أفضل بودكاسات Rabbi Dr Dovid Katz (2024)

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Haftarah Ha'azinu: The Power of Words 25:37

3d ago25:37

25:37

Humans are unique in a.) Brains b.) Speech

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Parshas Ha'azinu: The speech of Moshe to the elites (having given up on the masses) 32:42

3d ago32:42

32:42

Guide the masses to the correct interpretation of events. Don't leave it up to them!

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An Analysis of the Current Israeli Invasion of South Lebanon 18:29

4d ago18:29

18:29

The area is full of tunnels, but the IDF has learned tunnel warfare over the course of the past year

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R' Katz speculates on the historical origin of the custom of blowing the shofar to confuse the Satan 28:29

5d ago28:29

28:29

Is it so that the Satan won't prosecute? Or is it to help you have proper concentration during Musaf Shemoneh Esrei?

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The Historical Background of the Dispute Between the Geonim and the Rambam on the Break in the Tradition of What the Teruah is 33:04

9d ago33:04

33:04

The very different biographies of Hai Gaon and Maimonides

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R' Katz analyzes the current situation in the Middle East 30:38

9d ago30:38

30:38

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

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Haftarah Nitzavim-VaYelech: The United Nations will Applaud Israel ... in the Messianic Era! 22:48

10d ago22:48

22:48

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

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Parshas Nitzavim-VaYelech: Above all, Moshe fears the hypocrites in his audience 25:54

10d ago25:54

25:54

Can one control one's thoughts?

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The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 2: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century 53:02

11d ago53:02

53:02

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

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Tekiah Teruah Tekiah: Joy, Weeping, Joy: Symbolism in the Ritual 28:03

15d ago28:03

28:03

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

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Haftarah Parshas Ki Savo - Isaiah paints the Jewish Utopia 24:29

16d ago24:29

24:29

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

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The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 1: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century 51:21

17d ago51:21

51:21

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

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Parshas Ki Savo: The Terrible Tochecha - Why is Devarim's worse than VaYikra's? 26:20

17d ago26:20

26:20

Moses is addressing the victorious soldiers of three recent wars

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Haftarah Ki Seitzei: The woman who medically could not bear children suddenly has sextuplets! 31:00

23d ago31:00

31:00

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

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Thoughts on the curved shofar vs. the straight shofar 31:00

23d ago31:00

31:00

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

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Parshas Ki Seitzei: Amalek in Our Parsha and the Attack on October 7 29:41

25d ago29:41

29:41

פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא: זְכִירַת עֲמָלֵק בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה

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The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 2 58:49

26d ago58:49

58:49

The richie-rich network in action

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Haftarah Parshat Shoftim: Redemption comes to a battered and bloodied Jewish People 29:16

29d ago29:16

29:16

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

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Parshas Shoftim: The False Prophet in Jewish History 34:41

29d ago34:41

34:41

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

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The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 1 52:25

1M ago52:25

52:25

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

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Elul and the Current Situation in the State of Israel 29:23

1M ago29:23

29:23

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

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Haftorah Parshas Re'eh - The glorious house with the diamond chandeliers 24:07

1M ago24:07

24:07

Isaiah foresees a world without terrorism!

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Pirkei Avos - אַל תַּעַשׂ תְּפִלָּתְךָ קֶבַע 28:06

1M ago28:06

28:06

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

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Parshas Re'eh: "V'Yishavtem Betach-" Secure Internally? Or Externally? 26:30

1M ago26:30

26:30

The Two Mountains and Moral Clarity

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The Great Semicha Controversy of Safed (צפת): The controversy in the 16th century within the broad framework of Jewish History 50:34

1M ago50:34

50:34

The attempt to revive a Jewish "church" and why it was destined to fail when the Jews were in גלות

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Abraham haKohen Herera of Italy and Amsterdam (c. 1570-1635) 59:39

1M ago59:39

59:39

The strange world of the Marranos who were seriously into Kabbalah

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Parshas Eikev: The 3 Great Dangers 28:42

1M ago28:42

28:42

Underconfidence, Overconfidence, and Smug Self-Righteousness

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Haftarah Eikev: Isaiah predicts the rescue of the hostages in Gaza! 24:21

2M ago24:21

24:21

By The times of the Messiah, most Jews will have given up on Geulah

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15th of Av 2024 - The Dance of the Maidens 25:46

2M ago25:46

25:46

Did the "shidduch system" break down? When? Why?

