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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz's schedule for Shavuos night in his shulAlso, annual Shavuos shiur for women at R Katz's home Tuesday 6:15 PM2025-06-0102 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz's new lecture series in Baltimore: May 12, 14, 19, 21, and 26Five lecture covering the history of Baltimore Jewry and their various "Judaisms." History of a rather unique Jewish community, whose history is both like and unlike that o other American Jewish communities.2025-05-1203 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katzהַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמִינִי תשפ"ה - Dovid vs. Nadav & AvihuThe two parades of Dovid.The mistakes in the first. The corrections in the second. The quarrel with Michal based on a misunderstanding2025-04-2422 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzIs Israel becoming more religious in the wake of the Gaza War? Some thoughts upon reading an article in הָאָרֶץR Katz analyzes the religious effects of Israel's six foreign wars2025-03-1132 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzA selection of interpretations of the bizarre story of Rabbah killing R Zeira at a Purim partyR Katz and the new ArtScroll edition of the עֵין יַעֲקֹב2025-03-0231 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz analyzes the current Mid-East Situation, especially the Russian RoleWhereas Hamas pursues an unabashed policy of Amalak, Russia pursues a policy of לָבָן (לְפִי פֵּרוּשׁ הַנְּצִי"ב)2025-02-2330 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz Yahrtzeit Siyum on MikvaosGiven 1/282025-01-3043 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Hostage Deal and the Current MatzavR Katz analyzes the sobering reality of no victory, balanced by the need to not give in to יֵאוּשׁ, and creating new countermeasures2025-01-2030 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzWhy really did Dovid resent Yoav?Was David's reign an ideal era in Jewish History?2025-01-0726 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzAre the Jews a religious group? A nationality? An ethnicity?R' Katz on current court cases and the Hamas demonstrations at the universities
2024-11-2540 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Katz discusses the newest Genazym auction, featuring (inter alia) the seal the famous Italian Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan (1673-1739)Teacher of the famous RMS Luzzatto, as well as leading Italian Posek of the early 18th century. The close bond, despite different personalities, between Rebbe and Talmid
2024-11-0452 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Katz speculates on the origins of the שִׂמְחַת בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָהThe current climate and scarcity of water was not the reality in Ancient Israel
2024-10-2130 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Katz on the Four MinimAre the Four Minim connected to the Fur Exiles? Or to Exile as a phenomenon?
2024-10-1627 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzWas Columbus Jewish? R' Katz weighs inWe don't want him to be Jewish!
2024-10-1430 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Jonah Story: Some sober thoughts in light of current eventsR' Katz analyzes the significance of the Jonah and Nineveh tale in its historic and mussar context
2024-10-1331 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzYom Kippur and the Oct. 7th Massacres: R' Katz Responds to a Query"How do we face another Yom Kippur full of forebodings ever since last year?'
2024-10-0730 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Katz speculates on the historical origin of the custom of blowing the shofar to confuse the SatanIs it so that the Satan won't prosecute? Or is it to help you have proper concentration during Musaf Shemoneh Esrei?
2024-09-3028 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Katz analyzes the current situation in the Middle EastIsrael is worried about an attack on the Yomim Tovim (actually, all of us should be awake to this danger)
2024-09-2530 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzTekiah Teruah Tekiah: Joy, Weeping, Joy: Symbolism in the RitualR' Katz speculates on the עָרוּךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן and his take on the תְּקִיעוֹת
2024-09-2028 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThoughts on the curved shofar vs. the straight shofarR Katz analyzes the evolution of Rosh Hashanah over the millennia into its current universal form
2024-09-1131 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzKinnos, Pt. 2Kinnos on Tisha B'Av 2022, given by Rabbi Katz2024-08-1344 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzKinnos, Pt. 1Kinnos on Tisha B'Av 2022, given by R' Katz 2024-08-133h 47Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz is having a lecture series starting next week on Zionism in its early yearsThe series will explore the controversies regarding Zionism and the political and religious spheres in the early years of the movement. Seven lectures in Baltimore2024-07-1507 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzA dvar Torah on מסכת ברכות on the 16th יארצייט of Rabbi Katz's mother ע"הWhy does Dovid say Saul is a רוֹדֵף? Isn't Saul the מלך? A מלך is not a רוֹדֵף !2024-07-0925 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzWhat EXACTLY was the sin of משהR Katz offers an entirely different explanation2024-07-0830 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzTwo