Jewish History With Rabbi Dovid Katz

The very different biographies of  Hai Gaon and Maimonides

Israel is worried about an attack on the Yomim Tovim (actually, all of us should be awake to this danger)

Until then, a "vengeance-list" is being prepared in Heaven 

Can one control one's thoughts?

A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity

R' Katz speculates on the עָרוּךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן and his take on the תְּקִיעוֹת

In the Messianic era, antisemitism will cease, the Jews will be on top, and all of mankind will enjoy peace, prosperity, and enlightenment

A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity

Moses is addressing the victorious soldiers of three recent wars

The Jewish People are עֲקוּרָה, uprooted from their native soil, but they will recover it!

R Katz analyzes the evolution of Rosh Hashanah over the millennia into its current universal form 

פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא: זְכִירַת עֲמָלֵק בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה

The richie-rich network in action

Bittersweet - A Glorious Geulah, but a depressed Jewish People scarred by their sufferings in galus

The Institutions (Monarchy, Judiciary, Priesthood) vs. Prophecy, which is individualized

When all Jews with influence (unlike today) joined together for the sake of Klal Yisroel

אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי - Is that בֵּין אָדָם לַמָּקוֹם? Or בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ?

Isaiah foresees a world without terrorism! 

What is the historical context of prayer at the time of R' Shimon bar Yochai?

The Two Mountains and Moral Clarity