Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

The 20th of Sivan: R’ Katz Analyzes Some Cossack Massacres from the Perspective of 2023 11.06.2023 35:21 ↓

When the Cossacks persuaded the Poles to betray the Jews, but were themselves then betrayed & killed by the Cossacks

Haftarah BeHaaloscha: What will the gentiles do in the Messianic Era? 08.06.2023 31:21 ↓

Judaism is about monotheism, but also about the inalienable superiority of עם ישראל, which is not so easy to "swallow "

Parshas BeHaaloscha: Did Moshe Marry an Ethiopian גִּיּוֹרֶת after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה? 07.06.2023 39:01 ↓

Did all the aunts married to nephews divorce after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה ?

R’ Elyahu Kapsali (1480-1550): A Rare Case of a Rov Who was Also a Historian 06.06.2023 56:31 ↓

Wrote history books during a "Covid type quarantine " in Crete to keep his sanity

Intro to Cordovero (רמ"ק הקדוש) on the Summum Bonum 05.06.2023 37:32 ↓

R’ Katz discusses the historical background of the Kabbalistic writings of the רמ"ק

Parshas Naso: Some Thoughts re: The approach of HaRav Gershon Edelstein, זצ"ל 01.06.2023 33:13 ↓

What is the sociological meaning of expelling undesirables from "the מַחֲנֶה"?

Simon Wolf (1836-1923): American Reform Jew Who Saved Vast Numbers of Eastern European Jews 01.06.2023 1:10:48 ↓

One of the most successful Jewish lobbyists in Washington. Friend of many Presidents

Haftarah Naso: Why do Chazal Say Manoach was an Am HaAretz? 30.05.2023 37:03 ↓

The fascinating take of the רְמָ"א בְּסֵפֶר "תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלָה on the Samson story

A 15th Century Letter Inviting All Ashkenazic Jews to Leave Germany and Move to Turkey 29.05.2023 1:00:44 ↓

The famous אִגֶּרֶת רַב יִצְחָק צָרְפָתִי ת praising the Turks for their good treatment of the Jews

What Were the "Crowns" of Shavuos? 25.05.2023 28:33 ↓

Crowns vs Mishkan: Two models of וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

The Angel מְטַטְרוֹן and the Revelation on Shavuos 23.05.2023 34:14 ↓

Attempting to unravel the chronology of the week of the first Shavuos, the original זְמַן מַתַּן תּוֹרָתֵנוּ

Shavuos: The Symbolism of the Waving of the Breads and the Sheep Together 23.05.2023 36:02 ↓

At Sinai, they saw no image, but they did hear a voice!

Abraham Benvniste and the Yeshiva of Zamora in Castile: The Spanish "Lakewood" of the 15th Century 23.05.2023 48:05 ↓

Patron of the revival of Torah scholarship in Spain

Shavuos: The רמ"א in תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלָה connects the שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם to מַתַּן תּוֹרָה 21.05.2023 31:44 ↓

Two types of נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמַע: Real and fake

Another reason שבועות is not mentioned as זמן מתן תורתנו in the חומש 19.05.2023 33:43 ↓

Why was תהילים written davka by Ruth's grandson?

Hosea, Himself Married to a Faithless Wife, Blasts the Jews for Being Unfaithful to G-d 18.05.2023 29:45 ↓

But in the end both "Husband " and "Wife" decide to preserve the "marriage" and have a second אֵרוּסִין

Shavuos and Matan Torah: Famous Critiques of the Chinuch-System of the Old Days 17.05.2023 52:33 ↓

An exercise in pedagogy

Parshas Bamidbar: The Logistics of the March from Sinai to the Promised Land 16.05.2023 31:24 ↓

A foreshadowing of the future history of the Jewish People in their march through history from Galus to Galus

An Infinitely-More Complex Understanding of Life After Death and Reward and Punishment 16.05.2023 30:08 ↓

Post medieval opinions re: Summum Bonum -Kabbalistic

Three Items from the Era of Sabbatean Fights (Genazym) 15.05.2023 39:31 ↓

Original Manuscript of סֵפֶר "שָׁרְשֵׁי שֵׁמוֹת" מֵהָרֶמֶ"ז, and two original classics from the Emden-Eibeschutz fights: לֻחוֹת עֵדוּת" וְ"סֵפֶר שִׁמּוּשׁ"

Abraham Benveniste (15th Century): Restored Yiddishkeit to a Bleeding Spanish Jewry 15.05.2023 1:00:07 ↓

He used his relationship with PM Alvaro de Luna to help his suffering fellow Jews

Genazym Offers a חומש from Prague from the בַּעַל שׁוּ"ת תְּשׁוּבָה מֵאַהֲבָה & His Close Catholic Friend 12.05.2023 1:00:38 ↓

the Austrian Censor Carolus Fischer, the only copy the Austrian courts trusted that a Jew wouldn't lie

A Venetian Jewish MD and Spy in the 17th Century, Liked by Both Sides 10.05.2023 59:28 ↓

Israel Conegliano, a graduate of Padua, a fum Jew, physician to the highest Turkish officials, and a brilliant diplomat

The Prophet Jeremiah attacks syncretism & demands radical severance from paganism 09.05.2023 30:54 ↓

The gentiles say, "Our religion was completely false." What about the Jews?

Bechukosai: The Historical Significance of וְאֶתְכֶם אֶזָּרֶה בַּגּוֹיִם 09.05.2023 30:49 ↓

The negative effects of the lack of geographic contiguity in גלות in Jewish history