最高の Rabbi Dovid Katz ポッドキャスト (2025)

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?

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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 25:03

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The opposite of today - at that time there was civil war in Israel and peace in Syria ... or so they thought!

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Two Short Purim Vorts 18:30

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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 32:06

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R 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? 30:26

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How come Haman did not make a move against the Jews for FIVE years?

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Haftarah Ki Sisah: Eliyahu at Har HaCarmel 27:08

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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 31:53

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The 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 30:20

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Could 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 ? 26:49

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Where 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 33:01

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"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 30:06

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Towards 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? 38:33

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Is 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 31:18

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R 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 24:46

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A 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 1:00:22

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The 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 30:22

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Whereas 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 17:04

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A "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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Haftarah Mishpatim: Reneging on Emancipation 23:37

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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 26:25

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The 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 35:03

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Although an "old-fashioned" sefer, it had surprisingly modern features, which reflect the 18th century Englightenment Movement

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More on angels in Jewish Liturgy 24:41

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Differentiate between the prayers composed by חז"ל, and those composed by the great פַּיְטָנִים

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Angels in our liturgy 24:09

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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 10:14

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Both 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? 22:51

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What 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 28:09

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Did 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 44:08

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The 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 48:52

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R 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 25:21

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The 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 26:21

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Sponsored 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? 33:56

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Ramchal 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? 24:25

2M ago24:25

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Targum 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) 45:12

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Published 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