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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Feb 17, 2021 • 40min
Parshas Trumah: Why Did G-d REQUEST a Mishkan, But Seemed Not Interested At All in a Bais Hamikdash?
What exactly is the danger of a holy building?
Feb 15, 2021 • 41min
Haftarah Zachor: Saul and the Amalekites - Why Did He Think of Them as Innocent?
Was Saul punished so severely when he got it mostly right?
Feb 14, 2021 • 59min
The "Levush": The "Goldilocks” Version of the Shulchan Aruch - and In the 16th Century!
The "original" Aruch ha-Shulkhan, trying to help the common man
Feb 11, 2021 • 43min
The Story of Joash Repairing the Temple. What had Athaliah Done? Two Versions - (Haftarah Shekalim)
Do you just trust the contractors? Moses vs. King Joash of Judah.
Feb 9, 2021 • 44min
Parshas Mishpatim: Onkelos, His Audience, and Seeing G-d Standing Next to a Sapphire Brick
Maimonides guides the perplexed to understand what happened to Aaron and the elders
Feb 7, 2021 • 60min
The 23rd of Sivan: Another Holocaust Which Did Not Happen
Herod Agrippa's finest hour, his appeal to Caligula, and the Providential salvation of the Jews
Feb 3, 2021 • 34min
Isaiah is Told of Impending Doom for the Kingdom of Judah, and Nothing Will Stop It - Haftarah Yisro
If you are good in בין אדם למקום but not בין אדם לחברו, are you frum?
Feb 1, 2021 • 46min
Parshas Yisro: Why the Preoccupation With Staying Away From the Mountain?
Which parts of the story are literal? What is the meaning of the non-literal?
Feb 1, 2021 • 1h 25min
The "Rashba" - R’ Shlomo ben Adret (1235-1310): Baal HaBayis, Rosh Yeshiva, Posek and Royal Troubleshooter
Incredible literary-prolificacy in the "Golden Age" of Spanish Torah scholarship. The "vital-center."
Jan 28, 2021 • 39min
Deborah: What Kind of a Judge Was She, Exactly? - Haftarah Beshalach
Why does she express disappointment in the midst of triumph?