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Pirkei Avos: אַל תִּתְחַבֵּר לָרָשָׁע 33:43

2M ago33:43

33:43

R' Samson Raphael Hirsch vs. R' Chaim Brisker?

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The Role of Moshe in the "Second" Ten Commandments (Parshas VaEschanan) 26:06

2M ago26:06

26:06

Moshe changes some of the wording to fit his audience, who were not present at the Revelation on Sinai

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Haftarah Shabbos Nachamu: Glorious news to a battered people 27:56

2M ago27:56

27:56

The happy aspect of the Messianic Process (unlike other parts of the Bible)

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Parshas VaEschanan: Gratitude and Ingratitude 27:09

2M ago27:09

27:09

What's with the references to Peor, Bais Peor and Baal Peor? The chink in the armor of Klal Yisroel

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Kinnos, Pt. 2 44:05

2M ago44:05

44:05

Kinnos on Tisha B'Av 2022, given by Rabbi Katz

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Kinnos, Pt. 1 3:47:37

2M ago3:47:37

3:47:37

Kinnos on Tisha B'Av 2022, given by R' Katz

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Tisha b"Av 2024 (5784) 25:18

2M ago25:18

25:18

They cannot penetrate our defenses unless we ourselves open a breach for them

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Pirkei Avos, Ch. 4: R' Masia ben Cheresh 27:57

2M ago27:57

27:57

The pertinent observations of a Rosh Yeshiva in the City of Rome, far from "the scene of action"

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Haftarah Parshas Chazon: Isaiah blasts the hypocrisy of the Jewish leadership class 25:40

2M ago25:40

25:40

When misfortune strikes, don't check your mezuzah, check your חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט!

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Parshas Devarim: A Geographical Nightmare 31:04

2M ago31:04

31:04

Did Moshe harangue them in nine places? Or about their misdeeds in nine? Or in a place with nine geographical markers?

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Pirkei Avos, Chapter 2: Rabbi Gamliel Jr. and תּוֹרָה עִם דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ 26:06

2M ago26:06

26:06

R Tarphon - Learning Torah like a businessman

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Glory, Tragedy, and Identity Fluidity: A tale of a modern Ger Tzedek in Germany a century ago 42:25

2M ago42:25

42:25

Baron von Manstein and his times (Kaiser, Weimar Republic, Third Reich)

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The Jewish general who commanded the Roman armies that destroyed the Bais HaMikdash 36:12

2M ago36:12

36:12

The strange tale of Tiberius Julius Alexander, nephew of Philo, chief of staff to Titus

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Revenge, the Current Middle East Crisis and Parshas Matos 31:01

2M ago31:01

31:01

G-d says avenge the wrong done to Israel by Midian; Moses says avenge the wrong done to G-d by Midian

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Haftorah Three Weeks - The Jewish Trait of Ingratitude (Jeremiah Ch. 2) 28:20

2M ago28:20

28:20

Why is it the Jews were unfaithful in times of prosperity but faithful in times of persecution?

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Pirkei Avos Ch.1: Why does it say Moshe got the Torah from Sinai? Sinai did not give him the Torah! 26:03

2M ago26:03

26:03

Pirkei Avos and the language of philosophy, not Midrash

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Parshas Matos-Masei: Why the Jews could not get Egypt out of their systems even after 42 journeys 27:45

2M ago27:45

27:45

The main complainers were the "house slaves," not the plantation slaves

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Chinuch in the 20th Century from the Perspective of the 21st 50:01

2M ago50:01

50:01

Rabbi Moshe Shuvalsky and his times (chinuch)

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Pirkei Avos, Ch.6 26:12

2M ago26:12

26:12

Why is Rabbi Meir preoccupied with לשמה?

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Haftarah Bein HaMitzarim 26:51

2M ago26:51

26:51

Jeremiah, Josiah, and the misguided masses

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Parshas Pinchas: Bilaam, Pinchas and the Hamas Attacks 29:40

2M ago29:40

29:40

Bilam, Pinchas, and Hamas

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