Rabbi David Sedley

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

Category: jewish

  • Nostalgia

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    I keep saying that nostaligia isn’t what it used to be, but the truth is that cleaning out the house for Pesach allows one to find all sorts of things from the past. One of the things I dug up was a video of a TV programme made by TVNZ about being a Jewish teenager… Read more

  • What’s worse than Jewish music?

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    NOTHING! Not even the original dodgy 70s disco eurovision pop song that it was ripped off from! [caution: possible kol isha warning! and definite dodgy 70s disco warning!!] (I know this is old news, but I thought this edit was well done. The only problem is that I have had this tune in my head… Read more

  • I like… being Jewish

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    I like music. When I say that I don’t mean that I only like a specific kind of music (for example only music in D minor, or only microtonal music). True, there are some kinds of music that I don’t like, but many more that I do like. And even those that I don’t like,… Read more