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R Katz analyzes the prospects for regime change in Iran? What does this mean?
How successful has "regime change" been in history? What kind of regime change in Iran would be beneficial to Israel?
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1 year, 3 months ago
The רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא who "married" an Iranian Princess. Or did he? The "Bustenai Controversy" of the Gaonic Era
The Caliph gave the רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא a "present" in the form of the daughter of the Persian Emperor. The halachic debate re: what happened next.
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1 year, 3 months ago
R Katz Analyzes the "Tucker Carlson & Co." anti-Israel Isolationism phenomenon
The logic and long history of American Isolationism and its latest iteration as opposition to a manipulative Israel (a subtle anti-semitism). A real …
1 year, 3 months ago
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח תשפ"ה - The Tradecraft Mistakes of the Two Spies in Jericho
In the end, sending the spies was unnecessary; Jericho fell through a miracle!
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1 year, 3 months ago
פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח תשפ"ה - The Flaw in Intelligence Procedures that resulted in the sad episode of the מְרַגְּלִים
Did each spy seperately present his own report to Moshe, or did the ten spies hammer out a single unified consensus report prior to returning to t…
1 year, 3 months ago
How does the Mossad do these amazing things in Iran? Are they "James Bonds?" Or is it that they use a vast existing Iranian network of dedicated revolutionaries?
The strange history of Israel and the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK)
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1 year, 3 months ago
The מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקּוֹת, The Amazing R Nassan Nota Shapiro of Cracow (1584-1633)
The extraordinary combination of גְּאוֹנוּת in lomdus in the Golden Age of Pilpul in the Golden Age of the Jews in The Kingdom of Poland , fascinatio…
1 year, 4 months ago
Rabbi Katz Analyzes the Current Israel-Iran War
How does Israel achieve victory? How does it DEFINE victory? How does it win without American intervention? The " כ"ג סִיוָן factor."
1 year, 4 months ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ תשפ"ה - נְבוּאַת זְכַרְיָה עַל פִּי "פָּשׁוּט פְּשַׁט"
The many attempts to translate and interpret the enigmatic phrase וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ מַהְלְכִים בֵּין הָעֹמְדִים הָאֵלֶּה.
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1 year, 4 months ago
פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ תשפ"ה - What is the meaning of the strange phrase :"בְּכָל בֵּיתִי נֶאֱמָן הוּא"?
The commentaries struggle to interpret this rhetorical passage which poetically and enigmatically reveals aspects of Moshe's uniqueness
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1 year, 4 months ago