Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

The Jews Who Support Hamas - The Jewish " Rachavs" 15.10.2023 34:28 ↓

The Jew who embraces certain progressive causes but is then disillusioned by progressive Antisemitism

Tehillim and the Current War in Gaza: Read Psalms 79 and 60 and See the Parallels 12.10.2023 25:01 ↓

Theology is a luxury pursuit. Fervent prayers ask for Theology to be cast aside in favor of pure רחמים

Isaiah discusses the current situation in the Middle East. Really 12.10.2023 27:18 ↓

The relevance to the crisis in Israel is uncanny

Hamas' Error of Judgment? - More Analysis of the Current War Against Hamas 11.10.2023 36:58 ↓

Will other Jihadists enter the fray?

The Yom Kippur War, Part 2: Affliction 11.10.2023 1:29:59 ↓

From Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War

Thoughts on the Current War With Gaza 10.10.2023 36:13 ↓

Some background, and why Israel was surprised

Parshas Bereishis: G-d Decided to Take the Land Away From Them and Give It to Us. 09.10.2023 35:01 ↓

Can He do the opposite? How do secular Jews justify our claim to אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל?

The Yom Kippur War, Part 1: Affliction 09.10.2023 1:26:48 ↓

From Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War

Shmini Atzeres: Its Role as Part of Sukkos, Not as a רֶגֶל בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ 06.10.2023 42:31 ↓

How you define שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת depends on how you define sukkos: עַנְנֵי הַכָּבוֹד or סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ?

R’ Katz Criticizes the Current Wave of Spitting in Light of Jewish History 05.10.2023 27:00 ↓

Many Yidden have been killed, hurt, and persecuted because of some individual's spitting

An Analysis of the עֲרָבָה Ceremony on the Temple, and the Various Versions of How They Did It 04.10.2023 36:48 ↓

How did beating palm fronds transition to our practice of beating עֲרָבוֹת?

R’ Aharon Shimon Shapiro of 17th Century Prague: One of the Greatest Gedolim You Never Heard of 04.10.2023 41:11 ↓

The remarkable story of the esrog!

Hashanah Rabbah: What is the meaning of יֹפִי לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ? 04.10.2023 32:42 ↓

Why praise the site of sacrifice?

Parshas V’Zos HaBrachah: An Explication of the Enigmatic Passage מְעוֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם 02.10.2023 25:52 ↓

Moses' last words on earth

Koheles: Money (Like the Sukkah) is a Symbol of Impermanence 02.10.2023 31:26 ↓

What would have happened had Shlomo maintained more modest lifestyle?

Two Different Models on Unity: The Sukkah & the Arba Minim 29.09.2023 28:27 ↓

Just because you were an esrog last year doesn't mean you won't be an aravah this year!

The Buildup to the Yom Kippur War 28.09.2023 1:15:38 ↓

None are as Blind as Those Who Would Not See - From Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War

King Solomon and the אַרְבַּע מִינִים 28.09.2023 35:39 ↓

What's preferable? Something expensive that few can afford, or something inexpensive that everyone can join in?

Unlike RH and Yom Kippur, Sukkos and ארבע מינים Cannot Be Done By a שָׁלִיחַ 28.09.2023 29:01 ↓

Acc. to ילקוט שמעוני, how exactly do the frum need the non-frum?

Sukkos: What Happened at the Town of Sukkos in Egypt? 27.09.2023 34:52 ↓

Are the two versions of sukkos mutually compatible? Do they represent different family experiences?

The Yom Kippur War of 1973: Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary 27.09.2023 49:45 ↓

The Israelis in 1973 were guilty of עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת וְעַזּוּת מֵצַח

Yom Kippur: What If You Do a Partial Teshuvah? 24.09.2023 25:19 ↓

Three שִׁיטוֹת on Less-than-total repentance

The Fast of the 7th of Tishrei (אֹרַח חַיִּים תק"פ) 21.09.2023 28:55 ↓

What does Elul have to do with the עגל הזהב?

R’ Tzvi Hirsch Kaidenover and His 17th Century Classic, the Kav HaYashar 21.09.2023 46:26 ↓

Part scary kabbalistic tales, part penetrating social criticism; one of the most popular seforim in Jewish history

Haftarah Shabbos Shuva: Hoshea HaNavi Calls for the Religious Reform of the Northern Kingdom 20.09.2023 28:10 ↓

"Abandon your religion of sacrifices (golden calf), and try a religion of prayer!"