Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

The Barech Aleinu Brachah: Help Us Against the Unscrupulous Capitalist Hoarders 28.06.2021 35:07 ↓

Can't survive economically without Divine intervention

Shivah Assar B’Tamuz: What Exactly Happened? Why are the Fast Days Destined to Be Feast Days? 27.06.2021 40:41 ↓

What is the connection with Chanukah?

They Want to Know HOW to Repent, for Real and Michah’s Reply (Haftarah Balak) 24.06.2021 32:33 ↓

Are the 613 mitzvahs an end in themselves, or a means to an end? What is THAT end?

The V’Lamalshinim Brachah in Shemonah Esrei: Are We Supposed to Hate Our Enemies? 24.06.2021 34:37 ↓

The passionate paragraph: Can antisemitism be solved? Or just managed?

Bil'am: Father of "Woke" culture 22.06.2021 37:25 ↓

Had Bil'am been allowed to speak, would it have influenced the Jews?

The Merkeves HaMishnah on the Rambam 20.06.2021 1:09:23 ↓

The voice of reason in Polish Jewry in the 18th century, which was a time of extremes

Was Yiftach a Shofet of Klal Yisroel or Just Captain-General of Ever HaYarden? (Haftarah Chukas) 17.06.2021 38:42 ↓

For real warriors, war is the last-resort, not the first. But if it happens, attack first!

Parshas Chukas: The Well of Miriam - What Exactly Was It? 16.06.2021 46:26 ↓

Moses bereft of his leadership team. The great crisis.

Learning and Davening for the Non-Frum in the Context of the State of Israel 15.06.2021 41:22 ↓

The Mesilas Yesharim on praying that the sins of other Jews be forgiven.

Yosef Ben Yehudah and the Rambam: The Difficult But Fascinating Quest for Emunah Tzerufah 13.06.2021 1:03:30 ↓

The student whose questions inspired the "Guide for the Perplexed"

Aleinu (The Second Paragraph): A Prayer of Pure Universalism, Something Most Unusual in Jewish Liturgy 11.06.2021 32:44 ↓

Do you want the greater glory of G-d if it meant dumping the Jewish people?

Is Prayer Real? - Maimonides Guide to the Perplexed III 32 (Tefillah) 10.06.2021 38:19 ↓

How G-d chooses to run things, and the role prayer plays in that.

Samuel's Humiliation: What Goes Around Comes Around? (Haftarah Korach) 08.06.2021 31:48 ↓

Or (mystically) the descendant repairs the wrong done by the ancestor? Praying for posterity you will never know

Parshas Korach: Moses v. Korach - The Fickle Public Went For the Rich Guy in the Empty Suit 08.06.2021 34:46 ↓

What had Korach ever done to convince people he could lead the Jewish people? How could they fall for him?

Anniversary of the Spanish Pogroms of 1391 - Rosh Chodesh Tamuz 06.06.2021 57:44 ↓

When the volcano finally erupted on the Jews

How to Talk to G-d Without Committing the Error of Idolatry (Tefillah) 03.06.2021 42:59 ↓

Is prayer logical or emotional? Can G-d be conceived?

Rachav and Her Odyssey From Zonah to Ger Tzedek 02.06.2021 39:38 ↓

Why did the spies stay in a brothel? Why didn't they spy out the city?

Parshas Shelach: The Meraglim and the Canaanites - Who Was More Scared? 02.06.2021 52:23 ↓

Caleb at the Ma’aras HaMachpelah: resisting "wokeism"

The 1648 Massacre and the 1171 Massacre 01.06.2021 1:05:46 ↓

As told in the Yiven Metzulah and in the Emek HaBachah, respectively.

Jeroboam Builds His "Berlin Wall" 31.05.2021 41:14 ↓

The Palestinians (the Canaanites) demand the partition of the Holy Land

Why is the Kedushah Done Communaly? (Tefillah) 27.05.2021 32:16 ↓

Poetic weaving-together of the prophetic visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel

Intermarriage: Whose Fault is It? (Haftarah BeHaaloscha) 26.05.2021 34:25 ↓

The Judge screams at the prosecutor

Parshas Behaaloscha: The Political Message of the Menorah 25.05.2021 32:21 ↓

The extremes must face the center.

NEW Youtube Lecture Series on Yiddish! Beginning This Week 23.05.2021 3:34 ↓

Yiddish and Its Role in Judaism and Jewish History

R Eleazar Fleckeles, the last of the great rabbis of Prague. Sworn foe of Frankists 23.05.2021 1:06:18 ↓

Great student (and successor) of the נודע ביהודה. Fantastic דרשן