Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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"Shouting Match" Between Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel: The Freudian Aspects Sep 12, 2025

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Bibi's father wrote THE book on the Spanish Inquisition and Spain's successful persecution of the Jews, especially the sccessful (and brutal) erasure of the Jewish Identity of the Jews forced to convert. IOW the Spanish "Holocaust"

Haftorah Ki Savo: The Days of Moshiach Without War Sep 11, 2025

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Isaiah's vision of a Messianic Era characterized, not by World War III, but by a world in moral darkness turning to Klal Yisroel for Enlightenment. A pain-free Geulah

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A Suggested History of Shofar Blowing Sep 09, 2025

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What came first in Jewish History? The תְּקִיעוֹת דִמְיוּשָׁב or the תְּקִיעוֹת דִּמְעֻמָּד ?

Parshas Ki Savo: The Abarbanel v. the Netziv Sep 09, 2025

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"הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבְּךָ יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ מַעְלָה מָּעְלָה וְאַתָּה תֵרֵד מַטָּה מָּטָּה"

Abarbanel - The gentile minority in Eretz Yisroel.

Netziv - The gentiles who move into Jewish neighborhoods in the Diaspora and economically displace the Jews.

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The Giant Water Crisis Threatening the Entire Middle East - in the context of the current Arab-Israeli conflict Sep 08, 2025

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"The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest."George Washington's Farewell Address

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Why does a shofar have to be from a from a horn whose inside layer can be removed? Sep 08, 2025

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The symbolism of וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם , removing the layer of "foreskin" on the "heart." A difficult task indeed.

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Why is Rosh Hashanah decribed as "covered up" or obscure? תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּנוּ? Sep 03, 2025

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What if you hold the world was created in Nissan? And anyway, the story of Moshe Rabbenu pleading before Hashem a third time (Elul-Tishrei) is very unclear in the text of the Chumash.

Haftarah Ki Seitzei: Isaiah predicts the expansion of Israel in the Messianic Era. Will Israel annex Turkey and Spain?! Sep 01, 2025

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"הַרְחִבִי מְקוֹם אֲהָלֵךְ"

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A Personal Letter From R' Ovadia Yosef to R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach re: High Israeli Politics concerning the Shas Party- An offering from Genazym Sep 01, 2025

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The bitter politics surrounding the 1992 Knesset Elections (which led to the Oslo Agreement) and the bitter politics in the frum world surrounding the Shas Party's disobeying the political directives of the leadership of the "Litvish" Yeshiva World's leadership.

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פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ"ה - יְפַת תֹּאַר בְּעוֹלַם הַקַּבָּלָה Sep 01, 2025

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How can "Righteous Soldiers" (like King David) lust on the battlefield? A mystical take.

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