En iyi Rabbi Dr Dovid Katz podcastleri (2025)

Ezekiel is adjured to tellthe people about the future Temple, which is part of the historical tension re: how much priority should be given to קָדָשִׁים וְטַהֲרוֹת in לִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה?

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Parshas Emor: May a kohen marry a promiscuous woman? 26:55

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The word זוֹנָה ends up not meaning what you think it means. Dealing with checkered pasts you have left behind

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R ‘ Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov, Pt. 3 48:47

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His famous disputation with the Frankist Heretics, who claimed that the Jews who follow the Talmud murder Christians and use their blood for Passover purposes. He tore into them , calling a spade a spade!

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Lag B’Omer and the Story of R’ Shimon bar Yochai in the Cave: Critical considerations 32:34

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Raising a number of problematc aspects re: the text of the famous agadeta

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Rabbi Katz's new lecture series in Baltimore: May 12, 14, 19, 21, and 26 3:53

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Five 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.

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The Barbary Pirates, Jefferson and Donald Trump's Reported Deal with the Houthis 35:17

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Arab Piracy: Pay them off? Fight them? The machlokes between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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Haftarah Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: Destruction and then Restoration 24:07

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Would you like to be a prophet of doom?

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Parshas Achrei Mos-Kedoshim: Why is the Yom Kippur Ritual associated with the deaths of Nadav and Avihu? 22:44

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Was their sin בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ? If so, what does that have to do with Yom Kippur, which does not atone for that?

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Rambam and Korbanos Part 3 32:14

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The World stands on תּוֹרָה, עֲבוֹדָה, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים. Each one individually? Or the combination of all three?

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R’ Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 2: Internal machlokes 47:51

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The Underside of Jewish Kehilah politics in the "Old World"

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Haftarah Tazria-Mazora: Gechazi is "Attacked" by the Yetzer HaTov 23:15

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Though he was no saint, Gechazi redeems his character by eschewing revenge

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Parshas Tazria-Metzora: Biblical Leprosy and Its Role in Promoting Sincere Social Relations 29:01

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Why is it so easy to get Biblical Leprosy and So Hard (Complicated Ritual) to become purified from it?

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Rav Chaim Kohen Rappaport of Lvov (1699-1771), Pt. 1: A Great Gadol You Probably Never Heard of 59:21

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One of the Greatest Gedolim of the 18th century. The Noda B’Yehudah and the Hafla'ah sent him THEIR שְׁאֵלוֹת! Classic lomdus of the "Old School"

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The Rambam and his different discourses on korbanos & other matters, Pt. 2 40:35

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TThe Rambam in the Mishneh Torah on the correct hashkafah re: Korbanos and other Mitzvos that make no sense. The remarkable anguish of King David re: such matters

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הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמִינִי תשפ"ה - Dovid vs. Nadav & Avihu 22:02

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The two parades of Dovid.The mistakes in the first. The corrections in the second. The quarrel with Michal based on a misunderstanding

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Parshas Shmini: Nadav and Avihu 22:29

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Did they offer a ketores minus the חֶלְבְּנָא?

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Conditions in Eretz Yisroel in the early 19th century - life under the rapacious Muslims and hope from England 42:58

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The strange situation of the English and American Missionaries interacting with the תַּלְמִידֵי הַגְּרָ"א

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The Rambam and his different discourses on korbanos and other matters: Part 1 31:04

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An important difference between קָרְבָּנוֹת on the one hand, and תְּפִלָּה וּדְבֵקוּת on the other.

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Haftarah Acharon shel Pesach: Discrepancies between the accounts of Hezekiah and Sennacherib 29:38

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"If the Jews can end their disunity, they wil together conquer the Gaza Strip and Syria." Really

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Shevii Shel Pesach - The Splitting of the Sea: הֶאֱמִינוּ וְשׁוּב לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ 31:17

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Moshe and the Jews: Belief, followed by loss of Belief, followed by new Belief

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The Historical Background to the 1830s controversy re: הַקְרָבַת קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה - What was going on in Turkish Palestine at that time 51:11

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R Akiva Eger thought the Muslims would allow the Jews to offer sacrifices on the Temple Mount. The Chasam Sofer disabused him. Why did R Akiva Eger think this?

