Rabbi David Sedley

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

Category: heresy

  • Invalidating a Beit Din

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    Over on CrossCurrents Rabbi Gordimer continues to accuse Rabbi Zev Farber of heresy. (To be honest, I’m not sure that he is wrong – it seems to me that Rav Farber has crossed some unwritten line, but that may be the topic of another post). However, in his latest post Rabbi Gordimer goes a step… Read more

  • Redefining Heresy

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    I was always puzzled by the Gemara which speaks of Yochanan the High Priest becoming a heretic after 80 years in the job: Believe not in thyself until the day of thy death? For lo, Johanan the High Priest officiated as High Priest for eighty years and in the end he became a Min? He… Read more