Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

1151

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?

1152

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

1153

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

1154

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!"

1155

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 $$?

1156

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?

1157

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

1158

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

1159

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

1160

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

1161

The Barech Aleinu Brachah: Help Us Against the Unscrupulous Capitalist Hoarders

Jun 28, 2021

35:08

Can't survive economically without Divine intervention

1162

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?

1163

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?

1164

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?

1165

Bil'am: Father of "Woke" culture

Jun 22, 2021

37:25

Had Bil'am been allowed to speak, would it have influenced the Jews?

1166

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

1167

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!

1168

Parshas Chukas: The Well of Miriam - What Exactly Was It?

Jun 16, 2021

46:27

Moses bereft of his leadership team. The great crisis.

1169

Learning and Davening for the Non-Frum in the Context of the State of Israel

Jun 15, 2021

41:23

The Mesilas Yesharim on praying that the sins of other Jews be forgiven.

1170

Yosef Ben Yehudah and the Rambam: The Difficult But Fascinating Quest for Emunah Tzerufah

Jun 13, 2021

1:03:30

The student whose questions inspired the "Guide for the Perplexed"

1171

Aleinu (The Second Paragraph): A Prayer of Pure Universalism, Something Most Unusual in Jewish Liturgy

Jun 11, 2021

32:44

Do you want the greater glory of G-d if it meant dumping the Jewish people?

1172

Is Prayer Real? - Maimonides Guide to the Perplexed III 32 (Tefillah)

Jun 10, 2021

38:20

How G-d chooses to run things, and the role prayer plays in that.

1173

Samuel's Humiliation: What Goes Around Comes Around? (Haftarah Korach)

Jun 8, 2021

31:48

Or (mystically) the descendant repairs the wrong done by the ancestor? Praying for posterity you will never know

1174

Parshas Korach: Moses v. Korach - The Fickle Public Went For the Rich Guy in the Empty Suit

Jun 8, 2021

34:47

What had Korach ever done to convince people he could lead the Jewish people? How could they fall for him?

1175

Anniversary of the Spanish Pogroms of 1391 - Rosh Chodesh Tamuz

Jun 6, 2021

57:44

When the volcano finally erupted on the Jews

1176

How to Talk to G-d Without Committing the Error of Idolatry (Tefillah)

Jun 3, 2021

42:59

Is prayer logical or emotional? Can G-d be conceived?

1177

Rachav and Her Odyssey From Zonah to Ger Tzedek

Jun 2, 2021

39:39

Why did the spies stay in a brothel? Why didn't they spy out the city?

1178

Parshas Shelach: The Meraglim and the Canaanites - Who Was More Scared?

Jun 2, 2021

52:23

Caleb at the Ma’aras HaMachpelah: resisting "wokeism"

1179

The 1648 Massacre and the 1171 Massacre

Jun 1, 2021

1:05:46

As told in the Yiven Metzulah and in the Emek HaBachah, respectively.

1180

Jeroboam Builds His "Berlin Wall"

May 31, 2021

41:15

The Palestinians (the Canaanites) demand the partition of the Holy Land

1181

Why is the Kedushah Done Communaly? (Tefillah)

May 27, 2021

32:17

Poetic weaving-together of the prophetic visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel

1182

Intermarriage: Whose Fault is It? (Haftarah BeHaaloscha)

May 26, 2021

34:26

The Judge screams at the prosecutor

1183

Parshas Behaaloscha: The Political Message of the Menorah

May 25, 2021

32:22

The extremes must face the center.

1184

NEW Youtube Lecture Series on Yiddish! Beginning This Week

May 23, 2021

3:34

Yiddish and Its Role in Judaism and Jewish History

1185

R Eleazar Fleckeles, the last of the great rabbis of Prague. Sworn foe of Frankists

May 23, 2021

1:06:19

Great student (and successor) of the נודע ביהודה. Fantastic דרשן

1186

The Saducees: Theology? Cult? Political party?

May 21, 2021

54:34

Toxic mix of religion and politics in the Second Temple era

1187

Praying for “Peace” - What Do You Have in Mind? (Tefillah)

May 21, 2021

37:57

Peace among the Jews? Mid-East? World peace? Shalom bayis?

1188

Parshas Naso: The Adulterous Wife vs. the Hypocritical Husband

May 20, 2021

33:44

Is the Sotah ceremony a one-way street?

1189

Samson's Nezirus: Training for Espionage? (Haftarah Naso)

May 19, 2021

37:25

Intermarriage and Israeli spies

1190

The Aseres HaDibros in Epic Poem Form - A Religious and Literary Masterpiece (Tefillah)

May 13, 2021

33:35

Maturely reflecting on each commandment. By one of the greatest Ashkenazic paytanim.

1191

Parshas Bamidbar: The Flags - The Existential Struggle Between the Different Forces in Klal Yisroel

May 12, 2021

39:01

What are the "flags" nowadays?

1192

The Prophet Hosea and His Theme of "Idolatry = Marital Infidelity" (Haftarah BaMidbar)

May 11, 2021

31:11

The Jews and G-d are "married," but without the option of divorce

1193

Shavuos: Two Messages of the Book of Ruth - The Timely and the Timeless

May 10, 2021

45:35

Why did the Prophet Samuel write this book?

1194

The 3rd Paragraph of Shmoneh Esrei: Why “V’Shimchah Kadosh?” (Tefillah)

May 9, 2021

33:03

Can God have a "name?

1195

Rabbi M. Cahn of Fulda, Imperial Germany: Torah Im Derech Eretz in Action and a Lobbyist Supreme

May 9, 2021

1:31:41

The unbelievably busy schedule of a Rav in Germany in the Kaiser's era

1196

Shavuos: Was Matan Torah Experienced as an Uplifting, or as a Depressing, Event?

May 6, 2021

31:42

The scary nature of the Torah Sh’Baal Peh

1197

Performing a Real-Estate Deal on the Titanic - Jeremiah Ch. 32 (Haftarah Behar-Bechukosai)

May 6, 2021

29:27

The haftarah is a small fragment of the larger story. Look it up!

1198

The Tchebiner Rav: The Greatness of the Galitzianers - Really

May 5, 2021

1:32:50

The days of Torah glory (Franz Josef) to the Churban, to Medinat Yisrael and the new Torah world

1199

Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: The Tochachah - The Fate of the Survivors, the Nisharim.

May 4, 2021

36:46

Why was there a Second Temple? Why is there a State of Israel?

1200

Shavuos: Zman Matan Torasainu or Zman Matan Aseres Hadibros?

May 3, 2021

40:06

The historical origins of the Azharos