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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Aug 5, 2021 • 35min
Krias Shema: The Most Demanding of Prayers?
Do non-Jews have to believe in one G-d the same way as the Jews?
Aug 5, 2021 • 37min
Will There Be Anti-Semitism in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Re'eh)
Do the Jews have survival skills? Or is it all simply Divine Providence?
Aug 3, 2021 • 37min
Parshas Re’eh: Moses Warns Against Seeking Novel Religious Experiences
Does Judaism fulfill the emotional needs of everyone? If not, there are dangers out there.
Aug 3, 2021 • 44min
The Mordechai: R’ Mordecai Ben Hillel - The Greatest of the Melaktim
The "rest" of Tosafos and one of the most popular seforim for poskim. Martyred in the "other pogroms" - the ones that do not get much attention.
Jul 29, 2021 • 38min
Why Didn't Hashem Take the Jews to Some Safe Empty Prosperous Island, Far from Gentile Influence?
Are we supposed to care about the rest of the human race?
Jul 29, 2021 • 31min
Isaiah's Predictions of a Glorious Future: Zion Discovers She is Not Childless (Haftarah Eikev)
"I am just really good at this nechamah business. Though I had to go to a hard school to learn how to do it."
Jul 28, 2021 • 41min
Parshas Eikev: Was Moshe Responding Emotionally to the Faces and Expressions of His Audience?
Was the speech of Devarim a prepared and written speech? Or was it extemporaneous?
Jul 26, 2021 • 30min
Hashivah Shofteinu K’Vahrishinah: The Original Meaning, and the Current Meaning (Tefillah)
What courts and judges are you praying for?
Jul 25, 2021 • 60min
The Meam Loez: The First ArtScroll, Torah as Middlebrow Culture
When you read a sefer, who edited it?
Jul 23, 2021 • 32min
Isn’t It Out of Order?: רְאֵה נָא בְּעָנְיֵנוּ
Three types of גְּאוּלָּה
