Rabbi David Sedley

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

Category: humour

  • Best Chanukah Album of All Time

    Just in Time for Chanukah – The Best Chanukah Album of All Time has just been released. Featuring such classic songs as: Sevivon, Stomp, Stomp, Stomp. I had a little dreidel (Oh when will you come back to me) The Maoz Tzur Rock Candles in the Night – (Frank Shin (Nun, Gimmel Heh) – atra)… Read more

  • Vayetze – the lighter side

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    I received this from AH, and with his permission am posting it here. I don’t really understand it fully, so please don’t ask me any kashyas from Rashi or Gemarahs. But do leave feedback if you find it enhances your understanding of the Torah portion. There is nothing that is not hinted to in the… Read more

  • Top Ten Biblical Names

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    … That you probably won’t name your kids: In alphabetical order this time: Number 1 Artaxerxes: Ezra 7:13-28. Number 2 Merodach-baladan: Isaiah 39: 1 Number 3 Chedorlaomer: Bereishis 14 Number 4 Chushan-Rishathaim Shoftim 3: 8 Number 5 Gomer: HOshea 1: 3 Number 6 Hadadrimmon Zechariah 12: 11 Number 7 Ham: Bereishis 5: 32 Number 8… Read more

  • Payos ‘product’

    I was at the mikva this morning, and I saw this sitting in the ‘lost and found’ Kerastase Bain Oleo-CurlShiny, supple and nourishing shampoo for dry, curly and rebellious hair.Nourishes and softens the hair fiber for manageable hair and perfectly defined curls.250ml Who would have left something like that in the men’s mikva? There aren’t… Read more

  • Top Ten Words that sound as though they are Yiddish but Aren’t

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    Top Ten Words That Sound as though they are Yiddish, but Aren’t: Number 10 – Farfetched Number 9 – Invocation Number 8 – Flummoxed Number 7 – Gobsmacked Number 6 – Innersprung Number 5 – Gerund Number 4 – Forefinger Number 3 – Henpecked Number 2 – Scooped AND the Number 1 Word That Sounds… Read more

  • National Anthem

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    I was feeling nostalgic today, and found a clip of the New Zealand national anthem – “God Defend New Zealand) on youtube. You can watch it here if you don’t remember how it goes. My co-worker pointed out to me how negative the title of the anthem is. New Zealanders just ask G-d to defend… Read more

  • demotivation

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    Woop-de-do! I have been blogging for almost exactly a year, and have had almost 5000 hits on my blog. Not setting any world records here am I! But it has been mostly fun (except when I blogged about something that upset some people, and they tried to get me fired from two jobs, as well… Read more

  • Chumra of the Week Club

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    Sorry if this has done the rounds already – I thought it was hysterical. Yonaty and Mehadrin Min Hamehadrin Min Hamehadrin are pleased to introduce: The Chumra of the Week Club • Are you concerned that people don’t notice and appreciate your yirasshomayim? • Do you sometimes get the feeling that your neighbor is observingmore… Read more

  • All Creatures Great and Small

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    Perek Shira presents the the words of praise and gratitude which all of G-d’s Creation sing every day. A Bisele Babka has posted a link to 25 of the World’s Most Interesting Animals. I wonder what kind of song they would sing? Here are my suggestions (but please, this is only a joke. I know… Read more

  • wikipedia deletions

    It is still too hot to function. Maybe life would be better if these entries had remained on wikipedia (unfortunately they were deleted). Still, if you can’t laugh, think about it again and then maybe it will be funny! Water on Mars “There is water on Mars” Evidently, there is also glass and a plastic… Read more