Jewish History With Rabbi Dovid Katz

Herzl tries to avoid the fights between the frum and the anti-frum in the fin de siecle

A short history of the Jerusalem issue in international law

The 48 attributes of a scholar: Does one require all 48, or some of 48?

The Kingdom of Judah truly believed in the faithfulness of their Egyptian "ally"

If Moshe had led them then and there (& not died in Chutz L’Aretz), they would have also conquered & settled Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria!

Jonathan thought of the public welfare and wanted to avoid a civil war. The narcissistic Amnon threw her out and did not consider what would happen as a result of his actions.

Herzl, Political Zionism, and Campus Riots, Pt. 4

He left Spain just in time, and translated the Sephardic literature from Arabic to Hebrew. Wrote much, but only his פירוש על התורה ּis of permanent interest

Before, during, or after the cave?

At the time of שבועות, the conquest of Canaan was but weeks away

Buying "worthless" real estate demonstrates faith in ultimate victory and the permanent survival of כלל ישראל. It prevents יֵאוּשׁ

1945-1990: The years the Jews owned the Shoah-narrative, and got their account of it accepted by the West. The East was "muzzled"

Trying to make sense of the chronology of the life of Rabbi Akiva and the story of his students

The Zionists were the first to assemble (or appear to assemble) representatives of all כלל ישראל to discuss the fate of כלל ישראל and seek a realistic solution

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What does the אריז"ל mean when he says that in the future, כהנים will be לויים and vice versa?

If G-d created טֻמְאָה, why not include it in religious rituals?

The Israeli foreign Ministry has been pulled apart by Netanyahu on political grounds, and diplomats are mostly leftists and cannot make the case for a prime minister with whom they disagree.

Herzl: Sometimes arrogance, self-assuredness, and chutzpa can be positive qualities

Rationalism as a check on false mysticism, but not on true mysticism