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Seder Thoughts 2025 (תשפ"ה) 37:10

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R Akiva's seder and the question of the Premature Exodus. Also, Lavan and his role inthe Egypt story

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When historical knowledge provides an insight into a Responsum: The Noda BiYhudah and the Ben Ish Chai 21:09

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Famous Responsa re: Adultery and Divorce

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Pesach, Bitul Chametz, and the eternal battle of ideas between Jewish and Egyptian theological ideas. Really 35:21

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If you wanted the manna in the desert to become matzah, to transsubstatiate into matzah, did it really become matzah, not just in taste?

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The Rambam and His Thoughts About the Hagadah 25:26

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In Chapter 7, the Rambam rearranges the order of the narrative, for philosophical/theological reasons

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Haftorah Shabbos Hagadol - Elijah: Unite or Die! 23:49

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Is parnasaah bad because you give too much charity? Or the other way around?

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Parshas Tzav (Erev Pesach) - Changing attitudes towards the Temple Sacrifices 27:10

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The differences between the First and Second Temple Eras

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Haftarah Parshas VaYikra: "הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי בְּחַטֹּאותֶיךָ הוֹגַעְתַּנִי בַּעֲוֹנֹתֶיךָ 22:21

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The Temple was built large, to accommodate 12 tribes, but it sended up servicing and being patronized by only two tribes

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The current war in light of וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם 29:40

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Was Hamas's goal realistic? Maybe!

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The Pesach Haggadah: רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר 27:14

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What kind of guests were at the seder of רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל? Why did his narrative differ from that in Bnai Berak?

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Parshas VaYikra: הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת לְעֻמַּת הַקָּרְבָּן פֶּסַח 26:44

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Two types of Communal offerings: a.) Performed by Priest as Agent for the Community b.) Performed by the masses of the community themselves

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Parshas HaChodesh: The seemingly disjuncted narrative 34:12

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Why is chametz prohibited (כָּרֵת!)? What does chametz have to do with the slavery in Egypt? Really

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R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979) 39:30

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A great Talmid Chacham and Mekubal who suffered from secular Zionist persecution in the 1940s. The complicated story of Yemenite Jewry in the first half of the 20th century.

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Haftarah HaChodesh: Princely corruption even in the time of the Third Temple? 24:02

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The Prophet admonishes the Princes to stop evicting Jews from their ancestral land and expropriating the land in order to gift their own children and employees

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Parshas Pekudei- מִי הָיוּ לֵצָנֵי הַדּוֹר 23:53

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The cynics were those who did not contribute (either out of stinginess or laziness), who now projected thir own guilt feelings onto Moshe and the Mishkan Project.

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Trump, Polk, Bibi: Some cautionary lessons from the past 36:20

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Sometimes, military victory leads to civil war! Success requires philosophy to be managed sagaciously

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Haftarah Parshas Parah- Jewish misconduct in the lands of exile 24:32

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The supreme virtue of being ashamed of your misconduct. Is this happening currently?

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Parshas VaYakhel- No fire outside the miskan, but yes fire inside the mishkan! 28:23

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Most fights break out in shul on Shabbos - לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת

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Purim live 5785 (2025) 1:08:17

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Live from Baltimore

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Tefilah: Why does God say to Moses : לֹא תוּכַל לִרְאֹת אֶת פָּנָי, but subsequently וְדִבֵּר הַשֵּׁם עִם מֹשֶׁה פָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים? 22:27

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Some thoughts on the limited, philosophical approach to prayer vs. the mystical approach to prayer

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Donald Trump's fascination with America's 11th President James K. Polk (1845-1849) 56:08

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Intensely partisan, a slaveholder, a great liar, Polk is one of the great presidents, who doubled the territory of the USA. In the words of Trump, "He got a lot of land!" Will this affect Gaza?