Popular Shows by Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Another Apocryphal "Midrash" on the Chanukah Story, with interesting takes on the discovery of the jar of oil
Another Apocryphal "Midrash" on the Chanukah Story, with interesting takes on the discovery of the jar of oil
Dec 21, 2025
35:41
The jar of oil was located under the altar. Had they not torn down the existing altar (as an act of piety, to replace it with a new, unblemished altar), they would not have found the famous פַּךְ שֶׁמֶן https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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R Katz discussesa fasinating siddur published in Greece in 1941 who omits the word יָוָן from עַל הַנִּסִּים
R Katz discussesa fasinating siddur published in Greece in 1941 who omits the word יָוָן from עַל הַנִּסִּים
Dec 23, 2025
27:53
At that moment, Greece under the Metaxas Regime was saving the Jews from Hitler and Mussolini
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Final Chanukah 2025 Thoughts: וּלְךָ עָשִֽׂיתָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ בְּעוֹלָמֶֽךָ
Final Chanukah 2025 Thoughts: וּלְךָ עָשִֽׂיתָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ בְּעוֹלָמֶֽךָ
Dec 22, 2025
26:04
"Olamecha" also means hidden or invisible. Through the miracle of the oil, an Invisible God became "visible" (so to speak)
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פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ תשפ"ו - Was Joseph actually the VICEROY, the ruler of Egypt? Or just the czar of the economy?
פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ תשפ"ו - Was Joseph actually the VICEROY, the ruler of Egypt? Or just the czar of the economy?
Dec 22, 2025
33:28
The roe of the Jew in the Egyptian economy foreshadowed the role of the Jew in later economies: find a niche not occupied by the native inhabitants. לע"נ יששכר מאיר בן ברוך סטפנסקי
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Some thoughts on today 24 Kislev and its famous prophecy in סֵפֶר חַגַּי (תְּרֵי עָשָׂר)
Some thoughts on today 24 Kislev and its famous prophecy in סֵפֶר חַגַּי (תְּרֵי עָשָׂר)
Dec 14, 2025
41:22
Does it prophecy the Maccabean Wars? The Messianic Wars? The current situation in Syria and the Middle East?
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Haftarah Shabbos Chanukah: The Vision of Zachariah and its relevance to Chanukah
Haftarah Shabbos Chanukah: The Vision of Zachariah and its relevance to Chanukah
Dec 18, 2025
29:04
The Menorah that stayed lit for eight days was being fueled by the two (spiritual) olive trees in Zachariah's prophetic vision https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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How the Judith Story in the Apocrypha (or a different version of the story) entered orthodox rabbinic literature AND practice
How the Judith Story in the Apocrypha (or a different version of the story) entered orthodox rabbinic literature AND practice
Dec 9, 2025
42:03
Some old widespread chanukah customs had no source in REGULAR rabbinic literature, but were accepted (despite some opposition) by basing them on sources in IRREGULAR Jewish literature
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Rabbis, Presidents, & Immigration
Rabbis, Presidents, & Immigration
Apr 25, 2018
1:12:07
Latest episode of Rabbi Dovid Katz Jewish History
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Chanukah, the Maccabean Wars, and the Civil wars in Seleucid Syria
Chanukah, the Maccabean Wars, and the Civil wars in Seleucid Syria
Dec 17, 2025
24:42
The Jews' final victory was due to the political disintegration of the Syrian state at that time
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The Current Big Threat to Israel from ... Turkey
The Current Big Threat to Israel from ... Turkey
Dec 7, 2025
30:27
Turkey today is more of a threat than Iran!
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הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ תשפ"ו - The vision of grafting the two trees together
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ תשפ"ו - The vision of grafting the two trees together
Dec 24, 2025
24:02
Will the tribes retain their individual identities and consciousness in the future Messianic Utopia?
