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Rabbi Dovid Katz
Rabbi Dovid Katz
R Katz analyzes the current Arab-Israeli conflict in in the face of the giant water crisis threatening the entire Middle East
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R Katz analyzes the current Arab-Israeli conflict in in the face of the giant water crisis threatening the entire Middle East

"The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest."George Washington's Farewell Address

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Why doesa shofar have to be davka from a שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת, from a horn whose inside layer can be removed?

The symbolism of וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם , removing the layer of "foreskin" on the "heart." A difficult task indeed.

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Why is Rosh Hashanah decribed as “covered up” or obscure? תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּנוּ?

What if you hold the world was created in Nissan? And anyway, the story of Moshe Rabbenu pleading before Hashem a third time (Elul-Tishrei) is very unclear in the text of the Chumash.

“הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ”ה – “הַרְחִבִי מְקוֹם אֲהָלֵךְ!

Isaiah predicts the expansion of Israel in the Messianic Era. Will Israel annex Turkey and Spain?!

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Genazym is offering a personal letter from R Ovadia Yosef to R Shlomo Zalman Auerbach re: High Israeli Politics concerning the Shas Party

The bitter politics surrounding the 1992 Knesset Elections (which led to the Oslo Agreement) and the bitter politics in the frum world surrounding the Shas Party's disobeying the political directives of the leadership of the "Litvish" Yeshiva World's leadership.

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פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ”ה – יְפַת תֹּאַר בְּעוֹלַם הַקַּבָּלָה

How can "Righteous Soldiers" (like King David) lust on the battlefield? A mystical take.

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