

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

Jul 22, 2021 • 32min
How Much Should We Mourn After Tisha B'Av? R’ Joshua and the Extremes
Should the Nine Days be extended to the whole year?

Jul 21, 2021 • 31min
Nachamu Nachamu: What was the Context of This Prophecy of Isaiah’s? (Haftarah Shabbos Nachamu)
Holocaust survivors don't need criticism. They need comfort, if they are to rebuild

Jul 21, 2021 • 31min
Parshas VaEschanan: Why Was Moses Commanded to "Buck-Up" Joshua?
Which law is Moses afraid the Jews will drop once he is dead?

Jul 19, 2021 • 1h 15min
Shlomo ibn Gabirol (11th Century): The Greatest of the Medieval Poets
Insufferable personality, wracked with pain, suffused with genius

Jul 17, 2021 • 3h 54min
Kinnos with Rabbi Dovid Katz (2019)
Given in 2019

Jul 16, 2021 • 1min
Rabbi Katz’ Kinnos Will Be Live-streamed on Sunday Morning at 9:30am On His Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpkvIqeauUJSqXVb7Acn5nQ/featured

Jul 15, 2021 • 28min
Why a Haftarah from Isaiah, and Not Jeremiah? (Haftarah Shabbos Chazon)
When did Isaiah prophecy this? What is the context?

Jul 15, 2021 • 33min
Why Do We Only Say Tefillas Nachem at Minchah on Tisha B’Av? (Tefillah)
Was Jerusalem a wasteland when the prayer was composed?

Jul 14, 2021 • 37min
Parshas Devarim: Are These Moshe's Actual Words? Or G-d's Editing of Them?
Moshe's rhetoric vs. his kvad peh

Jul 12, 2021 • 1h 5min
Edmond Rothschild and His Strange Relationship to His Own Judaism
The micromanager who poured endless amounts of money into Jewish Settlement in Israel, but who denied any Jewish passion


