Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

1201

Isn’t It Out of Order?: רְאֵה נָא בְּעָנְיֵנוּ

Jul 23, 2021

32:18

Three types of גְּאוּלָּה

1202

How Much Should We Mourn After Tisha B'Av? R’ Joshua and the Extremes

Jul 22, 2021

31:47

Should the Nine Days be extended to the whole year?

1203

Nachamu Nachamu: What was the Context of This Prophecy of Isaiah’s? (Haftarah Shabbos Nachamu)

Jul 21, 2021

30:32

Holocaust survivors don't need criticism. They need comfort, if they are to rebuild

1204

Parshas VaEschanan: Why Was Moses Commanded to "Buck-Up" Joshua?

Jul 21, 2021

31:07

Which law is Moses afraid the Jews will drop once he is dead?

1205

Shlomo ibn Gabirol (11th Century): The Greatest of the Medieval Poets

Jul 19, 2021

1:14:31

Insufferable personality, wracked with pain, suffused with genius

1206

Kinnos with Rabbi Dovid Katz (2019)

Jul 17, 2021

3:54:13

Given in 2019

1207

Rabbi Katz’ Kinnos Will Be Live-streamed on Sunday Morning at 9:30am On His Youtube Channel

Jul 16, 2021

1:24

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpkvIqeauUJSqXVb7Acn5nQ/featured

1208

Why a Haftarah from Isaiah, and Not Jeremiah? (Haftarah Shabbos Chazon)

Jul 15, 2021

28:14

When did Isaiah prophecy this? What is the context?

1209

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?

1210

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

1211

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

1212

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!"

1213

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 $$?

1214

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?

1215

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

1216

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

1217

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

1218

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

1219

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

Jun 28, 2021

35:08

Can't survive economically without Divine intervention

1220

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?

1221

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?

1222

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?

1223

Bil'am: Father of "Woke" culture

Jun 22, 2021

37:25

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

1224

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

1225

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!

1226

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

Jun 16, 2021

46:27

Moses bereft of his leadership team. The great crisis.

1227

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.

1228

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"

1229

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?

1230

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.

1231

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

1232

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?

1233

Anniversary of the Spanish Pogroms of 1391 - Rosh Chodesh Tamuz

Jun 6, 2021

57:44

When the volcano finally erupted on the Jews

1234

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?

1235

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?

1236

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

Jun 2, 2021

52:23

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

1237

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.

1238

Jeroboam Builds His "Berlin Wall"

May 31, 2021

41:15

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

1239

Why is the Kedushah Done Communaly? (Tefillah)

May 27, 2021

32:17

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

1240

Intermarriage: Whose Fault is It? (Haftarah BeHaaloscha)

May 26, 2021

34:26

The Judge screams at the prosecutor

1241

Parshas Behaaloscha: The Political Message of the Menorah

May 25, 2021

32:22

The extremes must face the center.

1242

NEW Youtube Lecture Series on Yiddish! Beginning This Week

May 23, 2021

3:34

Yiddish and Its Role in Judaism and Jewish History

1243

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

1244

The Saducees: Theology? Cult? Political party?

May 21, 2021

54:34

Toxic mix of religion and politics in the Second Temple era

1245

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?

1246

Parshas Naso: The Adulterous Wife vs. the Hypocritical Husband

May 20, 2021

33:44

Is the Sotah ceremony a one-way street?

1247

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

May 19, 2021

37:25

Intermarriage and Israeli spies

1248

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.

1249

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

May 12, 2021

39:01

What are the "flags" nowadays?

1250

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