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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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The Israeli Supreme Court and Its Critics: A Discussion on the Controversy in Israel
60 hours 50 mins; November 13, 2022
Look at how Elisha conducts himself around the woman
30 mins; November 10, 2022
R Katz begins a new series, on Jewish theories of the Summum Bonum in לְעָתִיד לָבוֹא
28 mins; November 09, 2022
G-d, Abraham, and Theodicy. For Once G-d Explains Himself (Sodom)
40 mins; November 08, 2022
Yaakov Anatoli (1195-1256): Controversial Jewish Intellectual During the Maimonidean Controveries
66 hours 13 mins; November 07, 2022
Join Rabbi Katz's Jewish History Tour of Israel, January 9-15, 2023
6 mins; November 06, 2022
Is מוֹדִים thanks for the protection of the nation, or is it thanks for our individual survival?
31 mins; November 03, 2022
Isaiah salutes Abraham, who turned down the spoils of war because he was interested in higher things
26 mins; November 01, 2022
Flavius Josephus' Description of Abraham's "Visit" in Egypt and It's Long Lasting Significance
30 mins; October 31, 2022
רַבִּי יִצְחָק אַבּוּלַפִיָּה מִדַּמֶּשֶׂק בַּעַל שׁוּ"ת "פְּנֵי יִצְחָק " 1824-1910
68 hours 46 mins; October 31, 2022
R Ovadia Yosef and Edmund Burke
53 mins; October 31, 2022
Isaiah Compares the Assyrian Holocaust to a Biblical Flood
30 mins; October 23, 2022
The Flood - Who Won in the End G-d or the Snake? (Parshas Noach)
29 mins; October 23, 2022
Is על הצדיקים a ברכה composed AFTER the preceding paragraph ( ולמלשינים )? Why the גירי הצדק?
33 mins; October 20, 2022
The Texts Debated at the Medieval Disputations Between Christians & Jews from Isaiah 42
38 mins; October 19, 2022
Parshas Bereishis: Is It the Snake or the Yetzer Hara?
36 mins; October 19, 2022
Hoshana Rabbah 1946 (0ctober 16, 1946) When They Hanged the Nazi War Criminals
2 mins; October 16, 2022
Hoshana Rabbah’s Historical Development
35 mins; October 14, 2022
The shaking of the lulav in six directions. What does it mean?
28 mins; October 13, 2022
Isaac Leeser, Rabbi Rice, and the Esrogim Controversy of 1847 - A Slice of American Jewish History
67 hours 25 mins; October 13, 2022
The קְטֹרֶת vs. the אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים: Two Different Models of Jewish אַחְדוּת
33 mins; October 09, 2022
The "sicknesses" that are the subject of בִּרְכַּת "רְפָאֵנוּ" בִּשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה
35 mins; October 07, 2022
The Intermediate Days Between Yom Kippur and Sukkos in Light of Parshas Haazinu - An Analysis
34 mins; October 06, 2022
Sukkos - Two Different Experiences: The Communally Shared? Or the Individual Family History?
37 mins; October 06, 2022
Haftarah Haazinu: Isaiah "Calls Out" the Repugnant "Frum-Capitalist Fast".
35 mins; October 03, 2022
Parshas Haazinu: Did receiveing the Torah leave Moshe physically and psychologically spent?
33 mins; October 03, 2022
Jewish Disunity: Do We Mourn it or Just Accept it Like the Air?
46 mins; October 02, 2022
The Difference Between Yom Kippur in the Biblical Era, and Afterwards
35 mins; October 02, 2022
Hashiveinu HaShem- A Mystical Prayer, or a Rational One?
28 mins; September 29, 2022
Parshas VaYelech: G-d Tells Moshe It Will All Fall Apart After He Dies
29 mins; September 28, 2022
Three Women and the Prayers on Rosh Hashanah
41 mins; September 25, 2022
Isaiah's Graphic Metaphors of the Messianic Era (Haftarah Nitzavim)
29 mins; September 23, 2022
Parshas Nitzavim: What Exactly are the נִסְתָּרוֹת וְהַנִּגְלוֹת? The Approach of Gersonides
33 mins; September 22, 2022
Psalm 27 (לְדָוִד הַשֵּׁם אוֹרִי) as a Mystical Plea for Ecstatic רוּחָנִיּוּת
33 mins; September 21, 2022
Was Shofar Blowing Moved to Before Mussaf to Accommodate the Marannos?
