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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Feb 3, 2022 • 33min
Rosh Chodesh Tefillah: Why Don't We Pray for Health on Rosh Chodesh?
Does wine lead to prophecy, as Psalm 104 seems to suggest?
Feb 2, 2022 • 31min
Why Did Shlomo Build the Temple With Forced Labor? Why Conscript Converts to Judaism? (Haftarah Terumah)
Why did Shlomo used non-Jewish (Lebanese)? Why not imitate Moses and appeal for Jewish volunteers?
Jan 31, 2022 • 31min
The Command to Build a Mishkan - A Response to Moshe's Request to See G-d's Face? (Parshas Terumah)
Why were the tablets of the Ten Commandments never taken out of the box?
Jan 30, 2022 • 1h 34min
הַ"זֶרַע אֱמֶת" רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל הַכֹּהֵן מִמּוֹדֶנָּה 1723-1811
Last of the Italian gedolim. Gave it to Napoleon straight
Jan 27, 2022 • 32min
Is Shabbos Only for Jews or is There a Part of It That Applies to Gentiles? (Parshas Mishpatim)
A gentile may not be שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת, but he should be זוֹכֵר שַׁבָּת
Jan 26, 2022 • 34min
Chronology and the Torah: The Narration Our Parshas MIshpatim and the Debate About Whether It is in Chronological Order
What did Moses write down and read to the people after the Ten Commandments?
Jan 25, 2022 • 21min
Yishtabach: When did Hashem Choose Shirei Zimrah? (Tefillah)
"הַבּוֹחֵר בְּשִׁירֵי זִמְרָה" - Why was there no music in the Mishkan?
Jan 24, 2022 • 26min
Jeremiah Persuades Them to Free the Hebrew Slaves, But They Change Their Minds (Haftarah Mishpatim)
The master too is enslaved to the system of slavery
Jan 24, 2022 • 37min
The 23rd of Shvat: Anniversary of the פִּילֶגֶשׁ בְּגִבְעָה Tragedy
The day the Tribes asked Benjamin for justice and received a negative reply
Jan 23, 2022 • 1h 39min
The Pri Chadash (1659-1698): "רַב חִזְקִיָּה דִּי סִילְבָה הַ"פְּרִי חָדָשׁ
The גדול who called it as he saw it, let the chips fall where they may
