Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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Elul, Pt.1: What Exactly Happened That Original Elul?

Aug 12, 2021

31:57

Did Moshe want new tablets? Or the magical reconstitution of the first ones?

1302

Parshas Shoftim: How Can You Raise an Army If You Let All the "Chickens" Leave?

Aug 11, 2021

34:05

The difference between"heroes" and "suckers"

1303

Will Jews Be Nostalgic for Galus When Returning to Israel in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Shoftim)

Aug 11, 2021

34:15

Are you "drunk but not from wine"? What's YOUR addiction?

1304

רַבִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִיסֶרְלַיין בַּעַל "תרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן Super charisma in the wake of holocaust

Aug 10, 2021

1:00:52

One of the greatest figures of the 15th century and afterwards. Hero-worshiped.

1305

Parshas Shoftim: Moses' Seemingly Confusing Political System

Aug 10, 2021

34:40

Is prophecy really the result of a failure of nerve (or imagination) at Sinai?

1306

Elul and the Connection Between the Arei Miklat (Tefillah)

Aug 8, 2021

29:07

 Was the Arizal referring to the time of Elul? Or to the three daily prayers of Elul?

1307

Krias Shema: The Most Demanding of Prayers?

Aug 5, 2021

35:26

Do non-Jews have to believe in one G-d the same way as the Jews?

1308

Will There Be Anti-Semitism in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Re'eh)

Aug 5, 2021

36:35

Do the Jews have survival skills? Or is it all simply Divine Providence?

1309

Parshas Re’eh: Moses Warns Against Seeking Novel Religious Experiences

Aug 3, 2021

36:51

Does Judaism fulfill the emotional needs of everyone? If not, there are dangers out there.

1310

The Mordechai: R’ Mordecai Ben Hillel - The Greatest of the Melaktim

Aug 3, 2021

43:38

The "rest" of Tosafos and one of the most popular seforim for poskim. Martyred in the "other pogroms" - the ones that do not get much attention.

1311

Why Didn't Hashem Take the Jews to Some Safe Empty Prosperous Island, Far from Gentile Influence?

Jul 29, 2021

37:41

Are we supposed to care about the rest of the human race?

1312

Isaiah's Predictions of a Glorious Future: Zion Discovers She is Not Childless (Haftarah Eikev)

Jul 29, 2021

31:29

"I am just really good at this nechamah business. Though I had to go to a hard school to learn how to do it."

1313

Parshas Eikev: Was Moshe Responding Emotionally to the Faces and Expressions of His Audience?

Jul 28, 2021

41:13

Was the speech of Devarim a prepared and written speech? Or was it extemporaneous?

1314

Hashivah Shofteinu K’Vahrishinah: The Original Meaning, and the Current Meaning (Tefillah)

Jul 26, 2021

30:19

What courts and judges are you praying for?

1315

The Meam Loez: The First ArtScroll, Torah as Middlebrow Culture

Jul 25, 2021

59:56

When you read a sefer, who edited it?

1316

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

Jul 23, 2021

32:18

Three types of גְּאוּלָּה

1317

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?

1318

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

1319

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?

1320

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

1321

Kinnos with Rabbi Dovid Katz (2019)

Jul 17, 2021

3:54:13

Given in 2019

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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

1323

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?

1324

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?

1325

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

1326

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

1327

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!"

1328

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 $$?

1329

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?

1330

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

1331

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

1332

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

1333

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

1334

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

Jun 28, 2021

35:08

Can't survive economically without Divine intervention

1335

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?

1336

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?

1337

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?

1338

Bil'am: Father of "Woke" culture

Jun 22, 2021

37:25

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

1339

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

1340

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!

1341

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

Jun 16, 2021

46:27

Moses bereft of his leadership team. The great crisis.

1342

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.

1343

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"

1344

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?

1345

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.

1346

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

1347

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?

1348

Anniversary of the Spanish Pogroms of 1391 - Rosh Chodesh Tamuz

Jun 6, 2021

57:44

When the volcano finally erupted on the Jews

1349

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?

1350

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?