Rabbi David Sedley

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

Category: chareidim

  • Another reason to love Israel

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    There are many reasons why I love living in Israel (and if I’m honest probably a couple of things that I would change if I had the choice). One of them is being able to daven mincha when I shop at the supermarket. There are several supermarkets that have Shuls in them, many of them… Read more

  • The End of Cherems?

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    Just a very quick post because I am busy with many things (BH). I have been saying for years (and so have many other people) that as soon as Rav Elyashiv’s protective hand was removed the knives would be drawn and all the people who had been attacked or harmed by the ‘establishment’ (in this… Read more

  • Can Yerushalayim be saved again?

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    This is kind of a Yom Yerushalayim post, and kind of because of the chareidi nonsense going on in America today with the ‘internet asifa’ which highlights to me how messed up the whole system is. The Talmud (Gitin 56a-b) speaks about the fall of Yerushalayim in the year 70, and how Rabbi Yochanan came… Read more

  • The End of Chareidi Power

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    This looks to me as though it is the end for the Chareidi parties and their power in the government. In a surprise move, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced at 2:00am that he is withdrawing the bill for early elections, and instead forming an alliance with Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party. This move has been… Read more