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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic presentations on ethical and philosophical issues. In Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Dr Gottlieb, we are invited to explore the most fascinating and el ...
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Tiferes Bachurim Daily shiur with Rabbi Dovid Faiden exploring the Depths of Chassidus.
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Samech Vov with Rabbi Dovid Faiden
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Samech Hei with Rabbi Dovid Faiden
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Torah podcast from Mevasseret Tzion in Yerushalaim, by Rav David Levy HY"V
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5 Minutes of Mishna
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A glimpse into R. Dovid Feinstein's practical understanding and clarity of pask halacha and all that it entails.
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R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979)
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39:30A great Talmid Chacham and Mekubal who suffered from secular Zionist persecution in the 1940s. The complicated story of Yemenite Jewry in the first half of the 20th century.
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Kiruv Seminar - Free Will - 07.24.2016
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29:05Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Haftarah HaChodesh: Princely corruption even in the time of the Third Temple?
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24:02The Prophet admonishes the Princes to stop evicting Jews from their ancestral land and expropriating the land in order to gift their own children and employees
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Parshas Pekudei- מִי הָיוּ לֵצָנֵי הַדּוֹר
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23:53The cynics were those who did not contribute (either out of stinginess or laziness), who now projected thir own guilt feelings onto Moshe and the Mishkan Project.
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Trump, Polk, Bibi: Some cautionary lessons from the past
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36:20Sometimes, military victory leads to civil war! Success requires philosophy to be managed sagaciously
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Pesach’s Haggadah (Series Part 3)
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51:03Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Pesach’s Haggadah (Series Part 2)
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48:58Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Haftarah Parshas Parah- Jewish misconduct in the lands of exile
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24:32The supreme virtue of being ashamed of your misconduct. Is this happening currently?
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Parshas VaYakhel- No fire outside the miskan, but yes fire inside the mishkan!
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28:23Most fights break out in shul on Shabbos - לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת
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Pesach’s Haggadah (Series Part 1)
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54:42Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Purim live 5785 (2025)
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1:08:17Live from Baltimore
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Tefilah: Why does God say to Moses : לֹא תוּכַל לִרְאֹת אֶת פָּנָי, but subsequently וְדִבֵּר הַשֵּׁם עִם מֹשֶׁה פָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים?
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22:27Some thoughts on the limited, philosophical approach to prayer vs. the mystical approach to prayer
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Donald Trump's fascination with America's 11th President James K. Polk (1845-1849)
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56:08Intensely partisan, a slaveholder, a great liar, Polk is one of the great presidents, who doubled the territory of the USA. In the words of Trump, "He got a lot of land!" Will this affect Gaza?
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a.) 17 Adar - tachnun? Anniversary of a massacre and rescue in Northern Syria of חַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל in Northern Syria (מְגִלַּת תַּעֲנִית). Sound familiar
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25:03The opposite of today - at that time there was civil war in Israel and peace in Syria ... or so they thought!
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Why did Esther try to be nice to Haman? Also, did Haman actually prohibit circumcision?
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Is Israel becoming more religious in the wake of the Gaza War? Some thoughts upon reading an article in הָאָרֶץ
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32:06R Katz analyzes the religious effects of Israel's six foreign wars
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Purim 2025, Pt. 2: How Esther hid her identity-Didn't the Jews say אָחוֹת יֵשׁ לָנוּ בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ?
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30:26How come Haman did not make a move against the Jews for FIVE years?
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Haftarah Ki Sisah: Eliyahu at Har HaCarmel
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27:08Why was אֵלִיָּהוּ a brilliant failure?
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Purim 2025 in the light of the October 7, 20243 Pogrom
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31:53The Jews in the time of Esther ducked a planned "Oct. 7" pogrom multiplied all across the 127 provinces. Instead, it was the Jews who ended up perpetrating the pogrom against their mortal enemies
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Parshas Ki Sisa (Shoshana Purim): The Eigel and Purim
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30:20Could מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצֶּלֶם (Megilah 12a) be an oblique reference to פָּרָשַׁת עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב?
