Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Episodes

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  הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת נֹחַ תשפ"ז - "מֵי נֹחַ זֹאת לִי" 13.10.2026 21m

  Why did God Promise to not destroy THIS world (as opposed to earlier world He did destroy)?
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  Parshas Noach: Were the lands uninhabited by humans destroyed in the Flood? 12.10.2026 34m

  Were ALL the animals & creatures on the Ark? What about those who lived in uninhabited areas? Were THOSE animals corrupted?
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  Prelude to the Deluge: Is it Bnai Elohim or Bnai Elokim? 11.10.2026 33m

  If not angels, then what could be the meaning of Bnai Elokim (as per Ibn Ezra and Netziv)
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  Parshas Bereishis #2 The Eternal Meaning of the Cain and Abel story 08.10.2026 25m

  If God told Cain to stop being angry, how could Cain not listen?
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  Parshas Bereishis #5 What is the meaning of אָז הוּחַל לִקְרֹא בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה? 08.10.2026 26m

  What is the beginning of idolatry? Or rather the beginning of true religious enlightenment (in the frum sense)?
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  Parshas Bereishis #4 - The Opaque tale of Lemech 07.10.2026 32m

  What is the significance of telling us of his polygamy? Of his progeny? Who exactly did he kill?
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  Parshas Bereishis #3 What was the Tree of Life? 06.10.2026 30m

  Why wasn't Cain killed for murdering Abel?
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  Pashas Bereishis 5767 #1 - Onkelos on the Names of God in the Chumash 05.10.2026 36m

  The challenge of Gnostic Judaism, the Left-Wing of Hellenistic Judaism in the Ancient World
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  הֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת vs. וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּשִׂמְחָה in light of Hoshana Rabbah 02.10.2026 34m

  Civility vs. Affection: Two different approaches
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  The נַעֲנוּעִים in 5787 (2027) in light of current events 01.10.2026 28m

  The physical and political dangers we face from all directions
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  Parshas V’Zos HaBrachah: Before Moshe blesses the hereditary Jews, he blesses the גֵּרִים 28.09.2026 30m

  Including the עֵרֶב רַב!
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  A new interpretation of בַסֻּכּוֹת הוֹשַׁבְתִּי אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָם מִמִּצְרַיִם - סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ 28.09.2026 32m

  Where did the Jews sleep BEFORE they crossed the Red Sea?
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  Leone Modena's explanation of the halachos of the arba minim and the US Constitution 25.09.2026 30m

  The נַעֲנוּעִים are not some devil-worship ritual, but rather a sublime Maimonidean-Logical rite of acknowledging God's sovereignty over everything, even the Heavens. The great impact of Modena's explanation upon Gentile intellectuals
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  Calling a Spade a Spade: The עוֹלְלוֹת אֶפְרַיִם on the אַרְבַּע מִינִים 24.09.2026 27m

  The לוּלָב is the תַּלְמִיד חָכָם who is a turnoff!
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  Sukkos and the Battle for "The" Official-Memory of the 40 years in the desert 23.09.2026 20m

  The years in the Desert were magical, wondrous, and wonderful (עַנָּנֵי הַכָּבוֹד)ORThe year in the desert were physically torturous and ended in death (because of the two big sins) (סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ)
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  Intellectual Bankruptcy and the Current (non-frum) Jewish Anti-Zionism 22.09.2026 32m

  Will Dissolving Israel and returning to Galus save the Jewish People? Are you nuts?
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  The unusual מַחְלֹקֶת רִאשׁוֹנִים re: The אַרְבָּעָה חִלּוּקֵי כַּפָּרָה 20.09.2026 24m

  The סֵפֶר הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל says that is not how Heaven operates
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  Shabbos Shuvah, Parshas Haazinu: Moshe goes out on a rhetorical high 17.09.2026 29m

  When misfortune strikes, will you be intelligent enough to be thoughtfully and constructively self-critical? Or will you be like everyone else in the Middle East?
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  A Possible History of Yom Kippur 16.09.2026 30m

  Why does the Torah (i.e., Hashem) permit everything on Yom Kippur except eating and drinking?
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  Rabbi Yekusiel Aryeh Kamelhar (1871-1937), life in the Jewish Galicia in the fin de siècle 16.09.2026 56m

  At different times, a Rav, Rosh Yeshiva, Historian, journalist. Seeking a footing when you are an original thinker but not a member of the "in club" in Hasidic society