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Capsali's history of the Turkish Empire. Why would a chashuva rov write a history of the Turks?
Could the Ottoman empire be the מַלְכוּת יִשְׁמָעֵאל, last of the Four Kingdoms, followed by מָשִׁיחַ?
3 years, 3 months ago
Was רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה an idealist or an opportunist?
What were the results of her marriage to Joshua?
3 years, 3 months ago
Parshas שלח: what is the meaning of כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם?
The Jews were afraid of a long, unending, bloody struggle. Moshe does not address these fears.
3 years, 3 months ago
R Eliyahu Kapsaly part 2. His account of the Expulsion from Spain
What would YOU do if you had been stuck in your house during Corona with zero phones, internet, etc.?
3 years, 3 months ago
Summum Bonum: The style of the Kabbalists in relating to all the differing chazals on Olam Haba etc.
Beginning the discussion on this complex matter
3 years, 3 months ago
20th of Sivan: R Katz analyzes some Cossack massacres from the perspective of 2023
When the Cossacks persuaded the Poles to betray the Jews, but were themselves then betrayed & killed by the Cossacks
3 years, 3 months ago
Haftarah בהעלותך: What will the gentiles do in the Messianic Era?
Judaism is about monotheism, but also about the inalienable superiority of עם ישראל, which is not so easy to "swallow "
3 years, 4 months ago
Did Moshe marry a Black גִּיּוֹרֶת after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה?
Did all the aunts married to nephews divorce after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה ?
3 years, 4 months ago
R Elyahu Kapsali 1480-1550): rare case of a Rov who was also a historian
Wrote history books during a "covid quarantine " in Crete to keep his sanity
3 years, 4 months ago
Intro to Cordovero (רמ"ק הקדוש) on the Summum Bonum
R’ Katz discusses the historical background of the writings of the רמ"ק
3 years, 4 months ago