Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Was the Holocaust Indeed the Tochacha? - An Analysis (Parshas Bechukosai) 25.05.2022 32:21 ↓

The theme of קֶרִי. The interesting inability of modern Jews to react religiously to the Shoah.

Limud HaTorah: Historically Considered Within the Context of Jewish Survival in a Non-Decadent Way 24.05.2022 31:50 ↓

No group can survive in exile without a vibrant and intellectually-engaging high-culture

R' Dovid Zvi Hoffmann, Pt. 3: The Only Gadol Who Wrestles with the Arguments of Bible Criticism, Including All the Opinions of the Gentile Scholars 22.05.2022 1:15:08 ↓

A מְפָרֵשׁ הַחֻמָּשׁ

Jeremiah Does a Real-Estate Deal Just as the Churban is Seemingly About to Render Such Deals Pointless. Or Is It? 18.05.2022 35:09 ↓

Did the Jerusalemites sell their homes to their occupiers for a song out of desperation and יֵאוּשׁ ?

G-d is Not Only the Author, He is Also the Editor (Parshas Behar) 17.05.2022 33:45 ↓

Ramban and the theory of the Broken Contract and a second, harsher, contract

A Story About a Lady Who Screams at G-d, and is Rewarded (Tefilah) 16.05.2022 29:05 ↓

Is God a "complaint-department?"

R’ Aharon ben Chaim of Morocco (1545-1632): Author of the Korban Aharon on the Sifra 16.05.2022 44:17 ↓

One of the best works on the halachic Midrash. A hit even with the Ashkenazic Gedolim.

Parshas Emor: Nowadays We Have to Warn the קְטַנִּים re: the גְּדוֹלִים! 11.05.2022 31:42 ↓

Kohen and wife: Did the רבנן convert a לָאו דְּאוֹרָיְתָא into an עֲשֵׂה מִדַּרְבָּנָן?!

Does One Need a Class in Formal Logic to Daven Properly (חוֹבוֹת הַלְּבָבוֹת )? 11.05.2022 29:34 ↓

יִחוּד הַשֵּׁם בַּתְּפִלָּה and it's challenges …

Haftarah Emor: Were Gentiles Doing the עֲבוֹדָה in the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, or was It Just Bad Kohanim? 10.05.2022 32:18 ↓

The כֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי צָדוֹק, who stayed frum when all the others went off the derech

Secular Israeli Culture - How Did It Evolve? Is It Non-Frum or Anti-Frum? 09.05.2022 55:26 ↓

How Jewish is the self-described Jewish state?

R’ Dovid Zvi Hoffmann, Pt. 2 - His Responsa 08.05.2022 54:15 ↓

May one go to public school on Shabbos? May you carry your books? Write? German שאלות

The Rise of Zionism in the Modern Era, and in the Wake of the Collapse of Traditionalism 05.05.2022 52:26 ↓

In the absence of Fundamentalism, the attempt to restore a state and geographic-contiguity to ensure survival

Amos: The Jews' Possession of Israel Will Be Iffy Until the Messianic Era 04.05.2022 24:59 ↓

Why the emphasis on wine?

The Remarkable Historical Context of בִּרְכַּת הַטּוֹב וְהַמֵּטִיב 04.05.2022 26:18 ↓

A fascinating interpretation by the מֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה of the historical-psychological purpose of this ברכה

Parshas Kedoshim: What Does Hashem Mean When He Says He is קָדוֹשׁ 03.05.2022 29:01 ↓

The theory and practice of חוּמְרָא

Rabbi David Tzvi Hoffmann (1843-1921) Pt. I, and Hildesheimer Seminary 03.05.2022 1:02:38 ↓

The greatest (only?) exemplar of תּוֹרָה, יִרְאָה, וּמַדָּע

Psalm 59: An Early Example of Personal Prayer, By a Terrified David Who Questions G-d's (In)justice 29.04.2022 26:33 ↓

"Why are You (כביכול) asleep @ the switch? Wake up and save me!

The Anguish of Saul as He Tries to Escape His Destiny (Haftarah Machar Chodesh) 28.04.2022 30:05 ↓

Did Saul strip naked at נָיוֹת?

Parshas Acharei Mos: What Error of Aaron's Sons is Rectified? 27.04.2022 34:54 ↓

It is easier to take them out of Egypt than to take Egypt out of them

Thoughts on the Holocaust, Jewish Demographics, and the יַד הַשֵּׁם 27.04.2022 45:29 ↓

The manipulation of Jewish statistics on Wikipedia, and the new reality of Israel as the largest Jewish community

Announcing a public lecture on the controversial history of Galicia this Wednesday night 25.04.2022 2:14 ↓

R Katz will deliver a lecture on modern Jewish history of Galicia. This Wednesday night at 8:00 in his shul

The Intro to the Epic Poem About Krias Yam Suf by the Giant of Ashkenazic Religious Poetry (Tefilah) 20.04.2022 37:26 ↓

A poetic history of blasphemy by R’ Shimon bar Yitzhak of Worms, buddy of Rabbeinu Gershom

Isaiah's Messianic Prophecy on the Parallels With Yetzias Mitzraim (Haftarah Last Day of Pesach) 20.04.2022 31:28 ↓

The real Exodus was (and will be) the exodus out of people's alienation from their own Jewish identities

The Jews Drive Moshe Crazy by the Splitting of the Sea (Seventh Day of Pesach) 19.04.2022 38:39 ↓

Did Moshe say, "Be silent?" Or did he say, "Shut up!"