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Teacher of the famous RMS Luzzatto, as well as leading Italian Posek of the early 18th century. The close bond, despite different personalities, between Rebbe and Talmid

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Haftorah Parsha Noach: The Abandoned Wife Discovers She is not abandoned after all 27:18

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

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The Story of Nimrod- Who was he? (Parshas Noach) 29:46

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Was Nimrod the first king in human history?

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R' Shmuel Leib Kauder (1770-1835) Last of the Bohemian Gedolim 1:00:14

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One of those great gedolim you never heard of

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The Simchas Torah Massacre in Cracow 1655 30:37

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

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Parshas V'Zos HaBrachah: G-d offers the Torah to the other nations but they turn down the offer 33:23

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

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The History and Meaning of the נִעֲנוּעִים 30:37

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

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Where is the Garden of Eden? (Parshas Bereishis) 27:20

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Is it far from Israel? Or the very opposite!

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R' Katz speculates on the origins of the שִׂמְחַת בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָה 30:51

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

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The Original Sukkos: Was it BOTH Clouds of Glory and סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ- first one and then the other? 26:44

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Why are women not required to sit in sukkahs?

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R' Katz on the Four Minim 27:40

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

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Sukkos in the Light of the Current War 30:37

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

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Was Columbus Jewish? R' Katz weighs in 30:36

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We don't want him to be Jewish!

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A Quick History of Israel's Diplomatic Relations (and lack of relations) with Moslem Countries 45:41

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

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The Jonah Story: Some sober thoughts in light of current events 31:35

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

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Sair L'Azazel-"Is there a plain meaning?" 30:07

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

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The Episode of Elephantine: A Jewish Garrison on the Egyptian-Sudan Border in the Times of Ezra, Nehemiah & Co. 50:16

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

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Confession on Yom Kippur: Competing Sensibilities 26:16

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

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Yom Kippur and the Oct. 7th Massacres: R' Katz Responds to a Query 30:48

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

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Haftarah Ha'azinu: The Power of Words 25:37

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

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Parshas Ha'azinu: The speech of Moshe to the elites (having given up on the masses) 32:42

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

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An Analysis of the Current Israeli Invasion of South Lebanon 18:29

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

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R' Katz speculates on the historical origin of the custom of blowing the shofar to confuse the Satan 28:29

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

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The Historical Background of the Dispute Between the Geonim and the Rambam on the Break in the Tradition of What the Teruah is 33:04

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The very different biographies of Hai Gaon and Maimonides

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R' Katz analyzes the current situation in the Middle East 30:38

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

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Haftarah Nitzavim-VaYelech: The United Nations will Applaud Israel ... in the Messianic Era! 22:48

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

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Parshas Nitzavim-VaYelech: Above all, Moshe fears the hypocrites in his audience 25:54

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Can one control one's thoughts?

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The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 2: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century 53:02

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

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Tekiah Teruah Tekiah: Joy, Weeping, Joy: Symbolism in the Ritual 28:03

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

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Haftarah Parshas Ki Savo - Isaiah paints the Jewish Utopia 24:29

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

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The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 1: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century 51:21

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

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Parshas Ki Savo: The Terrible Tochecha - Why is Devarim's worse than VaYikra's? 26:20

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Moses is addressing the victorious soldiers of three recent wars

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Haftarah Ki Seitzei: The woman who medically could not bear children suddenly has sextuplets! 31:00

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

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Thoughts on the curved shofar vs. the straight shofar 31:00

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

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Parshas Ki Seitzei: Amalek in Our Parsha and the Attack on October 7 29:41

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פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא: זְכִירַת עֲמָלֵק בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה

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The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 2 58:49

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The richie-rich network in action

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Haftarah Parshat Shoftim: Redemption comes to a battered and bloodied Jewish People 29:16

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Bittersweet - A Glorious Geulah, but a depressed Jewish People scarred by their sufferings in galus

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Parshas Shoftim: The False Prophet in Jewish History 34:41

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The Institutions (Monarchy, Judiciary, Priesthood) vs. Prophecy, which is individualized

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