Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Isaiah endeavors to inspire hope in a Jewish People suffering (understandably) from depression and hopelessness because of so much persecution. The future is brighter than you can imagine!

Also, Rambam vs. Ramban re: whether the Canaanites must be exterminated or not

כָּל פָּסוּק בְּלָשׁוֹן עִבְרִי סוֹבֵל כָּל צוּרָה שֶׁיִּרְצֶה הַמְּצַיֵּר, אֲבָל הַצּוּרָה הָאֲמִתִּית בְּמָה יִתְאַמֵּת הֲלֹא הוּא אִם נִמְשְׁכוּ שְׁאָר הַפְּסוּקִים עַל הַצּוּרָה הַהִיא.

The Rebbe of all the German Gedolim (in Germany and elsewhere) you ever heard of. Really

Only in the Messianic Era will Israel be totally free of terror. Sigh

The difference between living in the desert "panopticon" vs. living scattered on farms in Israel with the privacy (and therefore the option) to make bad choices.

Similarities between the current antisemitism and that of the era of Theodore Herzl

Is Spain dumping on Israel in order to kiss-up to the Muslim world and thereby get a pass and avoid criticism for the fact that Spain still colonially rules parts of Muslim N. Africa?

A fascinating set of interviews with leading Jewish communists in their old age, plus equally fascinating secret remarks re: Jews by Nikita Khrushchev, successor to Stalin. Communism was a religious faith!

Is the 21st century going to be the century in world affairs when religion returns to it position as the LEADING factor in world events ?

שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל vs. כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל

Tragedy, especially prolonged tragedy, brings depression in its wake

Tragedy, especially prolonged tragedy, brings depression in its wake

Do 18th century tactics work in a 21syt century conflict with evil fanatics?

"You have been rebellious all the way through!"Even during those missing years?

The four obstacles to building a "Straight Road to Hashem"כְּנֶגֶד הָאַרְבַּע גָּלוּיוֹת?

The "war-crime" of Amaziah King of Judah re: mistreating the Edomite POWs

Were the pleas of Moses rejected out of anger? Because the request was premature? Out of a sense of Divine "pain?"

What is the difference between heresy and unbelief? Which more accurately applies to the חִלּוֹנִים in Israel today?

"You were not spared because you are righteous! In fact, God hates your so-called mitzvos!"

He is rebuking the CHILDREN of the sinners, not the sinners themselves. The challenge of rebuking constructively

Why is וּלְמַלְשִׁינִים juxtaposed to עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים?

The big difference between Judaism and Christianity re: Proselytizing. Origin of the Talmudic concept of עֵרֶב רַב?

You abandoned land which contained a natural spring of fresh water for arid land supplied by collected rainwater only to find the cistern which was supposed to hold the water had a leak!

בַּעַל הַ"מוֹדֶה וְעוֹזֵב יְרֻחָם"

The peculiar moral characteristics of a "War of Revenge" - נְקֹם נִקְמַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הַמִּדְיָנִים

What does רשב"ג mean when he says (שבת י"ג ע"ב) אֵין אָנוּ מַסְפִּיקִין?

The Fall of Jerusalem to the Crusaders in 1099 and the accompanying massacres of Jews

His Divinely-ordained career of musar and tochechah begins in the middle of King Josiah's radical (and unpopular!) campaign to exterminate idols in the Kingdom of Judah

Were the 24,000 who perished Jews? Or erev rav?

How were the Crusader-Related events in Eretz Yisroel that took place in the 12th century interpreted by the Baalei Tosfos and their Jewish contemporaries? As עִקְבְתָא דִּמְשִׁיחָא!

What exactly is הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם אֱלֹהֶיךָ?

Bil'am the spinmeister could have (through his rhetorical skills) united the various kingdoms into an anti=Jewish Alliance...

What is the difference between the זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל and the אֲצִילֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל?

The survey of the אוֹר הַחַיִּים of the opinions re: the sin of Moses and his critique of all of the opinions

The ר"ש מִשַּׂאנְץ as a participant in The Maimonidean Controversies of the late 12th century. His sober and balanced approach.

The Controversial Quadripartite Atonement Scheme of R Ishmael & Co. Historically Considered

Was it an insulting dumping of a righteous prophet? Or was it rather a legitimate concern re: who would take-over after the prophet's death?

The Third of the Three Great Rabbis who produced the Tosafos

Does כְּבַד פֶּה mean Moshe had a speech impediment? Or does it mean he was not quick and sharp in political give-and-take?

The interesting arguments between the 13th century Hebrew Translators of the מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים

The man who converted 12th C. Fench Lomdus into Tosafos

Taking seriously the concept of גֵּר שֶׁנִּתְגַּיֵּר כְּקָטָן שֶׁנּוֹלַד דָּמֵי

The bizarre denouement in 1295

The impetus to do תְּשׁוּבָה comes from the יֵצֶר טוֹב but the יֵצֶר הָרַע often inserts itself in the implementation of the repentance

When G-d so disposes, even enemies of the Jews come to their aid

Also, why did he marry the Cushite woman at this particular time?

From the case of the מְשִׁיחַ שֶׁקֶר of Avila (in 13th century Spain)

Is the course of Propaedeutics for the purpose of intellectual comprehension? Or is it to elicit the proper emotional response?

Did Manoah and is wife encounter an angel, or was it a (prophetic) dream? If a dream, who had the dream, Manoah or his wife?

A tricky person can manipulate the Sotah rules...