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Where is the Garden of Eden? (Parshas Bereishis)
Is it far from Israel? Or the very opposite!
1 year, 11 months ago
R' Katz speculates on the origins of the שִׂמְחַת בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָה
The current climate and scarcity of water was not the reality in Ancient Israel
1 year, 11 months ago
The Original Sukkos: Was it BOTH Clouds of Glory and סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ- first one and then the other?
Why are women not required to sit in sukkahs?
2 years ago
R' Katz on the Four Minim
Are the Four Minim connected to the Fur Exiles? Or to Exile as a phenomenon?
2 years ago
Sukkos in the Light of the Current War
All Jewish life, including Jews in Israel, is a sukkah-existence, fragile in structure, protected by Providence (עַנְנֵי הַכָּבוֹד)
2 years ago
Was Columbus Jewish? R' Katz weighs in
We don't want him to be Jewish!
2 years ago
A Quick History of Israel's Diplomatic Relations (and lack of relations) with Moslem Countries
Israel's recent progress in this area was one of the triggers of the Oct. 7th Hamas attack
2 years ago
The Jonah Story: Some sober thoughts in light of current events
R' Katz analyzes the significance of the Jonah and Nineveh tale in its historic and mussar context
2 years ago
Sair L'Azazel-"Is there a plain meaning?"
Two extremes: a.) Yom Kippur atones without repentance b.) To atone properly, the most extreme penances are required
2 years ago
The Episode of Elephantine: A Jewish Garrison on the Egyptian-Sudan Border in the Times of Ezra, Nehemiah & Co.
The remarkable letters that were found by archaeologists. What were Jews doing in the Persian army, anyway?
2 years ago