famous icons of anti-religious culture: what caused them to go otd?Rabbi Katz analyzes two stories from a recent book on Polish Jewry as reflecting personal as well as cultural reasons for leaving Yiddishkeit2024-07-0730 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe “Old Haskalah” - Comfortably Nestled within Cultural InsularityFrom Rabbi Katz’ 2017 Summer Lecture Series entitled: Kulturkampf-Haskalah: The Haskalah Wars - Lecture 12024-07-051h 28Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz analyzes the current extremely dangerous International situation. Are we headed for World WarRussia, China, Iran, Turkey- all obsessed with recovering glorious pasts, even at the risk of nuclear war2024-06-1830 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz analyzes the current state of the Gaza War and its falloutLike Hitler, Hamas understands what a powerful weapon is antisemitism, which trumps all other considerations2024-03-2728 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzWhy is Purim not on the day of the victorious fight, but on the day after?R Katz suggests a chronology of the historical development of the acceptance of the holiday of Purim2024-03-1532 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz analyzes recent trends in antisemitism in AmericaThe bad guys are trying to change PC to say it is ok, indeed correct, to be anti-Semitic.2024-03-0630 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzHistoric Handwritten Letter by R’ Chaim Brisker from 1909 Auctioned by GenazymR’ Katz explains the context of this letter and the elections to the Russian government's " Rabbinical Commission " to which R Chaim was indeed elected2024-02-2048 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe 1947 UN Partition Vote, and the Arabs and Jews Prepare for War“After the Hurricane: The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949” - Rabbi Katz’ 2011-2012 Winter Lecture Series2024-01-091h 15Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzArafat, Hamas and Terrorism: The Aftermath of OsloFrom Rabbi Katz’ 2022-2023 Winter Lecture Series entitled “Oslo, Immigration and Assassination-The State of Israel and the Jewish People, 1992-1996”2023-12-261h 21Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Israeli Offensives in the War for Independence: Brilliant Successes and Devastating FailuresFrom Rabbi Dr. Katz’ 2011-2012 Lecture Series: The Struggle for Israel, 1945-19492023-12-221h 25Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzIsrael’s War of Independence: The Arab Offensive in Palestine, December 1947-April 1948From Rabbi Katz’ 2011-2012 Lecture Series: The Struggle for Israel, 1945-19492023-12-181h 15Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzA Two Front War in Israel? - R’ Katz analyzes the latest events in the Gaza WarIn Gaza, there is a limited number enemy fighters. In Lebanon, there is an endless supply לדאבוננו2023-10-1827 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Yom Kippur War, Part 3: AfflictionFrom Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War2023-10-181h 26Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz discusses the Jewish " Rachavs" and their support for HamasThe Jew who embraces certain progressive causes but is then disillusioned by progressive Antisemitism2023-10-1534 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Yom Kippur War, Part 2: AfflictionFrom Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War2023-10-111h 29Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Yom Kippur War, Part 1: AfflictionFrom Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War2023-10-091h 26Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz criticizes the current wave of spitting in light of Jewish historyMany Yidden have been killed, hurt, and persecuted because of some individual's spitting2023-10-0527 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz analyzes the עֲרָבָה ceremony on the Temple, and the various versions of how they did itHow did beating palm fronds transition to our practice of beating עֲרָבוֹת?2023-10-0436 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Buildup to the Yom Kippur WarNone are as Blind as Those Who Would Not See - From Rabbi Katz’ 2017-2018 Lecture Series on the Yom Kippur War2023-09-291h 15Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz is leading a tour of the Bible Museum in DC on חול המועד סוכותThe tour will take place on Tuesday Chol haMoed2023-09-0801 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzA Conversation w/ Gabe Aaronson, Chief Numbers-Cruncher for the OUHas day-school enrollment in NYC plateaued? R' Katz and Gabe Aaronson analyze the latest statistics. 2023-08-2131 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzAnalyzing the distinction between שופטים and kings (דְּרָשׁוֹת הָרַ"ן)R,Katz distinguishes between courts who administered the justice of the original תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה and their later successors2023-08-1530 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Shlomo Dovid Kahana, Pt. 2: Warsaw and Its YeshivasThe diastrous effects of WW 1 on religiosity, and the efforts to respond to the crisis in Warsaw2023-08-0659 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Shlomo Dovid Kahana, the greatest gadol of the 20th century you never heard of. Part 1A Litvish Gadol who ends up as Dayan of the largest hasidic community in the world Part 12023-08-011h 00Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz tisha b'av schedule this