Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

This methodological intro to the Talmud was held in high esteem, and R Yosef Karo wrote a commentary (סֵפֶר כְּלָלֵי הַגְּמָרָא) on it. One of the first Hebrew books ever printed https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

To prevent human sacrifce by the uneducated, the Temple is located on the Mountain of the עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק

A close student of R Yehonasan Eibeschutz, Bumsla nevertheless got along with the Noda BiYhudah, and the latter had a "prophecy" about Bumsla which he shared at the latter's funeral. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Isaiah 54:15 - difficult to translate convincingly

?אַבֵּד תְּאַבְּדוּן אֶת הַמְּקוֹמוֹת - How does one destroy a place

After the Great Fire in Frankfurt: Battling the Sabbateans (Nechemiah Chayon). The very famous (and romantic!) Ethical Will https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Did he cause the Great Fire of 1711 which burned down the entire Jewish Ghetto of Frankfurt? Was it a case of קַבָּלָה מַעֲשִׂית gone awry?

Joseph was the personification of Traditionalism. Moshe was the personification of chinuch https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Did the Rabbis of Eretz Yisroel learn the lesson of שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם in the wake of the Destruction of the Bais HaMikdash?

Millions of gentiles will discover they are actually Jews, which will necessitate territorial expansion of Eretz Yisroel

Why was the Conquest of the Land supposed to proceed slowly? Who are the "Wild Beasts?"

Why is a nochri punished so severely for shemiras Shabbos?

Egypt HATES Israel, but the Middle-Eastern political chessboard, both externally and internaly, compels the Egyptian regime to act in a manner fundamentally friendly to Israel, though this could never be acknowleged. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ עַמִּי doesn't work. So it has to be אָנֹכִי אָנֹכִי הוּא מְנַחֶמְכֶם

What exactly transpired in Galus Bavel?

Can machlokes and unilateralism ever be fully-repaired?

Rabbi Dovid Katz at Beth Abraham Hertzeberg's shul in Baltimore (unedited)

On his Yahrtzheit, some thoughts on - How come the Ari's bona fides was never challenged? And why did the רבונו של עולם choose to reveal more about himself in the 16th century than any other? And why did the Arizal get "prophecies" in Egypt, of all places? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

481 synagogues and yeshivos ... and the mafia

Watch the ground breaking, first of its kind initiative called Uniting Torah which unites the 4 Torah worlds. Let’s show hashem that the divisions of the past no longer define us. Now every Jew can support all Torah worlds equally. This time, we give to each other. https://Unitingtorah.com/rk

1.) Azariah Figo 2.) Ramchal 3.) R' Yaakov Ettlinger 4.) R' SR Hirsch This podcast is the first of two parts https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Why was Half-Manasseh invited in by Moses? And given so much land?

R' Yaakov Ettlinger and R' Samson Raphael Hirsch: Why they dropped out of College and how they used their secular education

The old Ottoman policy of religious toleration has been abandoned for over a century and replaced by a policy of killing non Sunni Muslims whenever opportunity presents itself (as in Syria), and as they hope to do one day in EY. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

The kids lived in a rough neighborhood (מִפְּנֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ), heavily armed and without paternal supervision for years. result? בְּגִלְעָד נְפִישֵׁי רוֹצְחִין! https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast