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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Haftarah Emor: Who are the people referred to strangely as הַכֹּהֲנִים ַלְּוִיִּי?
16/05/2024 Duration: 29minWhat does the אריז"ל mean when he says that in the future, כהנים will be לויים and vice versa?
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Parshas Emor: The existential struggle against worshipping כּוֹחוֹת הַטֻּמְאָה
14/05/2024 Duration: 29minIf G-d created טֻמְאָה, why not include it in religious rituals?
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Israel’s PR Battle: Why is Israel doing a poor job on PR in this war? Why is Hamas beating them?
14/05/2024 Duration: 36minThe Israeli foreign Ministry has been pulled apart by Netanyahu on political grounds, and diplomats are mostly leftists and cannot make the case for a prime minister with whom they disagree.
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Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism and the Current Campus Riots, Pt. 2
13/05/2024 Duration: 39minHerzl: Sometimes arrogance, self-assuredness, and chutzpa can be positive qualities
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R’ Sherira Gaon on Sefer Shiur Komah:Does being a rationalist preclude a belief in mysticism?
12/05/2024 Duration: 28minRationalism as a check on false mysticism, but not on true mysticism
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Unconditional Surrender in American History and Its Relevance to the Gaza War
08/05/2024 Duration: 30minLearning from history, but being aware of ever-changing circumstances. Appomatox vs. the Middle East
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Rationalism in Gaonic Responsa - Generated by Empirical Evidence, and Sound Theology
07/05/2024 Duration: 29minIs every word in the Talmud true? Like the medicines? (רַב שְׁרִירָא גָּאוֹן)
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Haftarah Kedoshim: The most controversial Haftarah of the year?
07/05/2024 Duration: 26minTelling the raw truth about our history vs. not embarrassing כלל ישראל in synagogue readings - An existential tension
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Parshas Kedoshim: Does one size fit all?
06/05/2024 Duration: 31minKedoshim Tehiyu: It's meanderings through Jewish History
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Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism and the Current Campus Riots, Pt. 1
06/05/2024 Duration: 39minThe Jews in the 19th Century - Civil rights followed by Antisemitism
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Rationalism (as opposed to rationality): An example from שׁוּ"ת רַב הַאי גָּאוֹן
05/05/2024 Duration: 45min"Rhetoric" as a key tool for understanding אַגָּדוֹת חַזַ"ל
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The Campus Riots' Objective: Excising Zionism from the bounds of civil discourse
03/05/2024 Duration: 26minIf Zionism is delegitimated, then violence against it becomes legitimate, if not "legal"
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Haftarah Acharei Mos: The Prophet Amos and the Parable of the Sieve
02/05/2024 Duration: 26minAre American Jews currently undergoing a "sifting" process?
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Parshas Acharei Mos: Was Aharon a born אוֹהֵב שָׁלוֹם וְרוֹדֵף שָׁלוֹם, or did he become one?
01/05/2024 Duration: 33minHow was Aharon affected by the death of his sons?
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The Campus Demonstrations and Anti-Semitism: Parallels between 2024 and 1391
28/04/2024 Duration: 28minDedicated groups of pogromists are going around from campus to campus, and nobody is noticing
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Shir HaShirim and Passover - What is the Connection?
28/04/2024 Duration: 36minThe existential tension in Judaism between the mystical and the rational
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The Meaning of the Dry Bones in the Prophecy of Yechezkel (Haftarah Shabbos Pesach)
26/04/2024 Duration: 33minThe story of Rebbi Yehudah ben Beseirah
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Did you ever realize the slavery in Egypt commenced shortly before the birth of Moses?
22/04/2024 Duration: 26minWhat is the difference between מִצְרַיִם and בֵּית עֲבָדִים?
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Did the slaves view their plight from within an Egyptian pagan narrative?
21/04/2024 Duration: 27minThe Jews did not say נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע until after they were told about the בְּרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים
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The שיטות that one may keep חמץ at the home of a gentile on פסח without selling it
21/04/2024 Duration: 35minHow the different opinions re: בל יראה among Rishonim reflect different Jewish השקפות on the original Passover