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Haftarah Parshas Parah- Jewish misconduct in the lands of exile
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24:32The 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!
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28:23Most fights break out in shul on Shabbos - לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת
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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?
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22:27Some 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)
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56:08Intensely 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?
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a.) 17 Adar - tachnun? Anniversary of a massacre and rescue in Northern Syria of חַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל in Northern Syria (מְגִלַּת תַּעֲנִית). Sound familiar
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25:03The opposite of today - at that time there was civil war in Israel and peace in Syria ... or so they thought!
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Why did Esther try to be nice to Haman? Also, did Haman actually prohibit circumcision?
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Is Israel becoming more religious in the wake of the Gaza War? Some thoughts upon reading an article in הָאָרֶץ
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32:06R Katz analyzes the religious effects of Israel's six foreign wars
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Purim 2025, Pt. 2: How Esther hid her identity-Didn't the Jews say אָחוֹת יֵשׁ לָנוּ בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ?
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30:26How come Haman did not make a move against the Jews for FIVE years?
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Why was אֵלִיָּהוּ a brilliant failure?
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Purim 2025 in the light of the October 7, 20243 Pogrom
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31:53The Jews in the time of Esther ducked a planned "Oct. 7" pogrom multiplied all across the 127 provinces. Instead, it was the Jews who ended up perpetrating the pogrom against their mortal enemies
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Parshas Ki Sisa (Shoshana Purim): The Eigel and Purim
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30:20Could מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצֶּלֶם (Megilah 12a) be an oblique reference to פָּרָשַׁת עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב?
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Purim 2025: What is the source in the Megilah for the opposing opinions of רשב"י and his talmidim ?
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26:49Where did they get the ideas that the big sin of כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל was either a.) נֶהֱנוּ מִסְּעֻדָּתוֹ שֶׁל אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ or b.) הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצֶּלֶם? It is not in the text of the Megilah, is it?
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Circumcision and the Marranos - from the סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת מֵאֵת רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל אַבּוּהַב מִוֶנִיצִיׇהּ
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33:01"How come there is no NCSY for the Marranos?" Frum complaints from Venetian Gedolim of the 17th century
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Haftarah Zachor: The Story of Saul and Agag in the light of the current war with Hamas
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30:06Towards Amalek, Saul lacked moral clarity, but when it came to Nov and David, he acted with total (misguided) moral clarity!
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Parshas Tetzaveh: Was Aaron chosen for the priesthood before the episode of the Golden Calf?
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38:33Is וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ referring to a מִשְׁכָּן? A בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ? Both? What's with the textual obscurity?
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A selection of interpretations of the bizarre story of Rabbah killing R Zeira at a Purim party
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31:18R Katz and the new ArtScroll edition of the עֵין יַעֲקֹב
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The spontaneous prayers of the hostages during their captivity in Gaza
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24:46A real life example of Psalm 130: מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ הַשֵּׁם
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Rabbi Raphael Meldola of Bayonne, France (1686-1748) the שׁוּ"ת מַיִם רַבִּים
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1:00:22The Unusual Spanish-Portuguese Communities in 18th century Souther France. A different world
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R Katz analyzes the current Mid-East Situation, especially the Russian Role
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30:22Whereas Hamas pursues an unabashed policy of Amalak, Russia pursues a policy of לָבָן (לְפִי פֵּרוּשׁ הַנְּצִי"ב)
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From The Golden age of Spanish Jewish Poetry: Ibn Gabirol's שִׁנְאַנִּים שַׁאֲנַנִּים
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17:04A "rap song" about the angels surrounding the Heavenly Throne. Part of theSephardic liturgy. The cadence as well as the rhymes moves the worshiper to ectasy
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What was the ultimate fate of צִדְקִיָּהוּ, the last King of Judah? The differing traditions
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Parshas Mishpatim: Creating a sacred polity is harder than creating a holy individual
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26:25The difference between קְדוֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ vs. וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ לִי מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים וְגוֹי קָדוֹשׁ
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The Ramchal and the history of his most famous work, Mesilas Yesharim - Some thoughts
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35:03Although an "old-fashioned" sefer, it had surprisingly modern features, which reflect the 18th century Englightenment Movement
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Differentiate between the prayers composed by חז"ל, and those composed by the great פַּיְטָנִים
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First you talk about angels surrounding the Heavenly Throne, but then you ringingly assert !שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ ה' אֶחָד
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Parshas Yisro: The oath Moshe swore to Yisro re: Gershom, Pt. 2
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10:14Both Moshe and Yisro probably thought Moshe's oath was binding. But after the miracles of Egypt, both men saw the oath had been without validity, indeed even sense
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What is the significance of Isaiah's prophetic career commencing with the death of King Uzziahu?
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22:51What does the prophet mean when he describes himself as an אִישׁ טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם?
