

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

Nov 26, 2021 • 40min
Amos: The Problem is Not Idolatry, It is Social Injustice! Capitalism on Steroids (Haftarah VaYeshev)
"No, I will not shut up! Whom should I listen to? You, or Hashem?!"

Nov 24, 2021 • 36min
Parshas VaYeshev: Did the Brothers Realize Their Father Would Never Get Over It?
Did Joseph lose his faith & then recover it, or did he have bitachon all the way through?

Nov 22, 2021 • 43min
Haskalah and the Internet: Has the Internet Generated a Kind of Haskalah in the Frum World?
Rabbi Katz responds to a thoughtful question from a listener.

Nov 19, 2021 • 29min
שַׁבָּת "אוֹת הִיא בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם" Two's company, three's a crowd
Why do we say a gentile is punished for keeping Shabbos, but not for keeping the other mitzvos?

Nov 18, 2021 • 34min
Is Obadiah Referring to His Own Time, or to the Messianic Era? (Haftarah VaYishlach)
What does it mean that Edom will go down through the treachery of its allies?

Nov 17, 2021 • 35min
Jacob & Esau: A Mediated Encounter vs. Shechem & Dinah: An Unmediated Encounter (Parshas VaYishlach)
וַיִשְׁכֵּהוּ? וַיִּשָּׁקֵהו? Which was it

Nov 16, 2021 • 1h 22min
Rabbi Bernard Revel (1885-1940): Creator of "YU" Whose Lofty Vision Failed Because of Insufficient Funds
A tzadik who dreamed of building a combination of "Harvard & Volozhin," but ran into economic & educational realities

Nov 12, 2021 • 2min
R' Katz in Rochester at Beth Haknesses Hachodosh Next Week
https://congbethabrahamhertzberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BHH-scholar-in-residence-Rabbi-Katz-flyer.pdf

Nov 12, 2021 • 27min
What Do We Mean When We Pray for Osher V'chavod? (Tefillah)
When does the money you give in charity not help your heavenly "bank-account"?

Nov 10, 2021 • 31min
Do You Follow Halacha If It Stands in the Way of Scientific Progress? Do Values Govern Technology, or Vice Versa? (Haftarah VaYeitzei)
Why VaYivrach and not Vayeitzei?


