Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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The "בַּת עַיִן" in Historical Context (1765-1840)
The "בַּת עַיִן" in Historical Context (1765-1840)
Dec 1, 2025
1:11:47
The challenges of living in צְפַת in the terrible 1830s How to live in the old אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל without being victimized by the חֲלֻקָּה system
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Chanukah 2025: Was the oil in the jar in the Temple the only kosher oil available?
Chanukah 2025: Was the oil in the jar in the Temple the only kosher oil available?
Dec 3, 2025
34:28
If you go by the Talmudic literature, there was other oil available, but they started with the oil in the famous jar and it burned for eight days. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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"פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח תשפ"ו "תַּרְיָ"ג מִצְווֹת שָׁמַרְתִּי - Why does Jacob say this to Esau?
"פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח תשפ"ו "תַּרְיָ"ג מִצְווֹת שָׁמַרְתִּי - Why does Jacob say this to Esau?
Dec 2, 2025
27:22
Why didn't Jacob send messengers to his father Yitzchak? Instead of to Esau? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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What's with this Israeli preoccupation with the bodies of their dead, killed by Hamas & Co.?
What's with this Israeli preoccupation with the bodies of their dead, killed by Hamas & Co.?
Nov 27, 2025
32:05
Why does Israel release live Arab terrorists (who admit they will kill again if they can!) in exchange for the corpses of Jewish dead? Is this a Halachic thing? A Zionist thing?
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Some thoughts on Self-Hating and Self-Denying Jews in the current antisemitic climate, now and a century ago
Some thoughts on Self-Hating and Self-Denying Jews in the current antisemitic climate, now and a century ago
Nov 25, 2025
33:20
When Arabs slaughtered (literally) the Jew in Hebron in 1929, the Communist Party said it was the fault of the Jews and the Arabs were in the right. And Jewish Communists sided with the Party! Similar things are happening today ... https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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Rabbeinu Tam and Count Henry I of Champagne (and Countess Marie)
Rabbeinu Tam and Count Henry I of Champagne (and Countess Marie)
Oct 19, 2025
42:50
Was Rabbeinu Tam a kind of French nobleman? Why did he practice falconry ? Why did the Count of Champagne turn to him to explain the David-Saul story?
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Today's Posthumous Promotion of Alfred Dreyfus to General in the French Army
Today's Posthumous Promotion of Alfred Dreyfus to General in the French Army
Nov 20, 2025
47:23
Was Alfred Dreyfus really a self-hating or self-denying assimilated Jew?
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Judah Al-Charizi (12th Century): Greatest (?) of the Sefardic Poets of the Golden Age
Judah Al-Charizi (12th Century): Greatest (?) of the Sefardic Poets of the Golden Age
Mar 31, 2021
1:46:56
The "rapper" of genius who fought to make the Jews see the superiority of Hebrew over Arabic
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Yaakov Anatoli (1195-1256): Controversial Jewish Intellectual During the Maimonidean Controveries
Yaakov Anatoli (1195-1256): Controversial Jewish Intellectual During the Maimonidean Controveries
Nov 7, 2022
1:06:14
His sefer מַלְמַד הַתַּלְמִידִים עַל פָּרָשַׁת הַשָּׁבוּעַ loved and hated down the centuries
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Parshas VaYeitzei: What is Yaakov afraid of?
Parshas VaYeitzei: What is Yaakov afraid of?
Nov 25, 2025
30:52
Let's examine the image of the ladder closely