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
Jan 4, 2022 • 32min
Jeremiah on the Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar (Haftarah Bo)
Those who fled Israel for Egypt ran from the frying pan into the fire
Jan 3, 2022 • 1h 8min
Professor Kotsuji (1899-1974): A Ger Tzedek Who was in the Right Place at the Right Time
From Shinto to Christianity to Holocaust prevention to geirus
Jan 3, 2022 • 32min
Parshas Bo: Moshe was Relentlessly Recruited for His Suffering When Other Jews Suffered
Why did Moshe care about Pharaoh's math-science freaks with their atomic watches?
Jan 3, 2022 • 46min
הַדְרָן הִיסְטוֹרִית עַל יְרוּשַׁלְמִי בֵּיצָה
Rabbi Katz' Siyum and speech on Maseches Beitzah (Yerushalmi) on the occasion of the Yahrtzeit of his father
Dec 30, 2021 • 24min
Teshuvah and the Chaim Walder Scandal
Sometimes the חילונים get it right and the frum don't
Dec 29, 2021 • 30min
Pharaoh as the Crocodile in the Desert, the Ultimate "Fish Out of Water" (Haftarah VaEra)
Ezekiel predicts the coming fall of Pharaonic Egypt, which indeed happened!
Dec 28, 2021 • 34min
Jews and Real-Estate in Egypt, Pt. II: Who? How?
Was it just שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי who were excused from servitude, or were there other tribes too?
Dec 26, 2021 • 1h 49min
Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1728): Semicha, a PhD, an MD, and the Hakham of the Spanish Portuguese Community in London During the 18th Century
Defender of the Faith against Deists, Sabbateans, Spinozists, and sham-artists
Dec 22, 2021 • 31min
The Famous Sefer Abudarham: The Greatest Work on Jewish Prayer in History
The first "Artscroll Siddur," only better. Written in 1340 in Spain.
Dec 22, 2021 • 30min
"Shaking-Up" of the Middle East in the Messianic Era - What Does the Prophet Mean? (Haftarah Shmos)
Why are those in Assyria "lost," and those in Egypt "Bewildered/ Dejected"?
