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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Parshas Tetzaveh: Was Aaron chosen for the priesthood before the episode of the Golden Calf?
38 mins; March 02, 2025
A selection of interpretations of the bizarre story of Rabbah killing R Zeira at a Purim party
31 mins; March 01, 2025
The spontaneous prayers of the hostages during their captivity in Gaza
24 mins; February 26, 2025
Rabbi Raphael Meldola of Bayonne, France (1686-1748) the 砖讈讜旨"转 诪址讬执诐 讞址讬旨执讬诐
60 hours 22 mins; February 25, 2025
R Katz analyzes the current Mid-East Situation, especially the Russian Role
30 mins; February 23, 2025
From The Golden age of Spanish Jewish Poetry: Ibn Gabirol's 砖执讈谞职讗址谞执旨讬诐 砖址讈讗植谞址谞执旨讬诐
17 mins; February 18, 2025
Haftarah Mishpatim: Reneging on Emancipation
23 mins; February 17, 2025
Parshas Mishpatim: Creating a sacred polity is harder than creating a holy individual
26 mins; February 17, 2025
The Ramchal and the history of his most famous work, Mesilas Yesharim - Some thoughts
35 mins; February 17, 2025
More on angels in Jewish Liturgy
24 mins; February 15, 2025
Angels in our liturgy
24 mins; February 13, 2025
Parshas Yisro: The oath Moshe swore to Yisro re: Gershom, Pt. 2
10 mins; February 12, 2025
What is the significance of Isaiah's prophetic career commencing with the death of King Uzziahu?
22 mins; February 12, 2025
Parshas Yisro: Yisro brings Gershom, whom he has already "ruined," hence the tense relationship
28 mins; February 12, 2025
Genazym is offerng a volume of the original printing of the famous 注值讬谉 讬址注植拽止讘 on the 讗址讙旨指讚讜止转
44 mins; February 10, 2025
Genazym is auctioning a political-lobbying letter from R Chaim Brisker to his friend the 讘旨址注址诇 "讚旨讜止专讜止转 讛指专执讗砖讈讜止谞执讬诐"re: the elections for Chief Rabbi of the Turkish Empire
48 mins; February 05, 2025
讜侄讛直讜值讬 诪执转职讗址讘值旨拽 讘址旨注植驻址专 专址讙职诇值讬讛侄诐, 讜侄讛直讜值讬 砖讈讜止转侄讛 讘址旨爪指旨诪指讗 讗侄转 讚执旨讘职专值讬讛侄诐 - A real ife Case in 19th century Kurdistan
25 mins; February 04, 2025
驻旨指专指砖讈址转 讘旨职砖讈址诇旨址讞 转砖驻"讛 - Some Jews armed themselves to battle the Philistines when they left Egypt. Others were cowardly
26 mins; February 04, 2025
More correspndence between Ramchal and R Yeshaya Bassani: Whose soul did R Yeshaya possess?
33 mins; February 04, 2025
Haftarah BeShalach: Who exactly was Yael, Eshes Chever HaKeini? Which yeshiva did she learn in?
24 mins; February 03, 2025
Genazym is offering the famous math book: "住值驻侄专 讛址诪旨执住职驻旨指专" 诪值讗值转 专址讘旨执讬 讗值诇执讬旨指讛讜旨 诪执讝职专指讞执讬 讛址诪职驻只专职住指诐 (讘旨址注址诇 讛指专职讗值"诐 注址诇 驻旨值专讜旨砖讈 专指砖讈执"讬 注址诇 讛址讞只诪旨指砖讈)
45 mins; February 02, 2025
Haftarah Bo: Egypt will be devastated by a Babylonian invasion
25 mins; January 30, 2025
Rabbi Katz Yahrtzeit Siyum on Mikvaos
43 mins; January 30, 2025
Sumptuary decrees of 1767 issued by the 谞讜止讚址注 讘旨执讬讛讜旨讚指讛
47 mins; January 29, 2025
Psalm 90 - the Dearth of 砖诪讞讛? Reflections of the aftermath of the Golden Calf?
25 mins; January 29, 2025
Parshas Bo: Were there apostates (诪砖讜诪讚讬诐) already at the time of 讬爪讬讗转 诪爪专讬诐?
