Sedley

A repository of written, audio and video Torah classes given by Rabbi David Sedley

Shiurim

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Parsha Blogs (opens on TOI)

Blogs originally published in the Times of Israel covering world history and thought, along with the weekly Torah reading

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Halacha Source Sheets

Source sheets for classes in the laws of Shabbat and Kashrut originally given at Midreshet Rachel VeChaya.

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Translations

A collection of works I’ve translated, including parts of Tosefet Beracha by Rabbi Baruch Halevi Epstein (author of Torah Temima)

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Great Rabbis

Biographies of rabbis based on their yahrzeit, the anniversary of their death

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Weekly Torah Portion

Summary of the weekly Torah reading and collection of divrei Torah

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Audio and Video Shiurim

A collection of recordings and source sheets of Torah classes

The Elephant of Deliberate Forgetfulness: and other unexpected interpretations of the weekly Torah reading

The Elephant of Deliberate Forgetfulness” pretends to be a book on the Weekly Torah reading (parashat hashavua). However, it is really a collection of fascinating and interesting historical stories of kings and queens, baseball stars and explorers, scientists and inventors. The men and women who you may not have heard of, and you certainly haven’t heard these stories before. Written for all audiences with no background knowledge required.

The Shemoneh Esrei In Depth

The Shmoneh Esrei (or Amida, standing prayer) is the core of every formal tefilah whether in a group or in private and is said three times each weekday, at Shacharit, Mincha, and Maariv. Join me as I learns through each section of this core prayer, explaining its origins and presenting ways of helping us relate to it daily.