yearAt his shul. Google Beth Abraham Baltimore for info and livestream2023-07-2401 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzDvar Torah on כריתות at yahrtzeit siyum for R Katz's motherאָשָׁם תָּלוּי -אַהֲבָה אוֹ יִרְאָה?2023-06-2337 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz20th of Sivan: R Katz analyzes some Cossack massacres from the perspective of 2023When the Cossacks persuaded the Poles to betray the Jews, but were themselves then betrayed & killed by the Cossacks2023-06-1134 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzIntro to Cordovero (רמ"ק הקדוש) on the Summum BonumR’ Katz discusses the historical background of the writings of the רמ"ק2023-06-0537 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz Responds to a Mischaracterization re: a Recent PodcastFalsely conflating the case of Saul and the Amelakites with Israelis and Palestinians2023-03-0605 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Ramban's Detailed Description of the Sinner in Gehinnom - R’ Katz DiscussesUsing mystical and (interestingly) psychological concepts to describe the suffering there2023-02-2225 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Controversial but Popular מַסֶּכֶת פּוּרִים (Venice 1552) from the GenazymAuction this Sunday, Feb. 26th. R’ Katz also discusses Purim Parody, in general.2023-02-2138 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Aftermath of the Maimonidean Controversies, Lecture 7 of 7From Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2022 Lecture Series, “Fundamental Disagreement:
The Maimonidean Controversies
Of the Middle Ages”2023-02-061h 05Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzDid Abraham and Sarah Actually Exist? The Fight over Philosophical Homiletics (Part 6 of 7)From Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2021 Lecture Series - Fundamental Disagreement:
The Maimonidean Controversies
Of the Middle Ages2023-01-271h 03Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzJews Burning Books? The Controversy in MontpelierFrom Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2021 Lecture Series - Fundamental Disagreement:
The Maimonidean Controversies
Of the Middle Ages (Part 4 of 7)2023-01-181h 13Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe First of the Maimonidean Controversies: Attacking the “Live Lion” (Pt. 3 of 6)From Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2022 Lecture Series, “Fundamental Disagreement:
The Maimonidean Controversies
Of the Middle Ages”2023-01-121h 31Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzMaimonides the Great Popularizer - The Maimonidean Controversies (Part 2 of 7)From Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2021 Lecture Series - Fundamental Disagreement:
The Maimonidean Controversies
Of the Middle Ages2023-01-101h 38Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Maimonidean Controversies: Revelation, Rationality and Rationalism In the Middle Ages - Pt. 1From Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2021 Lecture Series2023-01-081h 04Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz Will Be in the Hospital This Week……due to open heart surgery and hopes to be home next week. דָּוִד הַכֹּהֵן בֵּן לֵאָה2023-01-0501 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzChanuka in the Context of History: A Q&A w/ Rabbi KatzLive December 21, 20222022-12-2342 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz's Israel Trip is a Month Away!RabbiKatz describes the packed-week that will be his Jewish History tour of Israel2022-12-0706 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR’ Dovid Kimchi, the Radak (1260-1335) as Grammarian - The World of דקדוקNot so much a מְחַדֵּשׁ, but a brilliant מְחַנֵּךְ. Taught דקדוק to generations of Jews & gentiles2022-12-0554 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzAbraham in his old age has a faithful-reliable Eliezer. King David has no oneDovid destroyed his own health deliberately as an act of penance. But was this wise?2022-11-1741 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR Katz begins a new series, on Jewish theories of the Summum Bonum in לְעָתִיד לָבוֹאHow does Judaism envision the Final Utopia? Introductory remarks2022-11-0928 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzJoin Rabbi Katz's Jewish History Tour of Israel, January 9-15, 2023R Katz discusses his intellectually -exciting itinerary for his upcoming tour. Israel with his "spin"2022-11-0706 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe British Empire: R’ Katz Analyzes its Rapid Rise and Rapid Fall in Relation to Klal YisroelThe Empire accomplished a תַּפְקִיד and then disappeared2022-09-1945 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzIsaac Leeser (1806-1868): A Noble but Tragic Figure in American Orthodox Judaism in the 19th CenturyRabbi Katz analyzes the Leeser Bible, the first English translation in America2022-09-021h 00Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzJewish Courts in Christian Europe: The Age of the RishonimFrom Rabbi Katz' Three Weeks Lecture Series 2022 – From Bavel to Barcelona and Fez to Frankfurt: The Powers of Jewish Courts Throughout the Diaspora 2/62022-08-281h 20Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz's schedule on תשעה באבLadies class Sunday at 2:00 at Rabbi Katz's shul2022-08-0601 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz's Schedule in Teaneck this ShabbosTwo recent lecture series are now on YouTube2022-07-2602 min
Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzHistory of the Jews of Galicia, Pt. 3Rabbi Katz’ Lecture Series on Galician Jewry (Part 3of 6)2022-07-221h 21Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzOn Bastille Day (July 14th), R’ Katz Analyzes the Effect of the French Revolution on the JewsThe contrast between the American Revolution and the French re: what was demanded from the Jews as the price of equality2022-07-1535 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR’ Dovid Zvi Hoffmann, Pt. 5: Pioneer in Researching the מִדְרְשֵׁי הֲלָכָהThe world of מֶחְקָר practiced (uniquely) by a גָּדוֹל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל2022-06-131h 07Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR’ Dovid Tzvi Hoffman, Pt. 4: Historian of the MishnaBible Criticism is treife, but Mishna Criticism is kosher - Hoffmann2022-05-291h 20Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Dovid Zvi Hoffmann, Pt. 3: The Only Gadol Who Wrestles with the Arguments of Bible Criticism, Including All the Opinions of the Gentile ScholarsA מְפָרֵשׁ הַחֻמָּשׁ2022-05-231h 15Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR’ Dovid Zvi Hoffmann, Pt. 2 - His ResponsaMay one go to public school on Shabbos? May you carry your books? Write? German שאלות2022-05-0854 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzAnnouncing a public lecture on the controversial history of Galicia this Wednesday nightR Katz will deliver a lecture on modern Jewish history of Galicia. This Wednesday night at 8:00 in his shul2022-04-2502 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Connection Between Charoses and the Blood Libel: An Argument by Rabbi KatzOriginally, it was not Maror that was the symbol of the suffering, it was Charoses2022-04-0436 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Historic Evolution of the Seder Over the Centuries: An Analysis by Rabbi KatzThe changes after the חֻרְבָּן. The manipulations of the narrative for reasons of time and dignity.2022-04-0437 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz discusses Red Wine on Passover and the Blood LibelRabbi JS Bloch of Vienna, the champion against the blood libelers2022-03-3153 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Maharal on the Egyptianized Jews and Rabbi Katz’ ReflectionsThe plagues forced assimilated Jews (spared, unlike their neighbors) to acknowledge their Jewish identity2022-03-2744 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzPutin’s Mind: Rabbi Katz Analyzes What's Going on Inside His HeadPutin and Zelensky - a modern Shechem and Dena2022-03-2148 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzPurim: The Theme of אֹנֶס in the Purim StoryOne of Rabbi Katz's numerous analyses of different aspects of the Purim story2022-03-1520 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzQueen Esther - Bacon or Veggies?Rabbi Katz analyzes the medieval Ashkenazic Purim custom of זֵרְעוֹנִים2022-03-0747 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe War in Ukraine: An Analysis by Rabbi Katz in Its Historical Context and Implications for IsraelAre we seeing a reversion to the "Balance -of-Power" system? How will this affect Israel?2022-02-2747 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe 16th of Adar: An Enigmatic Date in Megilas Taanis….R’ Katz SpeculatesHow would the triumph of Mordecai have affected the king's hostile policy re: Jerusalem and the Temple?2022-02-2039 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katzהַדְרָן הִיסְטוֹרִית עַל יְרוּשַׁלְמִי בֵּיצָהRabbi Katz' Siyum and speech on Maseches Beitzah (Yerushalmi) on the occasion of the Yahrtzeit of his father 2022-01-0346 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katzהַדְרָן הִיסְטוֹרִית עַל יְרוּשַׁלְמִי בֵּיצָהFor the yahrzeit of Rabbi Katz's father ע"ה2022-01-0247 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz's Schedule This Shabbos in Lawrence, NYThree talks: Friday night, Shabbos afternoon (women) and שלוש סעודות2021-12-1602 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzThe Untold Story of ChanukahA speech delivered by Rabbi Dovid Katz in 1994 which goes into the history of Chanukah, in detail2021-11-291h 58Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzHaskalah and the Internet: Has the Internet Generated a Kind of Haskalah in the Frum World?Rabbi Katz responds to a thoughtful question from a listener.2021-11-2243 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzR' Katz in Rochester at Beth Haknesses Hachodosh Next Weekhttps://congbethabrahamhertzberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BHH-scholar-in-residence-Rabbi-Katz-flyer.pdf2021-11-1201 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzRabbi Katz in Monsey for ShabbosShabbos in Wesley Hills (קְהִלַּת בֵּית אֲבִיגְדוֹר). Saturday night at 25 Barrie Drive 9:00 PM2021-10-2203 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzAnnouncement About Rabbi Katz’ History of the State of Israel Winter Lecture SeriesLectures will be in person at Shomrei Emunah on Saturday nights at 8:45 PM. Starting tomorrow night. YouTube option available2021-10-1502 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz"V'LeYerushalayim Irchah": If the Messiah Showed Up Tomorrow, How Would We Act? Really (Tefillah)What does V'Chiseih Dovid Avdichah L'Sochah Tachin actually mean?2021-10-1419 minJewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid KatzAnnouncements and Updates from Rabbi KatzUpcoming Scholar in Residence Appearances this Winter, History of the State of Israel Winter Lecture Series and Tech-Issues 2021-10-0806 min