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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Rashi's raw hatred of the Crusaders - the vicious poem תִּתְּנֵם לְחֶרְפָּה
30 mins; July 20, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת מִטּוֹת מַסְּעֵי תשפ"ה - מִלְחֶמֶת הַנְּקָמָה בְּמִדְיׇן וְהַמִּלְחָמָה נֶגֶד חָמָס בְּעַזָּה
29 mins; July 20, 2025
Haftarah Pinchas: The Relationship between Pinchas and Eliyahu -Are they literally the same person?
33 mins; July 17, 2025
The Druze, Syria, Israel, and the USA - An Analysis
46 mins; July 16, 2025
The Influence of R' Saadia Gaon on the Rambam and all the other Medieval Jewish Philosophers
27 mins; July 16, 2025
Isaac Ochberg of Cape Town (1878-1937): Rescuer of Orphans from World War I
33 mins; July 15, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת פִּינְחָס תשפ"ה - The Bloody Discrepancies
28 mins; July 14, 2025
Bilam's obseration of הֶן עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן and the current phenomenon of Jews being abandoned by their supposed "allies"
29 mins; July 09, 2025
What is the oldest source for the "Three Weeks"?
25 mins; July 08, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק תשפ"ה - Will some Jews choose to remain in חוּץ לָאָרֶץ in the Messianic Era?
25 mins; July 08, 2025
Quaker Ger Tzedek: Warder Cresson of Philadelphia and Jerusalem (1798-1861)
56 mins; July 08, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק תשפ"ה - Parshas Bil'am and the Current War in Gaza
26 mins; July 08, 2025
Rabbi Katz Analyzes the current situation inthe Middle East: The Connection between Drafting the בני תורה and the possibilities of peace with Syria?
33 mins; July 07, 2025
רס"ג והמשיח - The Reasons for Saadia Gaon's Messianic Speculation in the 10th Century Abbasid Caliphate
53 mins; July 06, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת תשפ"ה - Was Yiftach a Shofet? Or was he a general?
25 mins; July 01, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת תשפ"ה - The cedar, hyssop, and crimson wool - the Three types of Worshipers of the Golden Calf?
29 mins; July 01, 2025
עַל כֵּן יֹאמְרוּ הַמֹּשְׁלִים בֹּאוּ חֶשְׁבּוֹן - Some philosophical thoughts re: Oct. 7, 2023 vs. June 12, 2025
26 mins; June 30, 2025
Messianism in Jewish History: The Specific Historical Contexts: The Case of Biblical and then Ancient Judaism
41 mins; June 30, 2025
הַדְרָן עַל מַסֶּכֶת שְׁבוּעוֹת לז"נ אִמִּי לֵאָה בַּת אַרְיֵה לֵיבּ הַלֵּוִי זַ"ל יָארְצַיְט ג תַּמּוּז תשפ"ה
33 mins; June 29, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת קֹרַח תשפ"ה - The two groups who did not want Shaul as King
23 mins; June 26, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת קֹרַח תשפ"ה - לְפִי הָאִבְּן עֶזְרָא - An EGREGIOUS example of אֵין מֻקְדָּם וּמְאֻחָר בַּתּוֹרָה !
29 mins; June 25, 2025
"I was asleep, but I have now woken up!" The Third Pslam and the current Israel-Iran War
28 mins; June 24, 2025
R Katz analyzes the prospects for regime change in Iran? What does this mean?
33 mins; June 24, 2025
The רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא who "married" an Iranian Princess. Or did he? The "Bustenai Controversy" of the Gaonic Era
59 mins; June 23, 2025
R Katz Analyzes the "Tucker Carlson & Co." anti-Israel Isolationism phenomenon
45 mins; June 20, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח תשפ"ה - The Tradecraft Mistakes of the Two Spies in Jericho
23 mins; June 18, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח תשפ"ה - The Flaw in Intelligence Procedures that resulted in the sad episode of the מְרַגְּלִים
30 mins; June 17, 2025
How does the Mossad do these amazing things in Iran? Are they "James Bonds?" Or is it that they use a vast existing Iranian network of dedicated revolutionaries?
