Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz
Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 12, 2022 • 32min
Rambam vs. Raavad - Why the Egyptians Were Punished If It Was All Prophecied Beforehand
Pharaoh brought it all on himself with his big fat mouth
Apr 12, 2022 • 36min
The Cause of the Slavery and Suffering: The Abarbanel's Masterful Essay
Were Joseph's brothers buried in Egypt? Are they still there today?
Apr 11, 2022 • 59min
Rabbi Yaakov Mazeh of Moscow (1858-1924: The Best of the רַבָּנִים מִטַּעַם in Czarist Russia
Defender of Judaism in the Beilis Trial. Author of scintillating Jewish memoirs, which everyone should read
Apr 11, 2022 • 30min
Erdogan and Turkey’s Jew-Policy in Light of the History of the Last Century
The Yad Hashem in the formation of the modern Middle East
Apr 11, 2022 • 45min
Pesach: Why Exactly Did the Jews Leave Early?
How did Pharaoh's new policy of infanticide trigger the end of slavery?
Apr 7, 2022 • 34min
Piyut for Shabbos Hagadol by R Yosef Bonfils, pre-Rashi. Not the halachic poem
The poet evokes the original Shabbos, the Saturdays the exhausted slaves rested and ate, with no time for spirituality
Apr 6, 2022 • 35min
The Special-Role of Hyssop in Purifying Tzaraas and in the Original Passover (Parshas Metzora)
The elaborate purification ritual: it is easier to contract leprosy than to be purified from it!
Apr 5, 2022 • 31min
What Exactly is the Nature of Eliyahu HaNavi's "Kiruv-Project?" (Haftarah Shabbos HaGadol)
The jaded Jews say God is "on the take," but then comes Judgment Day!
Apr 4, 2022 • 36min
The Connection Between Charoses and the Blood Libel: An Argument by Rabbi Katz
Originally, it was not Maror that was the symbol of the suffering, it was Charoses
Apr 4, 2022 • 37min
The Historic Evolution of the Seder Over the Centuries: An Analysis by Rabbi Katz
The changes after the חֻרְבָּן. The manipulations of the narrative for reasons of time and dignity.
