Rabbi David Sedley

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

Month: September 2012

  • Is this Torah-true Judaism?

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    I was looking at Rabbi Zamir Cohen’s book The Coming Revolution today. In it he claims that Louis Pasteur developed his cure for rabies after first reading a French translation of the Talmud. Cohen writes: While living in Paris, Rabbi Dr Rabinowitz began translating the Talmud into French When his friend, Louis Pasteur, saw a… Read more

  • D’var Torah from Gene Simmons

    I was reading an old Guitar magazine recently (from April 1996) and found a great vort from Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz) of the band KISS. He said: I tell you, this band does not have a self-esteem problem, but we never palled it that way. We just wanted walk our walk, talk our talk… Read more