Holidays

Yom Kippur: What If You Do a Partial Teshuvah?

Holidays September 24, 2023

Ep. 509 Yom Kippur: What If You Do a Partial Teshuvah?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Rosh HaShanah: The Basic Three Sets of Blasts Correspond to מַלְכִיּוֹת זִכְרוֹנוֹת וְשׁוֹפָרוֹת

Holidays September 15, 2023

Ep. 514 Rosh HaShanah: The Basic Three Sets of Blasts Correspond to מַלְכִיּוֹת זִכְרוֹנוֹת וְשׁוֹפָרוֹת

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Eating Before Shofar: The Historical Source for the Yeshivos Having a Kiddush Before Shofar-Blowing

Holidays September 13, 2023

Ep. 516 Eating Before Shofar: The Historical Source for the Yeshivos Having a Kiddush Before Shofar-Blowing

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Elul: No Protection Against the Satan This Year on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah

Holidays September 4, 2023

Ep. 523 Elul: No Protection Against the Satan This Year on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Elul: Why Do We Blow Shofar on Rosh Chodesh? Why the Rest of the Month?

Holidays August 23, 2023

Ep. 532 Elul: Why Do We Blow Shofar on Rosh Chodesh? Why the Rest of the Month?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Tisha B’Av and Mesilas Yesharim: What is a Chasid (in the Classical Sense of the Term) Supposed to Think on Tisha B’Av?

Holidays July 25, 2023

Ep. 554 Tisha B’Av and Mesilas Yesharim: What is a Chasid (in the Classical Sense of the Term) Supposed to Think on Tisha B’Av?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Rabbi Katz’s Tisha B’Av Schedule This Year

Holidays July 24, 2023

Ep. 557 Rabbi Katz’s Tisha B’Av Schedule This Year

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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What Were the “Crowns” of Shavuos?

Holidays May 25, 2023

Ep. 597 What Were the “Crowns” of Shavuos?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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The Angel מְטַטְרוֹן and the Revelation on Shavuos

Holidays May 23, 2023

Ep. 598 The Angel מְטַטְרוֹן and the Revelation on Shavuos

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Shavuos: The Symbolism of the Waving of the Breads and the Sheep Together

Holidays May 23, 2023

Ep. 599 Shavuos: The Symbolism of the Waving of the Breads and the Sheep Together

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Shavuos: The רמ”א in תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלָה connects the שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם to מַתַּן תּוֹרָה

Holidays May 21, 2023

Ep. 601 Shavuos: The רמ”א in תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלָה connects the שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם to מַתַּן תּוֹרָה

Rabbi Dovid Katz

0:00 00:31:44

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Shavuos and Matan Torah: Famous Critiques of the Chinuch-System of the Old Days

Holidays May 17, 2023

Ep. 604 Shavuos and Matan Torah: Famous Critiques of the Chinuch-System of the Old Days

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Lag B’Omer: Why was Only R’ Akiva’s Yeshiva Hit?

Holidays May 8, 2023

Ep. 613 Lag B’Omer: Why was Only R’ Akiva’s Yeshiva Hit?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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The Korban Pesach: Why is a Goat OK? For the Original Passover in Egypt?

Holidays March 27, 2023

Ep. 638 The Korban Pesach: Why is a Goat OK? For the Original Passover in Egypt?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Did ALL the Jews Do the Original Korban Pesach?

Holidays March 23, 2023

Ep. 641 Did ALL the Jews Do the Original Korban Pesach?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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How Did They Know Heaven had Confirmed Purim (קִיְּמוּ לְמַעְלָה מַה שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ לְמַטָּה)?

Holidays March 2, 2023

Ep. 657 How Did They Know Heaven had Confirmed Purim (קִיְּמוּ לְמַעְלָה מַה שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ לְמַטָּה)?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Purim: Esther’s Hidden Identity

Holidays February 28, 2023

Ep. 659 Purim: Esther’s Hidden Identity

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Chanukah and the current war in the Ukraine

Current Events December 26, 2022

Ep. 703 Chanukah and the current war in the Ukraine

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Chanuka in the Context of History: A Q&A w/ Rabbi Katz

Holidays December 23, 2022

Ep. 705 Chanuka in the Context of History: A Q&A w/ Rabbi Katz

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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The affairs of the High priest Joshua & his sons foreshadow the Chanukah strife of the priesthood

Holidays December 23, 2022

Ep. 706 The affairs of the High priest Joshua & his sons foreshadow the Chanukah strife of the priesthood

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Judah Maccabee: The Actual Historical Figure

Holidays December 21, 2022

Ep. 709 Judah Maccabee: The Actual Historical Figure

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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The shaking of the lulav in six directions. What does it mean?

Holidays October 13, 2022

Ep. 752 The shaking of the lulav in six directions. What does it mean?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Isaac Leeser, Rabbi Rice, and the Esrogim Controversy of 1847 – A Slice of American Jewish History

Holidays October 13, 2022

Ep. 753 Isaac Leeser, Rabbi Rice, and the Esrogim Controversy of 1847 – A Slice of American Jewish History

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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Sukkos – Two Different Experiences: The Communally Shared? Or the Individual Family History?

Holidays October 6, 2022

Ep. 757 Sukkos – Two Different Experiences: The Communally Shared? Or the Individual Family History?

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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The Difference Between Yom Kippur in the Biblical Era, and Afterwards

Holidays October 2, 2022

Ep. 761 The Difference Between Yom Kippur in the Biblical Era, and Afterwards

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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