The Kotzk Podcast - Rabbi Gavin Michal

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Kotzk Podcast 086: Jewish Mystics and Rationalists seeking Islamic Fatwas during the Maimonidean Conflicts

Sunday, March 22, 2026 • Duration 01:27:49

This article explores how Cairo Geniza documents may demonstrate how two opposing Jewish factions sought Islamic religious edicts (Fatwas) to settle internal theological debates, during the 13th century. (Kotzk Blog 546)

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Kotzk podcast 085: Psychedelics: Cutting-edge science or shamanic ritual?

Season 1 · Episode 85

Sunday, March 15, 2026 • Duration 01:39:29

This article examines the claim of "cutting-edge academic research into psychedelics" as often touted by psychedelic adherents; and suggests we may be witnessing the birth of a new Jewish spiritual movement, already known as "Chassidelics." (Kotzk blog 545)

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Kotzk Podcast 084: Acculturating Alcohol and Sanctifying Psychedelics: It’s time to stand up

Sunday, March 15, 2026 • Duration 01:29:26

This article discusses the increasingly widespread use of alcohol and psychedelics in our communities (Kotzk Blog 544)(http://kotzkblog.com)

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Kotzk Podcast 083: Where are the first Chassidic texts?

Saturday, March 14, 2026 • Duration 01:23:29

The first Chassidic book appeared in 1780, two decades after the Baal Shem Tov’s passing. What, then, was the nature and content of the abundant manuscripts produced in that interim? (Kotzk Blog 543)

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Kotzk Podcast 082: Zoharic Kabbalah as mystical resistance to Christianity

Monday, February 23, 2026 • Duration 28:14

This article examines how Zoharic Kabbalah may be read as a detailed mystical response to Christian polemics and persecutions. (Kotzk blog 542)

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Kotzk Podcast 081: Theo-politics of early rabbinic printing and the race for first publication

Saturday, February 7, 2026 • Duration 56:21

This episode examines how the race to publish first, often shaped the scholarly priorities and study material of future generations. (Kotzk Blog 540)

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Kotzk Podcast 80: The new Rebbe of Thieves

Monday, January 26, 2026 • Duration 01:10:30

This episode looks at the resurgence of interest in Reb Shayele of Kerestir who had emerged the de facto protector of thieves and swindlers. (Kotzk Blog 539)

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Kotzk Podcast 079: Rules for writing a Sefer Torah: Rabbinic innovation or reflection of an existing scribal tradition?

Season 1 · Episode 79

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 • Duration 41:13

This episode—drawing extensively on the research of ProfessorEmanuel Tov, former Editor-in-Chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project[1]—examinesthe rabbinic rules for writing a Sefer Torah. (Kotzk Blog 538)

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Kotzk Podcast: 078: ‘Halachic Fiction’ and ex post facto justification in the modern Halachic process

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 • Duration 01:19:43

This podcast explores an interesting idea known as Halachic fiction, that may have become a legal methodology in recent times (Kotzk Blog 536)

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Kotzk Podcast 077: Suspending Judaism between depth and accessibility: Maimonides and Yeshaya of Trani

Monday, December 22, 2025 • Duration 01:12:26

Was Judaism enriched by the radical thought of Maimonides, or narrowed by the conservative pragmatism of Yeshaya di Trani? (Kotzk Blog 535)

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