36 mins; June 17, 2025
The מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקּוֹת, The Amazing R Nassan Nota Shapiro of Cracow (1584-1633)
49 mins; June 16, 2025
Rabbi Katz Analyzes the Current Israel-Iran War
26 mins; June 15, 2025
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ תשפ"ה - נְבוּאַת זְכַרְיָה עַל פִּי "פָּשׁוּט פְּשַׁט"
31 mins; June 10, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ תשפ"ה - What is the meaning of the strange phrase :"בְּכָל בֵּיתִי נֶאֱמָן הוּא"?
33 mins; June 10, 2025
"More Judaico" - The humiliating oath Jews were required to utter when they were sworn into gentile courts in pre-modern times
33 mins; June 10, 2025
Is it possible to calculate which mitzvos count more than others? Which aveiros are worse than others?
32 mins; June 09, 2025
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ה - פָּרָשַׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן - Was Samson an actual Nazir (Rambam)?
28 mins; June 05, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ה The Sotah and Structurally flawed marriages
26 mins; June 04, 2025
Different types of Judaism in the era of the Amora'im: Some thoughts on a controversial article re: queen Zenobia of Palmyra and the Amora'im
33 mins; June 04, 2025
Rabbi Katz's schedule for Shavuos night in his shul
2 mins; June 01, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר תשפ"ה - The promiscuous wife and the husband who neverheless wants to stay married to her
22 mins; May 30, 2025
שָׁבוּעוֹת תשפ"ה - Why count 50 days if the Torah was actually given on day 51?
26 mins; May 29, 2025
מְגִלַּת רוּת A Controversial Book? Did she convert? When? How many times?
41 mins; May 29, 2025
The Martyrs of Lvov (1728) - Tortured to Death by the Catholic Church on Erev Shavuos (this is not Count Potocki)
41 mins; May 28, 2025
Shavuos and Yisro: Why does the story of Yisro precede מַתַּן תּוֹרָה? Hpw did Yisro create אַחְדוּת among כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל?
15 mins; May 26, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת בְּמִדְבַּר תשפ"ה Abarbanel: The Levites too were enslaved in Egypt!
23 mins; May 26, 2025
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר-בְּחֻקּוֹתַי תשפ"ה God tells Jeremiah he may not get married and raise a family
24 mins; May 21, 2025
Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: King David, the Brachos in the Parsha, and Depression
22 mins; May 20, 2025
R Shimon ben Yochai and his son: the Aftermath of the Cave
25 mins; May 19, 2025
R Katz analyzes thecurrent situation in the Middle East, especially the future of Syria and Israel
40 mins; May 18, 2025
Haftarah Emor: Ezekiel and Priestly Functions in the Third Temple
27 mins; May 15, 2025
Parshas Emor: May a kohen marry a promiscuous woman?
26 mins; May 14, 2025
R ‘ Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov, Pt. 3
48 mins; May 13, 2025
Lag B"omer and the Story of R Shimon bar Yochai in the Cave: Critical considerations
32 mins; May 11, 2025
Rabbi Katz's new lecture series in Baltimore: May 12, 14, 19, 21, and 26
3 mins; May 11, 2025
Donald Trump's Reported Deal with the Houthis
35 mins; May 07, 2025
Amos
24 mins; May 06, 2025
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת - קְדוֹשִׁים תשפ"ה - Destruction and then Restoration
24 mins; May 06, 2025
Parshas Achrei Mos-Kedoshim: Why is the Yom Kippur Ritual associated with the deaths of Nadav and Avihu?
