Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Lag B'Omer: Why was Only R’ Akiva's Yeshiva Hit? 08.05.2023 36:16 ↓

If they died every day, why didn't they repent? Why did all of them fail to modify their behavior, even as they all died?

Genazym Offers the Notorious Giustiniani Edition of the Rambam, a Capitalist Fight of Long Ago 07.05.2023 52:54 ↓

Giustiniani and מהר"ם פדובה played commercial hardball against each other, with disaster to all

The Coronation of King Charles III: What is the Role of a King in Jewish Thought? 07.05.2023 28:56 ↓

Thoughts on אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם and the Coronation in London

Rabbi Isaac Cantarini of Padua (1644-1723), Rov & MD, and the pogrom of 1684 05.05.2023 1:16:07 ↓

The "Purim of Padua (or Buda)". His סֵפֶר "פַּחַד יִצְחָק " on a pogrom, Venetian-style

Haftarah Emor: The Bad Kohanim Who "Went-Along," and the Good Ones Who Remained Loyal 04.05.2023 33:25 ↓

Is the Rambam right that the Torah can NEVER be changed?

Chasdai Crescas: Is G-d Omnipotence? Omniscience? Or Love? 03.05.2023 28:43 ↓

Crescas on Olam Haba and Love that comes from perfection, not imperfection

Parshas Emor: Did the Blasphemer Curse G-d? Or G-d's Name? 02.05.2023 38:13 ↓

Why would having an Egyptian father psychologically predispose him to curse HaShem?

A Famous Story About Abraham Benveniste, an Honest King, and an Attempted Blood Libel 01.05.2023 51:03 ↓

From the classic שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה, written 600 years ago

Abarbanel & Kli Yakar Summarize Opinions on Sumum Bonum 27.04.2023 29:52 ↓

Why doesn't the חומש define the Sumum Bonum directly, explicitly, & clearly?

Amos' Summum Bonum in the Here and Now: A Rebuilt Prosperous Kingdom in אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (Haftarah) 26.04.2023 31:11 ↓

The Jews will be PERMANENTLY planted in Israel.

Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: Blood and the "Battle" Between the Beis HaMikdash and the Bamos 26.04.2023 31:12 ↓

The Mitzvos are the ingredients; קְדוֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ is the cake

Shem Tov ben Shem Tov: Looking for reasons for the Holocaust of 1391. Part 1 24.04.2023 58:42 ↓

"The Rambam is responsible for the weakening of faith!"

Haftarah Shabbos Rosh Chodesh: How will Christians and Muslims Feel in the Messianic Era? 20.04.2023 43:15 ↓

Abarbanel's take on Isaiah 66. תּוֹכָחָה? Or יִעוּד וְנֶחָמָה?

The Political Crisis in Israel: Drafting the Bnei Torah, and Ketores Considerations 20.04.2023 47:19 ↓

Is the חֶלְבְּנָה the רְשָׁעִים? Or is it the בַּעֲלֵי תְּשׁוּבָה?

What's the Meaning of Isaiah's Reference to a New Heaven & Earth? (Sumum Bonum) 18.04.2023 38:35 ↓

Will this world come to an end? Or will it be repaired and improved ?

Parshas Tazria-Metzora: What is Unique About the Leprous House? 17.04.2023 25:25 ↓

Difference between the לָשׁוֹן הָרַע of an individual, and that of a group

Shlomo Alami's contemporary harsh criticism of Spanish Jewry in the wake of 1391 16.04.2023 1:15:14 ↓

His אִגֶּרֶת הַמּוּסָר calls a spade a spade. His assessment of the causes of the downfall of Spanish Jewry

Crescas: Will the Moshiach be a Greater Prophet than Moshe? 10.04.2023 32:20 ↓

Are we now in the fifth galus, or the first?

The Rambam vs Shem Tov on the Theological Significance of קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף 10.04.2023 43:29 ↓

קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף vs מַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי

The Crisis in Spanish Jewry 1391-1492: The Shem Tovs and Their Differences 09.04.2023 1:13:41 ↓

Fighting a two-front intellectual struggle to save Spanish Jewry- חוּץ וּפְנִים

The Abarbanel's fascinating connecting the Jewish fate in Egypt to the מְכִירַת יוֹסֵף 03.04.2023 25:13 ↓

Abrabanel shows how various aspects of Jewish suffering in Egypt were מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה

Haggadah 2023: What Does It Mean, "The רשע Would Not Have Been Redeemed?" Many Were! 02.04.2023 32:48 ↓

Despite grandiloquent claims, we still are in גָּלוּת הַנֶּפֶשׁ, if you think about it intelligently

The colloquy between the Wise Son and his father: a Second Temple Convers 31.03.2023 42:31 ↓

Different meanings of אֵין מַפְטִירִין אַחַר הַפֶּסַח אֲפִיקוֹמָן and how it bothers the Wise Son

Why Davka Elijah the Prophet as the Great Reconciler? (Haftarah Shabbos HaGadol) 29.03.2023 31:38 ↓

In Egypt too there was a problematic relationship between the slaves worshipping idols, and their Patriarchs

Parshas Tzav: The Two Types of Sin Offerings: Outer and Inner 28.03.2023 31:34 ↓

Why does the kohen (not the sinner) eat the meat?