Rabbi David Sedley

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

Category: Rav Tzadok HaCohen

  • Seven Years Old – Free Download

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    I see that today is the seventh birthday of my blog. My first post was 10th April 2006 (I know, English birthday, not the “real” birthday, but unfortunately Blogger doesn’t record the Hebrew date, and I can’t be bothered checking it). In honour of my blog’s birthday I would like to leave a present for… Read more

  • Steam-Engine Time

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    I was reading a book the other day – “The Science of Discworld III – Darwin’s Watch” and they mentioned a concept called “Steam-Engine Time”. According to Urban Dictionary this means: A period of time when many inventors all over the world, despite isolation from each other, and with no contact with each other in… Read more

  • Rav Tzadok on the Hagaddah

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    Here are some of Rav Tzadok’s ideas on the hagaddah. He discusses why we have 4 cups of wine, but only 3 matzot. What does it mean to remember the exodus from Egypt and how does ‘bread of poverty’ taste like manna. I look forward to your comments. Here is the audio shiur (and the… Read more

  • Rav Tzadok on Purim

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    Last week I said I was going to speak this week about the historical context of Purim. I think it is important to understand the context to get the real meaning of Purim. But I failed to keep my promise. It was too difficult for me (and Micha Berger suggested that a shiur should be… Read more

  • Mishpatim – Naaseh veNishma

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    This shiur is also based on the writings of Rav Tzadok HaCohen. May this shiur be a Refuah Shleima for Shiri bat Gila. Mishpatim contains not only many of the civil laws which guide us as a nation, but also the continuation of Maamad Har Sinai and the Giving of the Torah. At the end… Read more

  • Parshat Beshalach – Amalek and Theology

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    This shiur is also based on the writings of Rav Tzadok HaCohen. May this shiur be a Refuah Shleima for Shiri bat Gila. Rav Tzadok says that remembering what Amalek did to us is really about remembering the sin that we committed which led to Amalek coming. But the Torah does not specify what the… Read more

  • Rosh Chodesh – the Power of Renewal

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    This shiur is also based on the writings of Rav Tzadok HaCohen. The shiur is sponsored in memory of Irena bat Ilia Brezner. May her soul be bound in the bonds of Eternal Life. This week is a new beginning for my Tuesday night women’s shiur – we have moved to a new home in… Read more

  • VaEra – Derech Eretz

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    This week (and hopefully in coming weeks) I’m using Rav Tzadok HaCohen as the basis for the shiur. The parsha begins with G-d telling Moshe that He only appeared to the Avot as E-l Shaddai, but He will appear to Moshe as YHVH. The problem is that G-d appeared many times to the Avot with… Read more