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Some thoughts on the Chanukah Story and its historiosophical relation to גָּלוּת יָוָן
Some thoughts on the Chanukah Story and its historiosophical relation to גָּלוּת יָוָן
Dec 15, 2025
31:33
Two opposite models: A.) Alexander bows to the Kohen Gadol B.) Antiochus forces the High Priest and the Temple to "bow" to him https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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R’ Katz Criticizes the Current Wave of Spitting in Light of Jewish History
R’ Katz Criticizes the Current Wave of Spitting in Light of Jewish History
Oct 5, 2023
27:01
Many Yidden have been killed, hurt, and persecuted because of some individual's spitting
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Thoughts on the Current War With Gaza
Thoughts on the Current War With Gaza
Oct 10, 2023
36:14
Some background, and why Israel was surprised
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פָּרָשַׁת מִקֵּץ תשפ"ו - Yosef, the first "Court Jew"
פָּרָשַׁת מִקֵּץ תשפ"ו - Yosef, the first "Court Jew"
Dec 18, 2025
25:47
Comparing & Contrasting Yosef with Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Shmuel haNagid, Benjamin Disraeli, and Henry Kissinger
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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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Rav Kook (1865-1935): A Complicated Gadol
Rav Kook (1865-1935): A Complicated Gadol
Jul 14, 2020
1:58:46
Why is he so controversial?
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Shabtai Tzvi: Kabbalah and Kabbalistic Messianism-Part 2
Shabtai Tzvi: Kabbalah and Kabbalistic Messianism-Part 2
Oct 11, 2018
1:16:48
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Katz
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Shabtai Tzvi: His Era-Part 3
Shabtai Tzvi: His Era-Part 3
Oct 18, 2018
1:10:47
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Katz
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Shabtai Tzvi: His Era-Part 4
Shabtai Tzvi: His Era-Part 4
Nov 16, 2018
1:26:07
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Katz
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Chanukah (2020): Who Were the "Greeks" of the Chanukah Story?
Chanukah (2020): Who Were the "Greeks" of the Chanukah Story?
Dec 13, 2020
46:16
Was Chanukah a battle between "cultures?"
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History of the Jews in Poland: Poles and Jews in the Holocaust and After- Pt. 5
History of the Jews in Poland: Poles and Jews in the Holocaust and After- Pt. 5
Feb 24, 2019
1:53:43
Poles and Jews in the Reborn Republic of Poland
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The Israeli Offensives in the War for Independence: Brilliant Successes and Devastating Failures
The Israeli Offensives in the War for Independence: Brilliant Successes and Devastating Failures
Dec 22, 2023
1:25:52
From Rabbi Dr. Katz’ 2011-2012 Lecture Series entitled “The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949”
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The “Old Haskalah” - Comfortably Nestled within Cultural Insularity
The “Old Haskalah” - Comfortably Nestled within Cultural Insularity
Jul 5, 2024
1:28:09
From Rabbi Katz’ 2017 Summer Lecture Series entitled: Kulturkampf-Haskalah: The Haskalah Wars - Lecture 1
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Israel & France (and Syria) : Connecting Dots
Israel & France (and Syria) : Connecting Dots
Dec 4, 2025
35:12
The two faces of France in its dealings with Israel
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Genazym is offering a personal letter from R Ovadia Yosef to R Shlomo Zalman Auerbach re: High Israeli Politics concerning the Shas Party
Genazym is offering a personal letter from R Ovadia Yosef to R Shlomo Zalman Auerbach re: High Israeli Politics concerning the Shas Party
Sep 1, 2025
26:05
The bitter politics surrounding the 1992 Knesset Elections (which led to the Oslo Agreement) and the bitter politics in the frum world surrounding the Shas Party's disobeying the political directives of the leadership of the "Litvish" Yeshiva World's leadership. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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Intermarriage: Whose Fault is It? (Haftarah BeHaaloscha)
Intermarriage: Whose Fault is It? (Haftarah BeHaaloscha)
May 26, 2021
34:26
The Judge screams at the prosecutor
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When an Epidemic Strikes, Should You Run or Self-Quarantine?: A brief look at the history of a law in the Shulchan Aruch
When an Epidemic Strikes, Should You Run or Self-Quarantine?: A brief look at the history of a law in the Shulchan Aruch
Apr 1, 2020
42:46
Recorded during the midst of the Coronavirus crisis in 2020.
