Rabbi David Sedley

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Category: 9 Av

  • Three weeks

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    This shiur is for a refuah shleima of Ayala Pamela bat Leah. May she get well very soon! This is basically a repeat of a shiur I gave a few years ago (on a Shabbat, so it wasnt’t recorded) so you can read more about it here. I claim that one of the important (often… Read more

  • Tisha B’Av Quotes

    These two quotes speak for themselves. They were written many decades ago, but apparently we have not learnt from them. The Netziv writes in Ha’amek Davar in the introduction to Bereishis: The praise ‘straight’ (yashar) is said about the justice of G-d’s judgment in the destruction of the Second Beis Hamikdosh because the generation were… Read more

  • 9 Av Message from R’ Yaakov Kaminetsky

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    This extract is from Emes L’Yaakov (R’ Yaakov Kaminetsky) on Shulchan Aruch in the section of the Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av. It seems to me to be a very important and relevant message for today. Emet L’Ya’akov on Shulchan Aruch OC 551 s.v. Sham This is what the Torah means when it says “You… Read more