Jewish History With Rabbi Dovid Katz

The Ark was a haven during the Flood, but afterwards G-d orders Noah to exit the Ark

Was Nimrod the first king in human history?

One of those great gedolim you never heard of

How such massacres were commemorated in the liturgy of Eastern European Jewry

What does this mean? Was it an actual historical event? A fascinating interpretation of the שְׁלָ"ה הַקָּדוֹשׁ

The medieval debate whether it resembles the sign of the cross, and the contemporary significance in light  of the current war

Is it far from Israel? Or the very opposite!

The current climate and scarcity of water was not the reality in Ancient Israel

Why are women not required to sit in sukkahs?

Are the Four Minim connected to the Four Exiles? Or to Exile as a phenomenon?

All Jewish life, including Jews in Israel, is a sukkah-existence, fragile in structure, protected by Providence (עַנְנֵי הַכָּבוֹד)

We don't want him to be Jewish!

Israel's recent progress in this area was one of the triggers of the Oct. 7th Hamas attack

R' Katz analyzes the significance of the Jonah and Nineveh tale in its historic and mussar context

Two extremes: a.) Yom Kippur atones without repentance  b.) To atone properly, the most extreme penances are required

The remarkable letters that were found by archaeologists. What were Jews doing in the Persian army, anyway?

How Halachic literature contends with the twists and turns of fallible Human Nature

"How do we face another Yom Kippur full of forebodings ever since last year?'

Humans are unique in a.) Brains b.) Speech

Guide the masses to the correct interpretation of events. Don't leave it up to them!