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Rabbi Leone Modena of Venice - A Posek Who Taught Dancing (and Many Other Subjects)
Rabbi Leone Modena of Venice - A Posek Who Taught Dancing (and Many Other Subjects)
Mar 8, 2021
1:16:00
Very frum but skeptical of the claims of the Kabbalists
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Parshas Ki Seitzei: Moshe Calls Attention to Various Dangerous Behaviors Between the Sexes
Parshas Ki Seitzei: Moshe Calls Attention to Various Dangerous Behaviors Between the Sexes
Aug 27, 2020
41:05
Mussar- Who is the "beautiful woman"?
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A Tosafistic History of the Use of the #15 in Prayer
A Tosafistic History of the Use of the #15 in Prayer
Mar 4, 2022
28:18
The 15 praises in Yishtabach are Moshe's 15 words of joy and relief when his financial rectitude was publicly vindicated
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The Famous R’ Yehudah Moscato of 16th Century Italy: A Recently Discovered Remarkable Episode
The Famous R’ Yehudah Moscato of 16th Century Italy: A Recently Discovered Remarkable Episode
Jan 31, 2024
53:32
Arrested by the Duke and tortured for trying to prevent a Jew from converting. It's like a novel!
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Why did the Sages condemn the translation into Greek? Why is it different than Artscoll?
Why did the Sages condemn the translation into Greek? Why is it different than Artscoll?
Dec 29, 2022
36:25
Where would Torah Judaism be today without translations and "cheater books" for the הָמוֹן עַם ?
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Yosifon's Counterhistory of the Translation of the Torah into Greek
Yosifon's Counterhistory of the Translation of the Torah into Greek
Dec 22, 2023
27:57
As a result of the translation, Pharaoh freed 150,000 Jewish slaves ( Yosifon)
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Abraham Drabkin (1844-1927): A Reform Rabbi in Czarist Russia?
Abraham Drabkin (1844-1927): A Reform Rabbi in Czarist Russia?
Aug 17, 2023
1:23:53
From Volozhin to the JTS of Breslau to the Great Synagogue of St. Petersburg, Reform Russian style
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Thoughts About Russia and the Jews - Occasioned by the Death of Gorbachev
Thoughts About Russia and the Jews - Occasioned by the Death of Gorbachev
Aug 31, 2022
52:56
Gorbachev -a textbook case of לֵב שָׂרִים בְּיַד הַשֵּׁם
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R’ Yehudah Moscato (1532-1590), Pt. 2: Famous Italian תַּלְמִיד חָכָם וְדַרְשָׁן
R’ Yehudah Moscato (1532-1590), Pt. 2: Famous Italian תַּלְמִיד חָכָם וְדַרְשָׁן
Feb 5, 2024
58:43
A Renaissance Rabbi? Or a Rabbi who lived during the Renaissance?
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Parshas Devarim: Why Are Some Laws Only in Devarim?
Parshas Devarim: Why Are Some Laws Only in Devarim?
Jul 20, 2023
39:06
Do we have the original version of the חומש? Or a second (divinely-dictated) version?
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The Yom Kippur War, Part 1: Affliction
The Yom Kippur War, Part 1: Affliction
Oct 9, 2023
1:26:49
From Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War
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Hamas' Error of Judgment? - More Analysis of the Current War Against Hamas
Hamas' Error of Judgment? - More Analysis of the Current War Against Hamas
Oct 11, 2023
36:59
Will other Jihadists enter the fray?
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Isaiah discusses the current situation in the Middle East. Really
Isaiah discusses the current situation in the Middle East. Really
Oct 12, 2023
27:19
The relevance to the crisis in Israel is uncanny
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הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב תשפ"ו - Amos blasts the social injustice prevalent in his time
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב תשפ"ו - Amos blasts the social injustice prevalent in his time
Dec 8, 2025
27:38
NOT the idolatry! Although there WAS idolatry, it is the abuse of the poor and helpless that will cause the חֻרְבַּן!
