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
Mar 10, 2021 • 35min
The Most Difficult Haftorah of the Year (Haftarah Parshas HaChodesh)
Ezekiel's description of Passover in the Messianic Era
Mar 9, 2021 • 31min
Parshas VaYakhel-Pekudei: Which Has Worked Better? Mishkan or Shabbos?
Why is Moses reticent about the mystical significance of the Sabbath in public?
Mar 8, 2021 • 1h 16min
Rabbi Leone Modena of Venice - A Posek Who Taught Dancing (and Many Other Subjects)
Very frum but skeptical of the claims of the Kabbalists
Mar 3, 2021 • 27min
Ezekiel's Prophecy of an Undeserved Redemption (Haftarah Ki Sisah)
The Red Cow: It works even without repentance
Mar 1, 2021 • 42min
Parshas Ki Sisa: Where Does It Say You May Not Make an Idol of Hashem?
Does idolatry inevitably lead to indecency?
Mar 1, 2021 • 1h 10min
"The Akedah" - R’ Yitzhak Arama (15th Century Spain): Author of the "Cheater-Book" Used By Generations of Pulpit Rabbis
An encyclopedia of original approaches to the weekly Parshah. A classy intellectual work.
Feb 24, 2021 • 41min
Esther vs. Ezra: Competitive Narrative-Sensibilities
If you won the lottery, would you tell others? Or keep it quiet?
Feb 22, 2021 • 33min
Parshas Tetzaveh: Aaron's Splendid Clothes and His Splendid Temperament
The first (only) brothers in the Chumash who get-along?
Feb 21, 2021 • 38min
A Purim Insight of R’ Y. Eibeschutz in Its Historical Context
Were the Jews obligated to wipe out Amalek during the time of Haman?
Feb 18, 2021 • 35min
Thoughts on Purim: Three Open-Ended Questions About the Purim Story
Was Haman out to kill the Jews, or was he out to convert them?
