En iyi Rabbi Dovid Katz podcastleri (2025)

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"I was asleep, but I have now woken up!" The Third Pslam and the current Israel-Iran War 28:23

2h ago28:23

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Israel is trying to "break the teeth" of Iran - ק֘וּמָ֤ה יְהֹוָ֨ה ׀ הוֹשִׁ֘יעֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהַ֗י כִּֽי־הִכִּ֣יתָ אֶת־כׇּל־אֹיְבַ֣י לֶ֑חִי שִׁנֵּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃ https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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R Katz analyzes the prospects for regime change in Iran? What does this mean? 33:16

3h ago33:16

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How successful has "regime change" been in history? What kind of regime change in Iran would be beneficial to Israel? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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The רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא who "married" an Iranian Princess. Or did he? The "Bustenai Controversy" of the Gaonic Era 59:18

19h ago59:18

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The Caliph gave the רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא a "present" in the form of the daughter of the Persian Emperor. The halachic debate re: what happened next. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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R Katz Analyzes the "Tucker Carlson & Co." anti-Israel Isolationism phenomenon 45:20

4d ago45:20

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The logic and long history of American Isolationism and its latest iteration as opposition to a manipulative Israel (a subtle anti-semitism). A real problem for כלל ישראל https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח תשפ"ה - The Tradecraft Mistakes of the Two Spies in Jericho 23:31

6d ago23:31

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In the end, sending the spies was unnecessary; Jericho fell through a miracle! https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח תשפ"ה - The Flaw in Intelligence Procedures that resulted in the sad episode of the מְרַגְּלִים 30:41

7d ago30:41

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Did each spy seperately present his own report to Moshe, or did the ten spies hammer out a single unified consensus report prior to returning to the camp?

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How does the Mossad do these amazing things in Iran? Are they "James Bonds?" Or is it that they use a vast existing Iranian network of dedicated revolutionaries? 36:51

7d ago36:51

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The strange history of Israel and the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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The מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקּוֹת, The Amazing R Nassan Nota Shapiro of Cracow (1584-1633) 49:02

8d ago49:02

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The extraordinary combination of גְּאוֹנוּת in lomdus in the Golden Age of Pilpul in the Golden Age of the Jews in The Kingdom of Poland , fascination with mathematics, and the Kabbalistic application of math to the deeper reading of the תּוֹרָה בִּכְתָב וְתוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֹּה

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Rabbi Katz Analyzes the Current Israel-Iran War 26:18

9d ago26:18

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How does Israel achieve victory? How does it DEFINE victory? How does it win without American intervention? The " כ"ג סִיוָן factor."

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הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ תשפ"ה - נְבוּאַת זְכַרְיָה עַל פִּי "פָּשׁוּט פְּשַׁט" 31:42

14d ago31:42

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The many attempts to translate and interpret the enigmatic phrase וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ מַהְלְכִים בֵּין הָעֹמְדִים הָאֵלֶּה. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ תשפ"ה - What is the meaning of the strange phrase :"בְּכָל בֵּיתִי נֶאֱמָן הוּא"? 33:30

14d ago33:30

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The commentaries struggle to interpret this rhetorical passage which poetically and enigmatically reveals aspects of Moshe's uniqueness https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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"More Judaico" - The humiliating oath Jews were required to utter when they were sworn into gentile courts in pre-modern times 33:47

14d ago33:47

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The historical background to the Noda BiYhudah's famous responsum to the Austrian Government ( יוֹרֶה דֵּעָה ע"א ) re: Jews swearing in non-Jewish Courts

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Is it possible to calculate which mitzvos count more than others? Which aveiros are worse than others? 32:19

15d ago32:19

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The capitalist approach to Judaism? Rambam vs. Meiri on הֱוֵי מְחַשֵּׁב הֶפְסֵד מִצְוָה כְּנֶגֶד שְׂכָרָהּ https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Haftarah Naso: Was Samson an actual Nazir (Rambam)? 28:21

19d ago28:21

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Was he "hit" by prophecy? Or by a sudden rush of strength? Did the rush extend to his mind and discombobulate him mentally and emotionally? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Parshas Naso: The Sotah and Structurally flawed marriages 26:40

20d ago26:40

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What would lead a wife to "live dangerously" after being warned by the husband in front of witnesses? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Different Types of Judaism in the Era of the Amora'im: The Queen Zenobia of Palmyra and the Amora'im 33:19

20d ago33:19

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Rabbinic Judaism vs. Non-Rabbinic, Traditional (Hellenistic?) Judaism in the late Roman Empire (3rd century) https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Rabbi Katz's schedule for Shavuos night in his shul 2:09

23d ago2:09

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Also, annual Shavuos shiur for women at R Katz's home Tuesday 6:15 PM

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Haftarah Bamidbar: The promiscuous wife and the husband who neverheless wants to stay married to her 22:25

25d ago22:25

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Can a marriage work with a checkered past? Yes, if both are committed to looking ahead and not back https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Shavuos: Why count 50 days if the Torah was actually given on day 51? 26:52

26d ago26:52

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"Moshe added a day" - Is this the first instance of לֹא בַּשָּׁמַיִם הִיא?" to sponsor, https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Megillas Rus: A Controversial Book? Did she convert? When? How many times? 41:06

26d ago41:06

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Not everyone reads The Book of Ruth in the synagogue? Why not? To sponsor - https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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The Martyrs of Lvov (1728) - Tortured to Death by the Catholic Church on Erev Shavuos (this is not Count Potocki) 41:22

27d ago41:22

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Chaim and Yehoshua Reitzes endured horrible tortures rather than save themselves by conversion To sponsor a podcast https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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Shavuos and Yisro: Why does the story of Yisro precede מַתַּן תּוֹרָה? Hpw did Yisro create אַחְדוּת among כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל? 15:32

29d ago15:32

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Parshas Bamidbar: Abarbanel - The Levites too were enslaved in Egypt! 23:53

29d ago23:53

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Haftarah Behar-Bechukosai: G-d tells Jeremiah he may not get married and raise a family 24:15

1M ago24:15

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Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: King David, the Brachos in the Parsha, and Depression 22:14

1M ago22:14

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R Shimon ben Yochai and his son: the Aftermath of the Cave 25:28

1M ago25:28

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The Future of Syria and Israel: An Analysis of the Current Situation in the Middle East 40:37

1M ago40:37

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If Syria does make peace with Israel, it will be the biggest defeat for Hamas

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Haftarah Emor: Ezekiel and Priestly Functions in the Third Temple 27:29

1M ago27:29

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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

1M ago26:55

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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

1M ago48:47

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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

1M ago32:34

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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

1M ago3:53

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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

2M ago35:17

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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

2M ago24:07

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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

2M ago22:44

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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

2M ago32:14

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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

2M ago47:51

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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

2M ago23:15

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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

2M ago29:01

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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

2M ago59:21

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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

2M ago40:35

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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

2M ago22:02

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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

2M ago22:29

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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

2M ago42:58

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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

2M ago31:04

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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

2M ago29:38

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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

2M ago31:17

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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

2M ago51:11

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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?