Jewish History With Rabbi Dovid Katz
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Synopsis
Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com
Episodes
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Shavuos: Grass, Trees, and Roses. Was there vegetation at Mount sinai?
11/06/2024 Duration: 27minDo we put grass nowadays on the floors of our homes and synagogues? And who were the צֹאן וּבָקָר at Sinai?
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Was Hashem originally planning to do מתן תורה at another location?
10/06/2024 Duration: 34minWithout כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד בְּלֵב אֶחָד, it would not be possible to get a collective binding נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע
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The Rambam's Philosophical Problems with מַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי
10/06/2024 Duration: 37minThe problem of trying to give a rational interpretation for what is clearly a mystical event, as Rambam himself admits
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A Renaissance Edition of Azarya de Rossi's Controversial Book - Being Auctioned by Genazym
09/06/2024 Duration: 38minPLUS the ONLY surviving copy of the famous חֵרֶם issued by R’ Yosef Caro's בֵּית דִּין. A classic tale in Jewish history
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Hosea tells the Jews not to turn away from Hashem and trust their "allies"
05/06/2024 Duration: 38minThose "allies" will leave כלל ישראל to die, like like someone stripped naked and left to die from thirst in the middle of the Sahara Desert
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What was the relationship between the two luchos and the rest of the Torah?
05/06/2024 Duration: 30minWhy weren't the two tablets given on the occasion of the original shavuos?
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Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism, and the Current Campus Riots - Part 5
04/06/2024 Duration: 53minHerzl tries to avoid the fights between the frum and the anti-frum in the fin de siecle
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Yom Yersushalyim: No country recognizes Jerusalem as legally being Israeli territory
03/06/2024 Duration: 44minA short history of the Jerusalem issue in international law
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Hereditary Elites vs. Meritocratic Elites (Pirkei Avos, Ch. 6)
02/06/2024 Duration: 27minThe 48 attributes of a scholar: Does one require all 48, or some of 48?
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Haftarah Bechukosai: Jeremiah (לְפִי הָאַבַּרְבָּנֵאל) discusses the chemistry of הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּת and בִּטָּחוֹן
30/05/2024 Duration: 33minThe Kingdom of Judah truly believed in the faithfulness of their Egyptian "ally"
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Parshas Bechukosai: The תוכחה was pronounced right after the Ten Commandments
29/05/2024 Duration: 37minIf Moshe had led them then and there (& not died in Chutz L’Aretz), they would have also conquered & settled Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria!
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The David-Jonathan Friendship: Was it a two-way street?
28/05/2024 Duration: 27minJonathan thought of the public welfare and wanted to avoid a civil war. The narcissistic Amnon threw her out and did not consider what would happen as a result of his actions.
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Herzl and Political Zionism, Pt. 4 - Zionism's Relationship to Marxism and Frum Judaism
27/05/2024 Duration: 58minHerzl, Political Zionism, and Campus Riots, Pt. 4
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The ibn Ezra: More on his particular historical context, and the time before the fall
27/05/2024 Duration: 59minHe left Spain just in time, and translated the Sephardic literature from Arabic to Hebrew. Wrote much, but only his פירוש על התורה ּis of permanent interest
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Lag b'Omer: When did רשב"י write the Zohar?
26/05/2024 Duration: 32minBefore, during, or after the cave?
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Parshas Behar: The theory that both בְּהַר בְּחֻקּוֹתַי were pronounced in פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים
24/05/2024 Duration: 28minAt the time of שבועות, the conquest of Canaan was but weeks away
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Haftarah Behar: Jeremiah and the land deal - Preserving hope among the doomed
22/05/2024 Duration: 30minBuying "worthless" real estate demonstrates faith in ultimate victory and the permanent survival of כלל ישראל. It prevents יֵאוּשׁ
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Biden: It's a good thing we have a President who grew up with the JEWISH version of the Holocaust
21/05/2024 Duration: 45min1945-1990: The years the Jews owned the Shoah-narrative, and got their account of it accepted by the West. The East was "muzzled"
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When exactly did the 24,000 students die? What was the historical context?
21/05/2024 Duration: 29minTrying to make sense of the chronology of the life of Rabbi Akiva and the story of his students
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The Bitter, Non-Frum Opposition to Herzl and His Proposal -Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism, Pt. 3
20/05/2024 Duration: 42minThe Zionists were the first to assemble (or appear to assemble) representatives of all כלל ישראל to discuss the fate of כלל ישראל and seek a realistic solution