While browsing on jblog (http://www.israelforum.com) I found this excellent Haggadah. It deals with many of the same issues that I spoke about in the shiur (which is in the previous post) and answers some of the outstanding questions, such as when the Haggadah was put into its present form (some time in the Gaonic period,… Read more

This week I gave the first of a series of four shiruim at Midreshet Rachel on the Six things we must always remember. The first remembrance is to remember that G-d brought us out of Egypt. Here is a recording of the shiur which also connects to parshat shavua (and to the next couple of… Read more

Make sure to check www.parshatshavua.blogspot.com for other divrei Torah and a summar of the parsha (you can also sign up for my weekly e-mailing from there if you are interested).Shabbat Shalom For a pdf version of this d’var Torah please click here Today we begin the book of Exodus, which describes the Israelites’ passage from… Read more

I gave a shiur yesterday on the Halacha and Hashkafa of Tzedaka (charity) and specifically the concept of ma’aser kesafim (giving 10% to charity). Click here to listen to the shiur. Here are the sources (in Hebrew) for the shiur. Enjoy. Rabbi S Read more

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Please support our sponsors. Thank you. Click here for a pdf printable version of the summary of Parshat Miketz Click here for a pdf printable version of the d’var Torah on Parshat Miketz Click on www.parshatshavua.blogspot.com for all the parsha stuff. D’var Torah for Parshat Miketz. Choice and Responsibility Pharaoh summons Yosef from the dungeon… Read more

I am trying to save up for a new pair of socks, so please support our sponsors.Chanukah SameachRabbi Sedley If you just want to see the parsha pages you can go straight to my other blogsite: www.parshatshavua.blogspot.com. enjoy your doughnuts and dreidles! Click here for a pdf file of the d’var Torah (which can be… Read more

Here is a link to the short vort for this week (Vayishlach) which I did for Darche Noam (if you are on their mailing list you will get an e-mail with the link anyway). I don’t know how many of the other Rabbis manage to get Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader into their short vorts… Read more

This is the d’var Torah that I gave to the Scottish Parliament many moons ago (Wednesday 26 January 2000 to be precise). You can see it on the official record of the parliament http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-00/or040502.htm Not very good, but what would you have said. E-mail me your topic of choice for the Scottish Parliament (religious, not… Read more

I have just posted the latest shiur from my Hilchot Shabbat classes. It is on grinding (tochen). I have rewritten it substantially since last year (the shiur has now more than doubled in size). Click here for the pdf.It is also posted on my other blogsite: www.hilchotshabbat.blogspot.com Enjoy. PS If you click on the adverts… Read more