Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Parshas Re’eh: Moses Warns Against Seeking Novel Religious Experiences 03.08.2021 36:50 ↓

Does Judaism fulfill the emotional needs of everyone? If not, there are dangers out there.

The Mordechai: R’ Mordecai Ben Hillel - The Greatest of the Melaktim 03.08.2021 43:37 ↓

The "rest" of Tosafos and one of the most popular seforim for poskim. Martyred in the "other pogroms" - the ones that do not get much attention.

Why Didn't Hashem Take the Jews to Some Safe Empty Prosperous Island, Far from Gentile Influence? 29.07.2021 37:40 ↓

Are we supposed to care about the rest of the human race?

Isaiah's Predictions of a Glorious Future: Zion Discovers She is Not Childless (Haftarah Eikev) 29.07.2021 31:29 ↓

"I am just really good at this nechamah business. Though I had to go to a hard school to learn how to do it."

Parshas Eikev: Was Moshe Responding Emotionally to the Faces and Expressions of His Audience? 28.07.2021 41:12 ↓

Was the speech of Devarim a prepared and written speech? Or was it extemporaneous?

Hashivah Shofteinu K’Vahrishinah: The Original Meaning, and the Current Meaning (Tefillah) 26.07.2021 30:18 ↓

What courts and judges are you praying for?

The Meam Loez: The First ArtScroll, Torah as Middlebrow Culture 25.07.2021 59:56 ↓

When you read a sefer, who edited it?

Isn’t It Out of Order?: רְאֵה נָא בְּעָנְיֵנוּ 23.07.2021 32:18 ↓

Three types of גְּאוּלָּה

How Much Should We Mourn After Tisha B'Av? R’ Joshua and the Extremes 22.07.2021 31:46 ↓

Should the Nine Days be extended to the whole year?

Nachamu Nachamu: What was the Context of This Prophecy of Isaiah’s? (Haftarah Shabbos Nachamu) 21.07.2021 30:31 ↓

Holocaust survivors don't need criticism. They need comfort, if they are to rebuild

Parshas VaEschanan: Why Was Moses Commanded to "Buck-Up" Joshua? 21.07.2021 31:06 ↓

Which law is Moses afraid the Jews will drop once he is dead?

Shlomo ibn Gabirol (11th Century): The Greatest of the Medieval Poets 19.07.2021 1:14:31 ↓

Insufferable personality, wracked with pain, suffused with genius

Kinnos with Rabbi Dovid Katz (2019) 17.07.2021 3:54:13 ↓

Given in 2019

Rabbi Katz’ Kinnos Will Be Live-streamed on Sunday Morning at 9:30am On His Youtube Channel 16.07.2021 1:24 ↓

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpkvIqeauUJSqXVb7Acn5nQ/featured

Why a Haftarah from Isaiah, and Not Jeremiah? (Haftarah Shabbos Chazon) 15.07.2021 28:13 ↓

When did Isaiah prophecy this? What is the context?

Why Do We Only Say Tefillas Nachem at Minchah on Tisha B’Av? (Tefillah) 15.07.2021 33:28 ↓

Was Jerusalem a wasteland when the prayer was composed?

Parshas Devarim: Are These Moshe's Actual Words? Or G-d's Editing of Them? 14.07.2021 36:55 ↓

Moshe's rhetoric vs. his kvad peh

Edmond Rothschild and His Strange Relationship to His Own Judaism 12.07.2021 1:05:10 ↓

The micromanager who poured endless amounts of money into Jewish Settlement in Israel, but who denied any Jewish passion

Jeremiah Blasts the Jews - "You're not just unfaithful, you're stupid!" (Haftarah Matos-Masei) 08.07.2021 31:31 ↓

“Your ruchniyus is a wasteland!"

The Brachah of Attah Chonen and Its Meaning 07.07.2021 27:59 ↓

Can you use your talents in a way that results in successful relationships? Or is it all about $$?

Parshas Matos-Maasai: Is Revenge a Jewish Value? Nationally? Individually? 06.07.2021 43:40 ↓

The 42 stops on the way to the Promised Land. Portentous?

Montefiore: The Greatest Jewish Layman - The First to Act for Klal Yisrael 05.07.2021 1:27:31 ↓

A millionaire who actually gave to Jewish causes, especially Eretz Yisrael

R’ Katz Discusses the Maimonidean Controversies of the 13th Century 02.07.2021 5:18 ↓

An online series about the hashkafah fights of the Middle Ages

How Old Was Jeremiah When He Started to Prophesy? (Haftarah Pinchos) 30.06.2021 33:27 ↓

Prophets predict why "Surfsides" happen. That's why they are unpopular

Parshas Pinchos: Did the Sin of Moabite Women Really Deserve Total Extermination? 29.06.2021 37:17 ↓

Zealotry in defense of authority vs. zealotry in defiance of authority