31 mins; January 26, 2025
讛驻讟专讛 驻专砖转 讜讗专讗 转砖驻"讛 - Pharaoh the Crocodile
24 mins; January 23, 2025
Psalm 81 讛址讬旨讜止诐 讬讜止诐 讞植诪执讬砖讈执讬 讘旨职砖讈址讘旨指转 Commemorating the first Liberation
22 mins; January 22, 2025
Parshas VaEra: Redemption without repentance?
25 mins; January 22, 2025
The Hostage Deal and the Current Matzav
30 mins; January 20, 2025
讛址驻职讟指专指讛 驻旨指专指砖讈址转 砖讈职诪讜止转 转砖驻"讛 - "讛址谞旨执讚旨指讞执讬诐 讘旨职讗侄专侄抓 诪执爪职专址讬执诐"
30 mins; January 15, 2025
Psalm 94 - The Call for Revenge, when is it appropriate?
27 mins; January 15, 2025
Ramchal and his Rebbe, Pt. 2. - More on the remarkable relationship
55 mins; January 14, 2025
Parshas Shmos: A Three Day Holiday?
31 mins; January 13, 2025
Asarah B'Teves: Then and Now
31 mins; January 10, 2025
An Analysis of the Current Influence of Turkey in Syria and Israel
30 mins; January 09, 2025
Why really did Dovid resent Yoav?
26 mins; January 06, 2025
Why was there a military escort at Jacob's funeral?
28 mins; January 06, 2025
The Shma Prayer in its original context
30 mins; January 05, 2025
The 砖诪注 prayer in its original context
23 mins; January 05, 2025
Haftarah VaYigash: Unity Before Geulah
23 mins; January 02, 2025
Parshas VaYigash: Why did Joseph supply his brothers with literally all their need?
33 mins; January 01, 2025
The Ruthless Use of Hostages: The assasination of Judah Maccabee's brother Shimon and its aftermath
36 mins; December 31, 2024
谞职讞止砖讈侄转: 讚旨职讘址专 转旨讜止专指讛 诇址讞植谞只讻旨指讛 转砖驻"讛
34 mins; December 31, 2024
Lighting Inside v. Lighting Outside: History of Controversy
41 mins; December 29, 2024
The prophecy of 24 Kislev (住值驻侄专 讛址谞旨指讘执讬讗 讞址讙旨址讬) and current events in the Middle East
24 mins; December 25, 2024
Al HaNissim- When was it composed?
27 mins; December 23, 2024
Haftarah Shabbos Chanukah - Zechariah Magical Menorah
22 mins; December 23, 2024
Mikeitz and (metaphysical) Chanukah: The two dream stories - Joseph and Daniel
28 mins; December 23, 2024
Parshas Mikeitz: Joseph the first "galus yid" in history
27 mins; December 22, 2024
Seudas Chanukah: How old is this custom? Did it predate Rabbinic Literature?
28 mins; December 22, 2024
Peacemaking with the enemy? A cautionary tale from the Book of Maccabees
22 mins; December 19, 2024
What kind of peace should we pray for in The North?
25 mins; December 19, 2024
Haftarah VaYeshev: Amos decries social injustice (at G-d's direction)
27 mins; December 18, 2024
Parshas VaYeshev: Contrasting the sibling relationships between the 12 brothers of the Joseph story and the 5 brothers of the Macabee story
26 mins; December 16, 2024
R' Yeshaya Bassan and the Ramchal: The remarkable correspondence between rebbe and talmid
58 mins; December 16, 2024
Shechem - Some of the Brothers Killed, Other Brothers Looted (Parshas VaYishlach)
19 mins; December 12, 2024
Tefilah in the Context of the Current Situation in Syria
26 mins; December 11, 2024
Sefer Ovadiah HaNavi (Haftarah VaYishlach)
23 mins; December 09, 2024
Parshas VaYishlach: The challenges of Jewish survival in hostile environments
30 mins; December 09, 2024
An Analysis of the Latest Events on the Israel-Syria Border
25 mins; December 08, 2024
R' Marcus (Mordecai) Jastrow (1829-1903), Pt. 2
29 mins; December 08, 2024
R' Marcus (Mordecai) Jastrow (1829-1903), Pt. 1
49 mins; December 08, 2024
The Ramchal on Why People Avoid Learning Kabbalah
26 mins; December 04, 2024
Haftarah VaYeitzei: The Kingdom of the North blows its last chance by retaining the Golden Calf
29 mins; December 03, 2024
Parsas VaYeitzei: What does Jacob mean by 讛指讬指讛 讛址砖旨讈值诐 诇执讬 诇侄讗直诇止讛执讬诐?