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Purim 2025: What is the source in the Megilah for the opposing opinions of רשב"י and his talmidim ?
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26:49Where did they get the ideas that the big sin of כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל was either a.) נֶהֱנוּ מִסְּעֻדָּתוֹ שֶׁל אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ or b.) הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצֶּלֶם? It is not in the text of the Megilah, is it?
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The Scroll of Esther (Series Part 7)
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47:33Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Circumcision and the Marranos - from the סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת מֵאֵת רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל אַבּוּהַב מִוֶנִיצִיׇהּ
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33:01"How come there is no NCSY for the Marranos?" Frum complaints from Venetian Gedolim of the 17th century
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Haftarah Zachor: The Story of Saul and Agag in the light of the current war with Hamas
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30:06Towards Amalek, Saul lacked moral clarity, but when it came to Nov and David, he acted with total (misguided) moral clarity!
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Parshas Tetzaveh: Was Aaron chosen for the priesthood before the episode of the Golden Calf?
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38:33Is וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ referring to a מִשְׁכָּן? A בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ? Both? What's with the textual obscurity?
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The Validity of Fulfilling Psychological Needs
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32:52Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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A selection of interpretations of the bizarre story of Rabbah killing R Zeira at a Purim party
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31:18R Katz and the new ArtScroll edition of the עֵין יַעֲקֹב
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The Scroll of Esther (Series Part 6)
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45:10Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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The Scroll of Esther (Series Part 5)
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51:05Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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The spontaneous prayers of the hostages during their captivity in Gaza
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24:46A real life example of Psalm 130: מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ הַשֵּׁם
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The Scroll of Esther (Series Part 4)
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34:37Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Rabbi Raphael Meldola of Bayonne, France (1686-1748) the שׁוּ"ת מַיִם רַבִּים
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1:00:22The Unusual Spanish-Portuguese Communities in 18th century Souther France. A different world
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R Katz analyzes the current Mid-East Situation, especially the Russian Role
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30:22Whereas Hamas pursues an unabashed policy of Amalak, Russia pursues a policy of לָבָן (לְפִי פֵּרוּשׁ הַנְּצִי"ב)
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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The Scroll of Esther (Series Part 3)
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49:34Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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The Scroll of Esther (Rabbi Dovid Gottleib) (Series Part 2)
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47:21Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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From The Golden age of Spanish Jewish Poetry: Ibn Gabirol's שִׁנְאַנִּים שַׁאֲנַנִּים
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17:04A "rap song" about the angels surrounding the Heavenly Throne. Part of theSephardic liturgy. The cadence as well as the rhymes moves the worshiper to ectasy
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Haftarah Mishpatim: Reneging on Emancipation
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23:37What was the ultimate fate of צִדְקִיָּהוּ, the last King of Judah? The differing traditions
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Parshas Mishpatim: Creating a sacred polity is harder than creating a holy individual
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26:25The difference between קְדוֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ vs. וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ לִי מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים וְגוֹי קָדוֹשׁ
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The Ramchal and the history of his most famous work, Mesilas Yesharim - Some thoughts
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35:03Although an "old-fashioned" sefer, it had surprisingly modern features, which reflect the 18th century Englightenment Movement
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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More on angels in Jewish Liturgy
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24:41Differentiate between the prayers composed by חז"ל, and those composed by the great פַּיְטָנִים
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Tu Beshvat - The Place of Pleasure in Torah Life
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34:57Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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First you talk about angels surrounding the Heavenly Throne, but then you ringingly assert !שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ ה' אֶחָד
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Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic pre…
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Parshas Yisro: The oath Moshe swore to Yisro re: Gershom, Pt. 2
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10:14Both Moshe and Yisro probably thought Moshe's oath was binding. But after the miracles of Egypt, both men saw the oath had been without validity, indeed even sense
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