22 mins; May 06, 2025
Rambam and Korbanos Part 3
32 mins; May 05, 2025
R Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 2: Internal machlokes
47 mins; May 05, 2025
הַפְטָרָה תַּזְרִיעַ-מְצֹרָע תשפ"ה - Gechazi is "attacked" by the יֵצֶר הַטּוֹב
23 mins; May 02, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת תַּזְרִיעַ-מְצֹרָע תשפ"ה - Biblical Leprosy and its role in Promoting Sincere Social Relations
29 mins; April 30, 2025
Rav Chaim Kohen Rappaport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 1. A Great Gadol You Probably never heard of
59 mins; April 29, 2025
The Rambam and his different discourses on korbanos & other matters: Part 2
40 mins; April 27, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמִינִי תשפ"ה - Dovid vs. Nadav & Avihu
22 mins; April 24, 2025
פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמִינִי חֵטְא נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּ
22 mins; April 24, 2025
Conditions in Eretz Yisroel in the early 19th century - life under the rapacious Muslims and hope from England
42 mins; April 22, 2025
The Rambam and his different discourses on korbanos and other matters: Part 1
31 mins; April 21, 2025
הַפְטָרָה לָאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁל פֶּסַח בְּחוּ"ל "עוֹד הַיּוֹם בְּנוֹב" - Discrepancies between the accounts of Hezekiah and Sennacherib
29 mins; April 18, 2025
שְׁבִיעִי שֶׁל פֶּסַח - קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף: הֶאֱמִינוּ וְשׁוּב לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ
31 mins; April 17, 2025
The Historical Background to the 1830s controversy re: הַקְרָבַת קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה - What was going on in Turkish Palestine at that time
51 mins; April 16, 2025
Seder Thoughts 2025 (תשפ"ה)
37 mins; April 10, 2025
When historical knowledge provides an insight into a Responsum: The Noda BiYhudah and the Ben Ish Chai
21 mins; April 09, 2025
Pesach, Bitul Chametz, and the eternal battle of ideas between Jewish and Egyptian theological ideas. Really
35 mins; April 09, 2025
The Rambam and His Thoughts About the Hagadah
25 mins; April 07, 2025
Haftorah Shabbos Hagadol - Elijah: Unite or Die!
23 mins; April 07, 2025
Parshas Tzav (Erev Pesach) - Changing attitudes towards the Temple Sacrifices
27 mins; April 06, 2025
Haftarah Parshas VaYikra: "הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי בְּחַטֹּאותֶיךָ הוֹגַעְתַּנִי בַּעֲוֹנֹתֶיךָ
22 mins; April 03, 2025
The current war in light of וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם
29 mins; April 02, 2025
The Pesach Haggadah: רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר
27 mins; March 31, 2025
Parshas VaYikra: הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת לְעֻמַּת הַקָּרְבָּן פֶּסַח
26 mins; March 30, 2025
Parshas HaChodesh: The seemingly disjuncted narrative
34 mins; March 27, 2025
R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979)
39 mins; March 25, 2025
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ תשפ"ה - Princely corruption even in the time of the Third Temple?
24 mins; March 24, 2025
?פָּרָשַׁת פְּקוּדֵי תשפ"ה - מִי הָיוּ לֵצָנֵי הַדּוֹר
23 mins; March 24, 2025
Trump, Polk, Bibi: Some cautonary lessons from the past
36 mins; March 24, 2025
Haftarah Parshas Parah- Jewish misconduct in the lands of exile
24 mins; March 20, 2025
Parshas VaYakhel- No fire outside the miskan, but yes fire inside the mishkan!
28 mins; March 20, 2025
Purim live 5785 (2025)
68 hours 17 mins; March 18, 2025
Tefilah: Why does God say to Moses : לֹא תוּכַל לִרְאֹת אֶת פָּנָי, but subsequently וְדִבֵּר הַשֵּׁם עִם מֹשֶׁה פָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים?
22 mins; March 17, 2025
Donald Trump's fascination with America's 11th President James K. Polk (1845-1849)
56 mins; March 16, 2025
a.) 17 Adar - tachnun? Anniversary of a massacre and rescue in Northern Syria of חַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל in Northern Syria (מְגִלַּת תַּעֲנִית). Sound familiar
25 mins; March 16, 2025
Two Short Purim Vorts
18 mins; March 12, 2025
Is Israel becoming more religious in the wake of the Gaza War? Some thoughts upon reading an article in הָאָרֶץ
32 mins; March 11, 2025
Purim 2025, Pt. 2: How Esther hid her identity-Didn't the Jews say אָחוֹת יֵשׁ לָנוּ בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ?
30 mins; March 10, 2025
Haftarah Ki Sisah: Eliyahu at Har HaCarmel
27 mins; March 09, 2025
Purim 2025 in the light of the October 7, 20243 Pogrom
31 mins; March 09, 2025
Parshas Ki Sisa (Shoshana Purim): The Eigel and Purim
30 mins; March 09, 2025
Purim 2025: What is the source in the Megilah for the opposing opinions of רשב"י and his talmidim ?
26 mins; March 08, 2025
Circumcision and the Marranos - from the סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת מֵאֵת רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל אַבּוּהַב מִוֶנִיצִיׇהּ
33 mins; March 04, 2025
Haftarah Zachor: The Story of Saul and Agag in the light of the current war with Hamas
30 mins; March 02, 2025
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