47 mins; September 20, 2022
The British Empire: R’ Katz Analyzes its Rapid Rise and Rapid Fall in Relation to Klal Yisroel
45 mins; September 19, 2022
Another Tale from Old Baltimore: Henry P. Cohn and the " Yaldei Teheran" Scandal (1943)
57 mins; September 19, 2022
Before Elizabeth II: The Most Famous Eulogy for a Queen in Rabbinic Literature
59 mins; September 15, 2022
What Will be the Role of the Gentiles in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Ki Savo)
31 mins; September 14, 2022
The Real Reason G-d, Not the Jews, Buried Moses
37 mins; September 13, 2022
Wanting to Repent but Addicted to a Sin - The Curved Shofar
27 mins; September 13, 2022
Nathan Adler Sr. and Rabbi Shimon Schwab: A Baltimore Story
88 hours 54 mins; September 11, 2022
Is the Davening on the High Holidays Communal or Individualistic?
38 mins; September 08, 2022
Isaiah Discusses the SHAME of Galus (Haftarah Ki-Seitzei)
34 mins; September 08, 2022
Luzzatto's מַאֲמָר עַל הָאַגָּדוֹת: Knowing the Decoding "Grid"
40 mins; September 07, 2022
How Could the Jews Back a בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה ( Absalom) as King? (Parshas Ki Seitzei)
38 mins; September 05, 2022
The Very Unusual History of Prusbul: According to the Historical Reconstruction of Rabbeinu Tam
47 mins; September 04, 2022
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868): A Noble but Tragic Figure in American Orthodox Judaism in the 19th Century
60 hours 50 mins; September 02, 2022
The Oldest (?) paragraph of the Shmoneh Esrei: הָשִׁיבָה שׁוֹפְטֵינוּ כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה
28 mins; September 01, 2022
Thoughts About Russia and the Jews - Occasioned by the Death of Gorbachev
52 mins; August 31, 2022
The Machzor Bnai Roma: One of the Oldest נֻסְחָאוֹת , Now in Danger
35 mins; August 31, 2022
The Role of the Gentiles in the Messianic Process (Haftarah Shoftim)
27 mins; August 30, 2022
Parshas Shoftim: The Strange Attraction Egypt Exercises on Jews
34 mins; August 29, 2022
R' Zundel Salant: The Hero of R' Yisroel Salanter & the Mussarists, a Highly-Original Person
67 hours 31 mins; August 28, 2022
Jewish Courts in Christian Europe: The Age of the Rishonim
80 hours 56 mins; August 28, 2022
The Takanos of Frankfurt of 1603 and the Mesirah That Almost Led to Disaster
46 mins; August 25, 2022
R Yosef Albo (1380-1444): His Sefer HaIkarim is Among the Most Popular Books of Religious Philosophy
60 hours 42 mins; August 25, 2022
No מַחְלֹקֶת When You are Taught Directly by G-d
29 mins; August 24, 2022
The Debate re: בָּנִים אַתֶּם לַיי in the Context of a Dysfunctional Family
31 mins; August 24, 2022
The Great Mussarist R' Aharon Yosef Bakst: An Episode (and Conflicting Versions of It)
51 mins; August 22, 2022
"V'Kabtzeinu Yachad-" How Exactly is That Supposed to Play Out?
27 mins; August 21, 2022
Isaiah the "Novardoker"
26 mins; August 17, 2022
Who was the Leader the Jews Chose to Lead Them Back to Egypt in the Last Year of Moses' Life?
36 mins; August 16, 2022
Praying for Help with Depression: The עִנּוּי in רְאֵה בְּעָנְיֵנוּ
28 mins; August 16, 2022
Rav Hirschprung's Realistic Holocaust Memoir
51 mins; August 14, 2022
Jewish Courts in the Islamic World: The Problem of the Impenetrable
83 hours 23 mins; August 13, 2022
The Meaning of the גְּאֻלָּה in בִּרְכַּת "רְאֵה נָא בְּעָנְיֵנוּ"
29 mins; August 11, 2022
Why does Isaiah have to COMMAND the Jews to be comforted?
