Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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  • 22 minutes 21 seconds
    Haftarah Parshas VaYikra: "הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי בְּחַטֹּאותֶיךָ הוֹגַעְתַּנִי בַּעֲוֹנֹתֶיךָ

    The Temple was built large, to accommodate 12 tribes, but it sended up servicing and being patronized by only two tribes

    3 April 2025, 10:38 pm
  • 29 minutes 40 seconds
    The current war in light of וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם

    Was Hamas's goal realistic? Maybe!

    2 April 2025, 9:16 pm
  • 27 minutes 14 seconds
    The Pesach Haggadah: רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר

    What kind of guests were at the seder of רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל? Why did his narrative differ from that in Bnai Berak?

    31 March 2025, 2:20 pm
  • 26 minutes 44 seconds
    Parshas VaYikra: הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת לְעֻמַּת הַקָּרְבָּן פֶּסַח

    Two types of Communal offerings: a.) Performed by Priest as Agent for the Community b.) Performed by the masses of the community themselves

    30 March 2025, 2:37 pm
  • 34 minutes 12 seconds
    Parshas HaChodesh: The seemingly disjuncted narrative

    Why is chametz prohibited (כָּרֵת!)? What does chametz have to do with the slavery in Egypt? Really

    28 March 2025, 3:15 am
  • 39 minutes 30 seconds
    R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979)

    A great Talmid Chacham and Mekubal who suffered from secular Zionist persecution in the 1940s. The complicated story of Yemenite Jewry in the first half of the 20th century.

    26 March 2025, 12:47 am
  • 24 minutes 2 seconds
    Haftarah HaChodesh: Princely corruption even in the time of the Third Temple?

    The Prophet admonishes the Princes to stop evicting Jews from their ancestral land and expropriating the land in order to gift their own children and employees

    24 March 2025, 9:46 pm
  • 23 minutes 53 seconds
    Parshas Pekudei- מִי הָיוּ לֵצָנֵי הַדּוֹר

    The cynics were those who did not contribute (either out of stinginess or laziness), who now projected thir own guilt feelings onto Moshe and the Mishkan Project.

    24 March 2025, 8:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 20 seconds
    Trump, Polk, Bibi: Some cautionary lessons from the past

    Sometimes, military victory leads to civil war! Success requires philosophy to be managed sagaciously

    24 March 2025, 1:51 pm
  • 24 minutes 32 seconds
    Haftarah Parshas Parah- Jewish misconduct in the lands of exile

    The supreme virtue of being ashamed of your misconduct. Is this happening currently?

    20 March 2025, 3:25 pm
  • 28 minutes 23 seconds
    Parshas VaYakhel- No fire outside the miskan, but yes fire inside the mishkan!

    Most fights break out in shul on Shabbos

    - לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת

    20 March 2025, 1:32 pm
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