Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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  • 35 minutes 39 seconds
    The Two Metaphors of שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים: Individual spirituality and national chosennesss

    The Left has tried to assimilate Jews, the Right to exterminate (because in their eyes assimilation does not work)

    5 April 2026, 10:26 pm
  • 29 minutes 5 seconds
    Some thoughts about "Schlissel Challah" (Really)

    The Talmudic metaphor of מַפְתֵּחוֹת בְּיָדָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא and its culinary application in 18th century Hasidic Practice

    5 April 2026, 9:18 pm
  • 40 minutes 32 seconds
    Seder Thoughts 2026

    Some ideas for your seder

    1 April 2026, 2:03 am
  • 50 minutes 18 seconds
    Plagiarism in Rabbinical Literature - The case of the נוֹדַע בִּיהוּדָה

    The passionate speeches of the נוֹדַע בִּיהוּדָה and his son against the theft of their intellectual property

    31 March 2026, 9:12 pm
  • 34 minutes 5 seconds
    Passover in Jewish history: Some Historical questions re: how it was celebrated

    In Israel right now, people are praying the enemy missiles should "pass over"!

    29 March 2026, 6:23 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Shabbos HaGadol 2026

    Some thoughts on בַּל יֵרָאֶה עַל בְּלִיעוֹת וְחָמֵץ הַטַּל בְּשִׁשִּׁים. Plus, plagiarism in rabbinic literature, eradicating bad traits, and other matters.

    29 March 2026, 3:24 am
  • 26 minutes 48 seconds
    What's the first thing the Jews do after Pharaoh give the permisson to leave?

    Why were the Jews told to lie to the Egyptians? Isn't that the ultimate חילול השם? "Jews are all about money!"

    27 March 2026, 2:27 am
  • 26 minutes 8 seconds
    Tucker Carlson & Henry Ford - Compare and contrast

    The poisonous rhetoric of both men. But the Ford Antisemitism called-forth an eloquent protest from America's leading non-Jews. R Katz reads this public letter on this episode.

    26 March 2026, 2:51 am
  • 24 minutes 30 seconds
    פָּרָשַׁת צַו תשפ"ו (שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל) - the מֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה and the theory of the two types of קָרְבָּנוֹת

    The קָרְבָּנוֹת offered on the בָּמוֹת were (Maimonidean) concessions to popular superstitions


    OTOH the קָרְבָּנוֹת offered in the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ were sublime in nature and were (Nachmanidean) constituent-elements in the metaphysical universe

    26 March 2026, 2:20 am
  • 30 minutes 20 seconds
    הַפְטָרַת שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל תשפ"ו - Why is Elijah the one sent before "The Great and Terrible Day"?

    Will תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים occur for the benefit of the Dead, or the benefit of the Living?

    23 March 2026, 2:35 pm
  • 37 minutes 23 seconds
    Rabban Gamliel and the Matzah at the Seder - the interpretation of Abarbanel

    It is NOT about the affliction, it is about the hope for the messianic redemption in the near future. This is Abarbanel speaking to the battered Sephardim in 1496!

    22 March 2026, 10:30 pm
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