24 mins; August 10, 2022
The Attempts of the Tzfas Beis Din of R' Yosef Karo to Exercise the Authority of a Sanhedrin from Afar
28 mins; August 09, 2022
What is the Significance of מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר as the Place Moses Repeated the 10 Commandments? (Parshas VaEschanan)
38 mins; August 08, 2022
Rabbi Katz's schedule on תשעה באב
1 min; August 05, 2022
Tisha B'Av - The Historical Interpretations of יַעֲרוֹת דְּבַשׁ וְהַמֶּשֶׁךְ חֲכָמָה
50 mins; August 05, 2022
A Human Tale re: טומאת הכהנים in the 18th Century
43 mins; August 04, 2022
Why Did the שְׁכִינָה Depart? Why Do You Think It Will Return With the Way We Act?
31 mins; August 04, 2022
R’ Elchanan Wasserman: Aspects of Who He Was
74 hours 34 mins; August 03, 2022
Haftarah Shabbos Chazon: When Exactly was This Prophecy Uttered?
31 mins; August 02, 2022
Parshas Devarim: The Strange Story of the Invasion Og's Kingdom
36 mins; August 01, 2022
Sefardim and Ashkenazim - Some Thoughts
37 mins; July 31, 2022
Jeremiah blasts the Rosh Yeshivas (Haftarah Matos-Maasei)
26 mins; July 28, 2022
Parshas Matos-Maasei: The Massacre of the Women and Children
30 mins; July 27, 2022
Rabbi Katz's Schedule in Teaneck this Shabbos
2 mins; July 26, 2022
A Broad Review of Classic Frum Historiography
35 mins; July 26, 2022
The Parts of the שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה Dealing With Aspects of a Future Utopia
32 mins; July 25, 2022
History of the Jews of Galicia, Pt. 3
81 hours 20 mins; July 22, 2022
The Famous Piyut for This Shabbos, by the Buddy of רגמ"ה, רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן הַגָּדוֹל מִמַּגֶנְצׇה
29 mins; July 22, 2022
Haftarah Pinchas: The Significance of the 13th Year of the Reign of Josiah
22 mins; July 20, 2022
Parshas Pinchas: After 40 years of Miracles Etc., the Jews Came This-Close to Extermination...
28 mins; July 20, 2022
R’ Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886) Mr. קִצּוּר שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּךְ . The "Goldilocks" Law Code
57 mins; July 19, 2022
R’ Yosef Kapach (1917-2000): The Most Famous Yemenite Scholar of Modern Times
46 mins; July 17, 2022
שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז : The Military Facts
30 mins; July 15, 2022
On Bastille Day (July 14th), R’ Katz Analyzes the Effect of the French Revolution on the Jews
35 mins; July 14, 2022
A קִינָה of the Ibn Ezra on the Almohad Massacres of the Jews in Spain and Morocco
28 mins; July 14, 2022
Famous Jewish Historians: Simcha Assaf - Saturday Night Lecture Series
93 hours 30 mins; July 13, 2022
Haftarah Balak: The Jews as Pillars of Ingratitude
34 mins; July 13, 2022
Parshas Balak: In Hiring Bilaam, was Balak Confusing Cause and Effect?
33 mins; July 12, 2022
Rabbi Ruderman: A Sociological Consideration, in Light of the Approach of R’ Yisroel Salanter
43 mins; July 11, 2022
עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת חֻקַּת שְׂרֵפַת הַתַּלְמוּד בְּפָרִיס - "שַׁאֲלִי שְׂרוּפָה בְּאֵשׁ"
38 mins; July 08, 2022
R’ Joshua Boaz - The שִׁלְטֵי הַגִּבּוֹרִים: A Short, Meteoric, Career Renaissance Italy (1518-1555)
60 hours 14 mins; July 06, 2022
Similarities of the Ammonite-Israel Territorial Dispute and Today’s Kineret Sovereignty Dispute
28 mins; July 05, 2022
Parshas Chukas: Moses Deviates from His Instructions re: Edom, and Pays the Price
28 mins; July 04, 2022
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