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
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Mar 20, 2022 • 1h 39min
The Unknown Story of Rabbi Margulies and the Fight for Yiddishkeit in Modern Italy and Florence
A Conservative Rabbi who inspired cultured Italian Jews to Emunah, Torah, and Mitzvos
Mar 18, 2022 • 35min
Jeremiah Blasts the Degeneration of the Korbanos-System to the Point of Human-Sacrifice
The fascinating interpretation of The Guide to the Perplexed on Jeremiah's message in this Haftarah
Mar 16, 2022 • 46min
Did You Notice Esther Never Actually Bows?
The lingering resentment against Mordecai
Mar 15, 2022 • 20min
Purim: The Theme of אֹנֶס in the Purim Story
One of Rabbi Katz's numerous analyses of different aspects of the Purim story
Mar 14, 2022 • 29min
Parshas Tzav: Why Does Hashem Want Presents (מְנָחוֹת)?
How is the sacrifice/present system a model for inter-human conduct?
Mar 13, 2022 • 30min
The Establishment of Public Prayer in Judaism After the Purim Story. A Coincidence?
What Caused the Purim Miracle? Esther or Public Prayer?
Mar 13, 2022 • 57min
R Shlomo Alkabetz (1505-1584). Author of the Purim Classic מָנוֹת הַלֵּוִי
Author of לְכָה דּוֹדִי , probably the most famous poem in Jewish history. When Safed was "white hot"
Mar 11, 2022 • 32min
The Famous and Controversial Piyut of אָץ קוֹצֵץ, Hated by the Maskilim
When piyutim had to replace both קְרִיאַת הַתּוֹרָה וּקְרִיאַת הַהַפְטָרָה
Mar 9, 2022 • 30min
The Amalekites Turning Themselves into Sheep - A Midrash?
King Saul, Amalek, and the intrinsic chronological limitations of rationalism
Mar 9, 2022 • 38min
Parshas Zachor and Parshas Vayikra: Contrasting the Rhetoric in Vayikra and the Rhetoric of Samuel's Criticism of Saul
Did people follow the rules of וַיִּקְרָא during the period of the בָּמוֹת?