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הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח תשפ"ו מִי הָיָה עוֹבַדְיָה? - Who exactly was Ovadiah?
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח תשפ"ו מִי הָיָה עוֹבַדְיָה? - Who exactly was Ovadiah?
Dec 5, 2025
27:04
Past history PLUS future historical (cyclical?) patterns https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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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
45
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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The Current Wave of Antisemitism in Italy - My reaction to a podcast
The Current Wave of Antisemitism in Italy - My reaction to a podcast
Nov 2, 2025
36:08
Are we seeing a long-internalized resentment by Italian Catholics to the liberalized theology towards the Jews adopted by The Church in 1965?
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Why was there a military escort at Jacob's funeral?
Why was there a military escort at Jacob's funeral?
Jan 6, 2025
28:26
Jacob's insistence that his grandchildren not touch his coffin?
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פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ה The Sotah and Structurally flawed marriages
פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ה The Sotah and Structurally flawed marriages
Jun 5, 2025
26:41
What would lead a wife to "live dangerously" after being warned by the husband in front of witnesses? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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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
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
Jun 4, 2025
33:20
Rabbinic Judaism vs. Non-Rabbinic, Traditional (Hellenistic?) Judaism in the late Roman Empire (3rd century) https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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The Ruthless Use of Hostages: The assasination of Judah Maccabee's brother Shimon and its aftermath
The Ruthless Use of Hostages: The assasination of Judah Maccabee's brother Shimon and its aftermath
Dec 31, 2024
36:30
The assassins used hostages to get away with their crimes: a cautionary tale re: Gaza?
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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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The Martyrs of Lvov (1728) - Tortured to Death by the Catholic Church on Erev Shavuos (this is not Count Potocki)
The Martyrs of Lvov (1728) - Tortured to Death by the Catholic Church on Erev Shavuos (this is not Count Potocki)
May 28, 2025
41:22
Chaim and Yehoshua Reitzes endured horrible tortures rather than save themselves by conversion To sponsor a podcast https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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The Chasam Sofer, the Yad haMelech, and the "overused" esrog. Haredi vs. Maskilic notions of aesthetics
The Chasam Sofer, the Yad haMelech, and the "overused" esrog. Haredi vs. Maskilic notions of aesthetics
Oct 10, 2025
37:45
Intra-Jewish ideological politics underneath the dry discourse of the responsa literature
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R ‘ Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov, Pt. 3
R ‘ Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov, Pt. 3
May 14, 2025
48:48
His famous disputation with the Frankist Heretics, who claimed that the Jews who follow the Talmud murder Christians and use their blood for Passover purposes. He tore into them , calling a spade a spade!
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The Ramchal on Why People Avoid Learning Kabbalah
The Ramchal on Why People Avoid Learning Kabbalah
Dec 5, 2024
26:19
The Devil and R' Shimshon of Ostropol
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The Debate in the Mishna whether the שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר should be מוֹצִיא the intelligent worshipers on רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה - שֶׁהוּא יוֹם הַדִּין
The Debate in the Mishna whether the שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר should be מוֹצִיא the intelligent worshipers on רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה - שֶׁהוּא יוֹם הַדִּין
Sep 19, 2025
26:24
Who was the first שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר in Jewish History?
