Episodes

  • Parshas Lech Lecha: Abraham and Shem

    Parshas Lech Lecha: Abraham and Shem
    Nov 4 2024

    Didn't Shem and Abraham live in the same place long before Abraham's move to Eretz K'naan?

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    26 mins
  • R' Katz discusses the newest Genazym auction, featuring (inter alia) the seal the famous Italian Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan (1673-1739)

    R' Katz discusses the newest Genazym auction, featuring (inter alia) the seal the famous Italian Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan (1673-1739)
    Nov 4 2024

    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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    53 mins
  • Haftorah Parsha Noach: The Abandoned Wife Discovers She is not abandoned after all

    Haftorah Parsha Noach: The Abandoned Wife Discovers She is not abandoned after all
    Oct 31 2024

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

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    27 mins
  • The Story of Nimrod- Who was he? (Parshas Noach)

    The Story of Nimrod- Who was he? (Parshas Noach)
    Oct 30 2024

    Was Nimrod the first king in human history?

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    30 mins
  • R' Shmuel Leib Kauder (1770-1835) Last of the Bohemian Gedolim

    R' Shmuel Leib Kauder (1770-1835) Last of the Bohemian Gedolim
    Oct 30 2024

    One of those great gedolim you never heard of

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    1 hr
  • The Simchas Torah Massacre in Cracow 1655

    The Simchas Torah Massacre in Cracow 1655
    Oct 28 2024

    How such massacres were commemorated in the liturgy of Eastern European Jewry
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    31 mins
  • Parshas V'Zos HaBrachah: G-d offers the Torah to the other nations but they turn down the offer

    Parshas V'Zos HaBrachah: G-d offers the Torah to the other nations but they turn down the offer
    Oct 23 2024

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

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    33 mins
  • The History and Meaning of the נִעֲנוּעִים

    The History and Meaning of the נִעֲנוּעִים
    Oct 21 2024

    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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    31 mins