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Parshas Yisro: Yisro brings Gershom, whom he has already "ruined," hence the tense relationship
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28:09Did Yisro return to Midian and resume his job as High Priest of Paganism (for parnassah, of course!)?
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The original printing of the famous עֵין יַעֲקֹב on the אַגָּדוֹת, being offered by Genazym
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44:08The 1516 and 1522 editions complied and explained by the famous father and son team רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בֶּן חָבִיב and רַבִּי לֵוִי בֶּן חָבִיב ))(מהרלב"ח. Which had a profound impact on subsequent Jewish history.
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Genazym is auctioning a political-lobbying letter from R Chaim Brisker to his friend the בַּעַל "דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים"re: the elections for Chief Rabbi of the Turkish Empire
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48:52R Chaim was opposing the election of "Conservative Rabbi" חַיִּים נָחוּם, fearing he would spread הַשְׂכָּלָה וְקַלּוּת בְּמִצְווֹת among the Sephardic masses
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A Real Life Case in 19th Century Kurdistan-וֶהֱוֵי מִתְאַבֵּק בַּעֲפַר רַגְלֵיהֶם, וֶהֱוֵי שׁוֹתֶה בַּצָּמָא אֶת דִּבְרֵיהֶם
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25:21The אֱמוּנָה פְּשׁוּטָה of some of the עֵדוֹת הַמִּזְרָח re: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, even when they misinterpreted rabbinic dicta
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פָּרָשַׁת בְּשַׁלַּח תשפ"ה - Some Jews armed themselves to battle the Philistines when they left Egypt. Others were cowardly
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26:21Sponsored by Meshulem Epstein "Whose grandmother came in the early 1900s from Ukraine. Her mother ran a dry goods and her father was the mashgiach for milk production. The farm was right in Brownsville NY! She was of the generation to whom the Ribbono shel Olam was real and present.A "tehillim-zugger big time.A smile and a kind word for everyone.Sh…
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More correspndence between Ramchal and R Yeshaya Bassani: Whose soul did R Yeshaya possess?
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33:56Ramchal ascribes the most incredible and supernatural, indeed cosmic, significance to the Padua Eruv set up by R Yeshaya
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Haftarah BeShalach: Who exactly was Yael, Eshes Chever HaKeini? Which yeshiva did she learn in?
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24:25Targum Yonasan describes her as a talmid chacham
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Genazym is offering the famous math book: "סֵפֶר הַמִּסְפָּר" מֵאֵת רַבִּי אֵלִיָּהוּ מִזְרָחִי הַמְפֻרְסָם (בַּעַל הָרְאֵ"ם עַל פֵּרוּשׁ רָשִׁ"י עַל הַחֻמָּשׁ)
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45:12Published in the Turkish Empire in the 1500s by the famous Soncino Family, including a controversial colophon re: a fght between the Soncinos and the anisemitic Catholic "Billy Graham" - Friar John of Capistrano
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Haftarah Bo: Egypt will be devastated by a Babylonian invasion
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25:20Israel will be mauled (but will recover), Egypt & Co. will be destroyed and will not recover
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Sumptuary decrees of 1767 issued by the נוֹדַע בִּיהוּדָה
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47:19Genazym auction in Sunday Feb. 16, 2025 The eternal struggle against excessive spending on simchas
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Psalm 90 - the Dearth of שמחה? Reflections of the aftermath of the Golden Calf?
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25:22תְּפִלָּה לְמֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים Moshe, the one who mastered (איש) the מִדַּת הַדִּין
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Parshas Bo: Were there apostates (משומדים) already at the time of יציאת מצרים?
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31:20Why does G-d warn Moses about the בן נכר before they even left Egypt? Was this part of his disagreement re: the עֵרוּב רַב?
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Why did the Jews always allow themselves to get "played" by the cynical Egyptians?
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Psalm 81 הַיּוֹם יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי בְּשַׁבָּת Commemorating the First Liberation
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22:15The extraordinary transformation of Joseph in Egypt, foreshadowing the later Exodus. And Divine frustration at the obtuseness of the liberated
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Parshas VaEra: Redemption without repentance?
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25:01The Jewish slaves cried out to God in pain. But they did not repent!
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R Katz analyzes the sobering reality of no victory, balanced by the need to not give in to יֵאוּשׁ, and creating new countermeasures
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Haftarah Shmos- "הַנִּדָּחִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם"
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30:16Who are the Jews Cast Off in the Land of Egypt? Did 4/5 die in Egypt? Or did they assimilate?
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Psalm 94 - The Call for Revenge, when is it appropriate?
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27:43The Historical Context of Psalm 94, and its relevance to the current מַצָּב
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Ramchal and his Rebbe, Pt. 2. - More on the remarkable relationship
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55:28Ramchal in Amsterdam (1730s-1740s), where he wrote the works that made him famous
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Who was Moshe deceiving? Pharaoh? Or the Jews!
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The theme of siege in Torah Judaism and Jewish Memory
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