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The Kotzk Podcast

Rabbi Gavin Michal

Join Rabbi Gavin Michal for a look at some of the lesser-known events, books, and people in Jewish history. New episodes weekly based on articles from the Kotzk Blog, www.kotzkblog.com. This podcast was originated as conversations between Rabbi Gavin Michal and Dr Jordan Wosnick.

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01:11:00

Kotzk Podcast 041: Kabbalah: To print or not to print...

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2024/12/13

Kabbalah: To print or not to print the ‘lost’ mystical tradition (Kotzk Blog 496)This article ꟷ based extensively on the research by Avraham Oriah Kelman[1] ꟷ examines the little-known crisis in Kabbalistic transmission that became evident between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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01:09:02

Kotzk Podcast 040: Inverted hierarchies: Humans...

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2024/12/01

Inverted hierarchies: Humans making G-d more moral (Kotzk Blog 494)This article ꟷ based extensively on the research by Professor Dov Weiss[1] ꟷ examines how late Palestinian Midrashim, particularly the Tanchuma Yelamedeinu (fourth to ninth centuries CE), depict humans challenging G-d over morally problematic issues expressed in the Torah. In these cases, biblical figures are audaciously portrayed as both teaching and counselling G-d, as it were, convincing Him to adopt a more moral and ethical

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00:57:30

Kotzk Podcast 039: Carrying on Shabbat: From Jeremiah...

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2024/11/15

Carrying on Shabbat: From Jeremiah to the Mishna (Kotzk blog 493) This episode ꟷ based extensively on the research by Professor Alex P. Jassen[1] ꟷ examines how four pre-Mishnaic texts show evidence of the origin and expansion of the prohibition against carrying on Shabbat. The specific textual prohibition against carrying on Shabbat first begins with Yirmiyahu’s (Jeremiah’s) prohibition against carrying a ‘load’ (מַשָּׂא֙, massa), for trade and commercial purposes, and only in Jerusalem. It then

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01:26:33

Kotzk Podcast 038: Are Halachic rulings (Piskei...

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2024/11/04

Are Halachic rulings (Piskei Halacha) open to critical analysis or do they represent Divine Will? (Kotzk Blog 492) This episod – based extensively on the research by Professor Adiel Schremer[1] − takes an in-depth and forthright look at the sometimes mysterious process of Halachic decision-making as practised by the Posek (Halachic judge or decisor). The Torah teaches that if any matter of law shall arise in the future that is too difficult for people to determine by themselves, then they must

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01:28:42

Kotzk Podcast 037: A source trail defending the Baal...

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2024/10/28

A source trail defending the Baal haTanya’s definition of the soul as ‘a part of G-d’ (Kotzk Blog 491)Sunday 27 October 2024491) A source trail defending the Baal haTanya’s definition of the soul as ‘a part of G-d’ This podcast based extensively on the research by Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs (1920-2006)[1] − traces possible sources that the author of the Tanya, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, also known as the Baal haTanya (1745-1812), may have used, to formulate what is sometimes described as his

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00:52:13

Kotzk Podcast 036: How the rabbis used interpretive...

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2024/10/19

This episode examines the methodology and the moment in history when the rabbinic class (Pharisees) unseated the priestly class (Sadducees) who had previously dominated the Temple for a thousand years. It examines the eye of the revolutionary storm as Hillel emerged as the new style of rabbinic leader defining the future Judaism we know today. (Kotzk Blog: 490)

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01:01:00

Kotzk Podcast 035: Pharisees and Sadducees: The...

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2024/10/01

Pharisees and Sadducees: The politics of Sages and Priests (Kotzk Blog 489)This chapter – based extensively on the research by Professor Eyal Regev[1] − examines the theological differences between the Sadducees (צָדוֹקִים - Tzadokim) and Pharisees (פְּרוּשִׁם - Perushim). It identifies the differences between the early class of Jewish priests, known as the Sadducees, and an emerging rabbinic class, known as the Pharisees. It focuses on the moment when rabbinic Judaism, as we understand it, became

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01:11:54

Kotzk Podcast 034: Gershom Scholem’s messianic claim

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2024/09/29

Gershom Scholem’s messianic claim (Kozk Blog 488) Based extensively on the research by Professor Boaz Huss[1] and Professor Michael Brenner[2] − explores aspects of the life story and personal thought of Gershom (Gerhard) Scholem (1897-1982), the first researcher and professor of Jewish mysticism.