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R Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 2: Internal machlokes
R Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 2: Internal machlokes
May 5, 2025
47:52
The Underside of Jewish Kehilah politics in the "Old World"
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Haftarah BeHaaloscha: The prophet describes the intermarriage scandal, but in oblique language
Haftarah BeHaaloscha: The prophet describes the intermarriage scandal, but in oblique language
Jun 18, 2024
25:02
To get the full picture, read the last chapters of the book of Ezra
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הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תָּבֹא תשפ"ה - יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ בְּלִי מִלְחָמָה
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תָּבֹא תשפ"ה - יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ בְּלִי מִלְחָמָה
Sep 11, 2025
28:01
Isaiah's vision of a Messianic Era characterized, not by World War III, but by a world in moral darkness turning to Klal Yisroel for Enlightenment. A pain-free Geulah https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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War Against the Jewish Book: The First Half of the Middle Ages- Part 1
War Against the Jewish Book: The First Half of the Middle Ages- Part 1
May 6, 2018
1:09:24
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Dovid Katz
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Parshas VaYishlach: The Rape of Dina in Kabbalistic Terms
Parshas VaYishlach: The Rape of Dina in Kabbalistic Terms
Dec 12, 2019
29:56
Competing notions of morality and propriety, and the deadly wages, thereof
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Parshas Devarim: The Censorious Speech of Moses and Its Connection with תשעה באב
Parshas Devarim: The Censorious Speech of Moses and Its Connection with תשעה באב
Aug 9, 2019
32:04
Some thoughts on this fifth, different, book of the Chumash, and of its connection with תשעה באב
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R’ Meir of Rothenberg (1215-1293): The Strange Story of His Arrest and Bizarre Imprisonment
R’ Meir of Rothenberg (1215-1293): The Strange Story of His Arrest and Bizarre Imprisonment
Mar 4, 2020
39:02
What was his crime? The Jew as "property" of the Christian Ruler in the Middle Ages
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Romanian Jewry: The Fascinating Observations of a Hungarian Rav on Romanian Jewry in the Holocaust
Romanian Jewry: The Fascinating Observations of a Hungarian Rav on Romanian Jewry in the Holocaust
Apr 18, 2021
1:21:43
What's the definition of "frum"? Why did the observant Jews get killed during the Holocaust, but not the non-observant?
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Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas 1610-1698 of the Sephardi "Diaspora" - Personalities in Jewish History
Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas 1610-1698 of the Sephardi "Diaspora" - Personalities in Jewish History
May 8, 2019
40:11
Posek, diplomat, rosh yeshiva, and the leading opponent of Shabtai Zvi. A truly dramatic biography
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From Chanukah to Tishabav - SERIES PREMIERE (Part 1) - Saturday Night Lecture Series
From Chanukah to Tishabav - SERIES PREMIERE (Part 1) - Saturday Night Lecture Series
May 5, 2019
1:03:18
The Slippery Slope from Chanuka to Tisha b'Av.
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Nahmanides (רמב"ן) - Personalities in Jewish History
Nahmanides (רמב"ן) - Personalities in Jewish History
Apr 16, 2019
38:09
The greatest Spanish Rishon of the second half of the Middle Ages. The father of "Sefardi-Yeshivsh "
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Saadia Gaon (882/892-942): Rosh Yeshiva and Founder of Medieval Haskalah
Saadia Gaon (882/892-942): Rosh Yeshiva and Founder of Medieval Haskalah
Jun 17, 2020
56:27
Saadia Gaon climbed to the top of the yeshiva world even though he was not one of the typical.
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פרשת מצורע-Parshas Metzora-Shabbos HaGadol
פרשת מצורע-Parshas Metzora-Shabbos HaGadol
Apr 12, 2019
23:59
The leprosy of King Uzziah of Judah
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Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah Katzenellenbogen of Venice ( 1521-1597) Personalities in Jewish History
Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah Katzenellenbogen of Venice ( 1521-1597) Personalities in Jewish History
Apr 11, 2019
35:57
A Rosh Yeshiva in the "party-city" of the Old World - What a challenge!
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Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin-The Moadim B’Halachah: Personalities in Jewish History
Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin-The Moadim B’Halachah: Personalities in Jewish History
Mar 27, 2019
36:24
The greatest Torah expositor and styist of the 20th century
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Dr. Deutschlander: Not Just an Educator, But an Educationist! A Tragic Life Full of Accomplishments
Dr. Deutschlander: Not Just an Educator, But an Educationist! A Tragic Life Full of Accomplishments
Aug 4, 2020
1:00:34
The man who created both Yavneh and Bais Yaakov, particularly the infrastructure and philosophy of both.
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Steinsaltz and the Revolution in the Popularization of Gemara; An Unforeseen Event in Judaism
Steinsaltz and the Revolution in the Popularization of Gemara; An Unforeseen Event in Judaism
Aug 10, 2020
1:00:26
The Steinsaltz-ArtScroll "dialectic"
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R’ Nesanel Weil: Chief Rabbi of Karlsruhe, Who Became Famous For His Commentary on the Rosh.
