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
Apr 26, 2021 • 42min
The First Three Paragraphs of the Shemonah Esrei
Do you start with reason, or with family history?
Apr 26, 2021 • 40min
Parshas Emor: The Kohen vs. the Talmid Chacham. Two Different Models of Elitism
Why should a mere physical blemish prevent a righteous kohen from serving?
Apr 25, 2021 • 59min
Orobio de Castro: The Marrano Champion of Judaism
The man who battled both the Inquisition and Spinoza
Apr 23, 2021 • 1h 57min
Henry Morgenthau: An Assimilated Jew Encounters His Jewish Identity in the Crucible of the Shoah
The unusual relationship between Morgenthau, FDR, and the terrible fate of the Jews in WWII
Apr 21, 2021 • 30min
Amos Tells the Jews They Could Lose Israel Very Easily (Haftarah Acharei Mos-Kedoshim)
The difference between Klal Yisroel and the individual Bar Yisroel in terms of Divine Grace and survival
Apr 21, 2021 • 40min
The Chaotic World of Unregulated Synagogues in the Second Temple Era (Tefillah)
And the turning point represented by the Destruction of the Bais HaMikdash
Apr 20, 2021 • 43min
Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: What is the Precise Meaning of “Kedoshim Tihiyu?”
How can you tell if someone's chumrah results in his fulfilling “Kedoshim Tihiyu?”
Apr 18, 2021 • 1h 22min
Romanian Jewry: The Fascinating Observations of a Hungarian Rav on Romanian Jewry in the Holocaust
What's the definition of "frum"? Why did the observant Jews get killed during the Holocaust, but not the non-observant?
Apr 15, 2021 • 44min
Parshas Tazria-Metzora: Leprosy a Punishment for Lashon Hara - Really?
Agadic statements as rhetoric, sometimes.
Apr 13, 2021 • 47min
Prayer in the Second Temple Era, Part II (Tefillah)
The messy narrative of the historians. The neat narrative of Maimonides.
