Jewish History With Rabbi Dovid Katz

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!

The area  is full of tunnels, but the IDF has learned tunnel warfare over the course of the past year

Is it so that the Satan won't prosecute? Or is it to help you have proper concentration during Musaf Shemoneh Esrei?

The very different biographies of  Hai Gaon and Maimonides

Israel is worried about an attack on the Yomim Tovim (actually, all of us should be awake to this danger)

Until then, a "vengeance-list" is being prepared in Heaven 

Can one control one's thoughts?

A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity

R' Katz speculates on the עָרוּךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן and his take on the תְּקִיעוֹת

In the Messianic era, antisemitism will cease, the Jews will be on top, and all of mankind will enjoy peace, prosperity, and enlightenment

A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity

Moses is addressing the victorious soldiers of three recent wars

The Jewish People are עֲקוּרָה, uprooted from their native soil, but they will recover it!

R Katz analyzes the evolution of Rosh Hashanah over the millennia into its current universal form