R’ Nesanel Weil: Chief Rabbi of Karlsruhe, Who Became Famous For His Commentary on the Rosh.
Aug 18, 2020
47:22
A charismatic teacher, back when students did Gemara, Rashi, and the Rosh.
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Greece! An exciting Jewish-History tour of Greece with Rabbi Dovid Katz May 13-20, 2019
Greece! An exciting Jewish-History tour of Greece with Rabbi Dovid Katz May 13-20, 2019
Jan 31, 2019
5:54
Join Rabbi Katz on this amazing trip to Greece, which will include a wealth of information on the history of the Jews andvthe Greeks over the last 2500 years, an encounter that has left a profound impact on both civilizations. Contact Rabbi Katz at [email protected]
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The Margoliyos HaYam (1889-1971) and the Haredi Haskalah
The Margoliyos HaYam (1889-1971) and the Haredi Haskalah
Aug 24, 2020
1:00:47
A Gaon who ran a bookstore, and then a library
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The Marcheshes (1864 - 1941): R’ Chanoch Agus of Vilna
The Marcheshes (1864 - 1941): R’ Chanoch Agus of Vilna
Sep 7, 2020
1:25:27
Longtime colleague and close associate of R’ Chaim Ozer on the Vilna Beis Din, despite the fact one was Agudah and the other Mizrachi. Author of the classic lomdishe seforim of the 20th century. Murdered by Hitler.
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Shabtai Tzvi - After the Bubble Bursts-Part 5
Shabtai Tzvi - After the Bubble Bursts-Part 5
Nov 30, 2018
1:17:37
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Katz
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History of Israel-The State of Israel and the Jewish Religion 1952-1956
History of Israel-The State of Israel and the Jewish Religion 1952-1956
Jul 15, 2018
1:18:54
A historical analysis of the early stages of how a strange thing happened: A State founded by secularists on strongly secular liberal principles ended up becoming the number-one funder and enabler of a network of religious institutions dedicated to the very opposite of secular liberalism. How Ben Gurion put the Haredim on their feet without wishing to.
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War Against the Jewish Book: The Renaissance and New Technology- Part 4
War Against the Jewish Book: The Renaissance and New Technology- Part 4
May 8, 2018
1:14:52
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Dovid Katz
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History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956
History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956
May 29, 2018
1:16:17
Progress Without Peace: Israel and the Jewish People, 1952-1956 --- How the new State of Israel wrestled with the question of how to relate to the Holocaust. The conflicted feelings of shame, anger, and profound-compassion came to a head in the "Kasztner-Trial" of 1954, the most controversial trial in Israeli history
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The Chaotic World of Unregulated Synagogues in the Second Temple Era (Tefillah)
The Chaotic World of Unregulated Synagogues in the Second Temple Era (Tefillah)
Apr 21, 2021
40:14
And the turning point represented by the Destruction of the Bais HaMikdash
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Why Do We Only Say Tefillas Nachem at Minchah on Tisha B’Av? (Tefillah)
Why Do We Only Say Tefillas Nachem at Minchah on Tisha B’Av? (Tefillah)
Jul 15, 2021
33:28
Was Jerusalem a wasteland when the prayer was composed?
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Parshas Devarim: Are These Moshe's Actual Words? Or G-d's Editing of Them?
Parshas Devarim: Are These Moshe's Actual Words? Or G-d's Editing of Them?
Jul 14, 2021
36:55
Moshe's rhetoric vs. his kvad peh
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Edmond Rothschild and His Strange Relationship to His Own Judaism
Edmond Rothschild and His Strange Relationship to His Own Judaism
Jul 12, 2021
1:05:11
The micromanager who poured endless amounts of money into Jewish Settlement in Israel, but who denied any Jewish passion
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Jeremiah Blasts the Jews - "You're not just unfaithful, you're stupid!" (Haftarah Matos-Masei)
Jeremiah Blasts the Jews - "You're not just unfaithful, you're stupid!" (Haftarah Matos-Masei)
Jul 8, 2021
31:32
“Your ruchniyus is a wasteland!"