26 mins; December 02, 2024
The Recent Developments in Syria and the Middle East
24 mins; December 01, 2024
Thanksgiving as an American (but not Christian) Religious Holiday
39 mins; November 28, 2024
Haftarah Toldos: Goofing off in the Bais HaMikdash
29 mins; November 27, 2024
The War in Lebanon and Psalm 110
22 mins; November 25, 2024
Parshas Toldos: The Palestinian (Plishti) Peace Proposal
28 mins; November 25, 2024
Are the Jews a religious group? A nationality? An ethnicity?
40 mins; November 24, 2024
Haftarah Chayei Sarah: Adoniyahu or Shlomo
25 mins; November 19, 2024
Parshas Chayei Sarah: Oy shidduchim, shidduchim
26 mins; November 19, 2024
The Aleinu Prayer: What is its context?
30 mins; November 19, 2024
The Hasmoneans and the Question of Drafting the Yeshiva Bachurim
30 mins; November 17, 2024
Haftarah VaYera: 讗直诇执讬砖讈指注 诪职讞址讬旨侄讛 讛址诪旨值转
24 mins; November 14, 2024
The Iranian-Israel Conflict in light of interesting internal developments in Iran
34 mins; November 12, 2024
Parshas VaYera: The 讛址砖讈职讙旨指讞指讛 驻旨职专指讟执讬转 in the sequence of events in the Abraham story
27 mins; November 11, 2024
R Shimon Sofer, Pt 2: Walking a political tightrope for Galician Jews trapped between Germans, Ukrainians, and Poles
15 mins; November 10, 2024
R Shimon Sofer (1820-1883), Pt. 1: The complexities of Jewish ethnic politics in Central Europe (Galicia) in the 19th century
59 mins; November 10, 2024
Parshas Lech Lecha: The conquest of Semitic Israel by Hamitic invaders
27 mins; November 07, 2024
Haftarah Lech Lecha: The Dust of Abraham
23 mins; November 04, 2024
Parshas Lech Lecha: Abraham and Shem
26 mins; November 04, 2024
R' Katz discusses the newest Genazym auction, featuring (inter alia) the seal the famous Italian Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan (1673-1739)
52 mins; November 03, 2024
Haftorah Parsha Noach: The Abandoned Wife Discovers She is not abandoned after all
27 mins; October 31, 2024
The Story of Nimrod- Who was he? (Parshas Noach)
29 mins; October 30, 2024
R' Shmuel Leib Kauder (1770-1835) Last of the Bohemian Gedolim
60 hours 14 mins; October 30, 2024
The Simchas Torah Massacre in Cracow 1655
30 mins; October 28, 2024
Parshas V'Zos HaBrachah: G-d offers the Torah to the other nations but they turn down the offer
33 mins; October 22, 2024
The History and Meaning of the 谞执注植谞讜旨注执讬诐
30 mins; October 21, 2024
Where is the Garden of Eden? (Parshas Bereishis)
27 mins; October 20, 2024
R' Katz speculates on the origins of the 砖讉执诪职讞址转 讘旨值讬转 讛址砖旨讈讜止讗值讘指讛
30 mins; October 20, 2024
The Original Sukkos: Was it BOTH Clouds of Glory and 住只讻旨讜止转 诪址诪旨指砖讈- first one and then the other?
26 mins; October 16, 2024
R' Katz on the Four Minim
27 mins; October 15, 2024
Sukkos in the Light of the Current War
30 mins; October 15, 2024
Was Columbus Jewish? R' Katz weighs in
30 mins; October 14, 2024
A Quick History of Israel's Diplomatic Relations (and lack of relations) with Moslem Countries
45 mins; October 13, 2024
The Jonah Story: Some sober thoughts in light of current events
31 mins; October 13, 2024
Sair L'Azazel-"Is there a plain meaning?"
30 mins; October 09, 2024
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