Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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• The רשב"א in the possibility or impossibility of נְבוּאָה בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה 02.06.2026 35min

  From the case of the מְשִׁיחַ שֶׁקֶר of Avila (in 13th century Spain)
• Maimonides vs. Abarbanel on the necessary Propaedeutics for Prophecy 28.05.2026 23min

  Is the course of Propaedeutics for the purpose of intellectual comprehension? Or is it to elicit the proper emotional response?
• Haftarah Naso: Manoach and the Angel - שִׁיטַת הַמּוֹרֶה נְבוֹכִים 28.05.2026 23min

  Did Manoah and is wife encounter an angel, or was it a (prophetic) dream? If a dream, who had the dream, Manoah or his wife?
• Parshas Naso: Does Judaism have "Trial by Ordeal?" 27.05.2026 35min

  A tricky person can manipulate the Sotah rules...
• Some thoughts on the current situation in the Middle-East 26.05.2026 24min

  Keep an eye on the following two relationships: a.) Syria-China b.) Syria-Hezbollah
• Shavuos-Matan Torah: Servitude or Marriage? 20.05.2026 35min

  Two trends in Jewish Memory - The Reception-History of the giving of the Torah in Jewish Mesorah.
• King David and the "Moabitess Issue”-Even after he became king? 18.05.2026 34min

  Was David worried that the halachic question of מוֹאָבִי וְלֹא מוֹאָבִית would be raised against him in future generations, who might choose to pasken גַּם מוֹאָבִי וְגַם מוֹאָבִית לֹא יָבוֹאוּ בִּקְהַל הַשֵּׁם and retroactively disqualify his entire dynasty?
• More on Rambam and נְבוּאָה: The "physical process" 18.05.2026 33min

  The רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם sends a message from the Active Intellect to the rational faculty (hopefully to filter out error) and from thereto the imaginative faculty. But what does this mean?
• Milchigs on Shavuos - Historical background 17.05.2026 35min

  Was this a reaction to the concentrated Christian theological attack on Judaism and its nomianism that reached its peak in the 13th century?
• The Controversy over the Rambam's Real Opinion of נְבוּאָה 13.05.2026 42min

  The Left-Wingers vs. the (non extreme) Right Wingers among the "מְפָרְשֵׁי הַ"מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים
• From the Memoirs of מֵאִיר בַּר אִילָן: A visit to "The Frum German shul" in Baltimore in 1913 12.05.2026 28min

  The Rabbi preaches about Zionism but the (anti-Zionist) בַּעֲלֵי בַּתִּים hear what they want to hear
• פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר תשפ"ו - The Beginnings of Bureaucracy in Jewish History 11.05.2026 27min

  Who were the member of Moshe's secretariat? Who kept the records of the Jewish People's vital statistics?
• הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר ("מָחָר חֹדֶשׁ") - Reading the Bible through the lenses of Talmudic Halachah 11.05.2026 28min

  How could the women of Israel SING the praises of Saul and David as they passed by in triumph, what about אִסּוּר קוֹל בְּאִשָּׁה עֶרְוָה?
• Does נְבוּאָה require הֲכָנָה (as per the מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים)? The Abarbanel's interpretation of the "Burning Bush" Account 07.05.2026 33min

  A brilliant explication of the Tannaic dispute re: whether or not Moses did the right thing when he "hid his face" rather than look at God.
• הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר-בְּחֻקּוֹתַי תשפ"ו - Jeremiah on the difference between Israel and the nations re: repentance 06.05.2026 25min

  What is the meaning of the statement of חֲזַ"ל that the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ pre-existed the physical-universe?
• Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: The incredible stubbornness of the Jewish People 05.05.2026 27min

  They are punished but do not repent. By the end of the תּוֹכֵחָה the punishments have been ratcheted-up 2400 times (7x7x7x7)!
• An "Old Baltimore" Angle on the Controversy re: the Kashrus of Coca Cola 05.05.2026 40min

  A tale from the era of problematic הֶכְשֵׁרִים from leading רַבָּנִים וְתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים
• Lag Ba’Omer: Two different approaches to hostile regimes: R’ Shimon vs. R’ Yehudah 04.05.2026 36min

  Throughout Jewish History, גְּדוֹלֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל followed the policy of R Yehudah, not R Shimon, though the Jewish People in its folk-wisdom came to celebrate the frank expressions of R Shimon bar Yochai. They admired the one who "called a spade a spade" even though in practice they imitated R Yehudah
• What's with the burning of clothes at Meron on Lag b'Omer? 04.05.2026 28min

  Throwing clothes onto a coffin was an (incorrect but emotionally understandable) practice in Talmudic days expressing an excess of grief. With Rashbi (described as ascending to Heaven in a Pillar of Fire), the tossing of clothes morphed into burning them to celebrate his unique petirah.
• Interesting (and bizarre) aspects of the Portuguese Marranos in 17th Century France 29.04.2026 33min

  The difference between Protestant notions of toleration in Early-Modern Europe vs. Catholic ones. Hypocrisy was not a problem!