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00:55:35

Kotzk Podcast 033: Self-promotion or natural...

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2024/09/29

Kotzk Podcast 031: Self-promotion or natural authority of the Halachic decisor: The case of Chavot Yair ⁠(Kotzk Blog 487)⁠ based extensively on the research by Professor Jay Berkovitz⁠[1]⁠ − examines the charismatic image and commanding authority of the Halachic decisor, known as the Posek, whose task is to determine Jewish religious law. In this case, the rabbinic authority, R. Yair Chaim Bacharach (1638–1702) is used as an exemplar of the rise of the modern Posek. He is known as the Chavot

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00:39:15

Kotzk Podcast 032: Self-promotion or natural...

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2024/09/08

Kotzk Podcast 031: Self-promotion or natural authority of the Halachic decisor: The case of Chavot Yair (Kotzk Blog 487) based extensively on the research by Professor Jay Berkovitz[1] − examines the charismatic image and commanding authority of the Halachic decisor, known as the Posek, whose task is to determine Jewish religious law. In this case, the rabbinic authority, R. Yair Chaim Bacharach (1638–1702) is used as an exemplar of the rise of the modern Posek. He is known as the Chavot

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01:05:32

Kotzk Podcast 031: An ancient (pre)text of Deuteronomy?

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2024/09/08

An ancient (pre)text of Deuteronomy? (Kotzk Blog 486) This article – based extensively on the research by Professor Idan Dershowitz[1] − examines a work that for many years was regarded as a forgery, but, arguably, turned out to be one of the most significant textual finds of the nineteenth century.

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00:55:28

Kotzk Podcast 030: Is a Halachic environmental...

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2024/08/25

Is a Halachic environmental discourse even possible? (Kotzk Blog: 485)

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00:58:45

Kotzk Podcast 029: Babylonian Talmudic notion of...

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2024/08/23

Babylonian Talmudic notion of 'Temporary Marriage' (Kotzk Blog 484)

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00:59:22

Kotzk Podcast 028: Religion and (or) Social Justice:...

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2024/07/29

Religion and (or) Social Justice: A Jewish Perspective(Kotzk Blog 481)

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00:47:17

Kotzk Podcast 027: What did the Kotzker Rebbe say?

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2024/07/21

What did the Kotzker Rebbe say? (Kotzk Blog 480)based extensively on the research by Professor Yaakov Levinger[1] − examines the authenticity of many of the sayings popularly attributed to the Chassidic Rebbe, Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787-1869).

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00:58:40

Kotzk Podcast 026: R. Yitzchak of Warka and the rise...

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2024/07/14

R. Yitzchak of Warka and the rise of the Chassidic movement in Poland (Kotzk Blog 479)This article explores the rise of Chassidism in early nineteenth-century Poland as Rebbes had to embrace the notion of ‘Shtadlanut’ (politics and statesmanship) in a more modern setting.

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00:59:27

Kotzk Podcast 025: 'Fixing' broken Messiahs The...

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2024/07/14

'Fixing' broken Messiahs The extreme messianic mysticism of the students of the Vilna Gaon (Part II) (Kotzk Blog 478)

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01:05:40

Kotzk Podcast 024: The extreme messianic mysticism of...

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2024/07/01

The extreme messianic mysticism of the students of the Vilna Gaon (Kotzk Blog: 477)

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01:09:33

Kotzk Podcast 023: Did the Vilna Gaon’s Religious...

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2024/07/01

Did the Vilna Gaon’s Religious Zionism precede modern Secular Zionism? (Kotzk Blog: 476)

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01:15:47

Kotzk Podcast 022: Messianic Mitnagdim

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2024/06/17

This article explores the surprising and radical messianism as expressed by what is usually considered to be the sober school of the students of the Vilna Gaon:Kotzk Blog: 475) Messianic Mitnagdim

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