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The Brachah of Attah Chonen and Its Meaning
The Brachah of Attah Chonen and Its Meaning
Jul 7, 2021
28:00
Can you use your talents in a way that results in successful relationships? Or is it all about $$?
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Parshas Matos-Maasai: Is Revenge a Jewish Value? Nationally? Individually?
Parshas Matos-Maasai: Is Revenge a Jewish Value? Nationally? Individually?
Jul 6, 2021
43:40
The 42 stops on the way to the Promised Land. Portentous?
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Montefiore: The Greatest Jewish Layman - The First to Act for Klal Yisrael
Montefiore: The Greatest Jewish Layman - The First to Act for Klal Yisrael
Jul 5, 2021
1:27:31
A millionaire who actually gave to Jewish causes, especially Eretz Yisrael
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R’ Katz Discusses the Maimonidean Controversies of the 13th Century
R’ Katz Discusses the Maimonidean Controversies of the 13th Century
Jul 2, 2021
5:19
An online series about the hashkafah fights of the Middle Ages
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How Old Was Jeremiah When He Started to Prophesy? (Haftarah Pinchos)
How Old Was Jeremiah When He Started to Prophesy? (Haftarah Pinchos)
Jun 30, 2021
33:27
Prophets predict why "Surfsides" happen. That's why they are unpopular
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Parshas VaYeshev (2020): Why Doesn't Joseph Try to Contact His Father?
Parshas VaYeshev (2020): Why Doesn't Joseph Try to Contact His Father?
Dec 9, 2020
39:19
When they sold him into slavery, did they think he would survive it?
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Parshas Pinchos: Did the Sin of Moabite Women Really Deserve Total Extermination?
Parshas Pinchos: Did the Sin of Moabite Women Really Deserve Total Extermination?
Jun 29, 2021
37:17
Zealotry in defense of authority vs. zealotry in defiance of authority
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The Barech Aleinu Brachah: Help Us Against the Unscrupulous Capitalist Hoarders
The Barech Aleinu Brachah: Help Us Against the Unscrupulous Capitalist Hoarders
Jun 28, 2021
35:08
Can't survive economically without Divine intervention
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Shivah Assar B’Tamuz: What Exactly Happened? Why are the Fast Days Destined to Be Feast Days?
Shivah Assar B’Tamuz: What Exactly Happened? Why are the Fast Days Destined to Be Feast Days?
Jun 27, 2021
40:41
What is the connection with Chanukah?
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They Want to Know HOW to Repent, for Real and Michah’s Reply (Haftarah Balak)
They Want to Know HOW to Repent, for Real and Michah’s Reply (Haftarah Balak)
Jun 24, 2021
32:33
Are the 613 mitzvahs an end in themselves, or a means to an end? What is THAT end?
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The V’Lamalshinim Brachah in Shemonah Esrei: Are We Supposed to Hate Our Enemies?
The V’Lamalshinim Brachah in Shemonah Esrei: Are We Supposed to Hate Our Enemies?
Jun 24, 2021
34:38
The passionate paragraph: Can antisemitism be solved? Or just managed?
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Bil'am: Father of "Woke" culture
Bil'am: Father of "Woke" culture
Jun 22, 2021
37:25
Had Bil'am been allowed to speak, would it have influenced the Jews?
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The Merkeves HaMishnah on the Rambam
The Merkeves HaMishnah on the Rambam
Jun 20, 2021
1:09:23
The voice of reason in Polish Jewry in the 18th century, which was a time of extremes
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Was Yiftach a Shofet of Klal Yisroel or Just Captain-General of Ever HaYarden? (Haftarah Chukas)
Was Yiftach a Shofet of Klal Yisroel or Just Captain-General of Ever HaYarden? (Haftarah Chukas)
Jun 17, 2021
38:43
For real warriors, war is the last-resort, not the first. But if it happens, attack first!