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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Jan 28, 2021 • 34min
Parshas Beshalach: Why Did Miriam Organize a Dance at the Red Sea?
Did Miriam think Moshe did not rise to the occasion sufficiently?
Jan 27, 2021 • 1h 57min
R’ Eliezer Silver: The Successes and Failures of the Agudas HaRabbonim - Pt. 1
The best example of the old-school model of the community-rav. Did it work?
Jan 20, 2021 • 32min
Jeremiah Blasts the Jews Who Flee to Egypt: "You Are Fleeing to Hiroshima!" - Haftarah Bo
Egypt's Machiavellian policy boomerangs 20 years after the Churban
Jan 19, 2021 • 33min
Parshas Bo: Why Does G-d Deceive Pharaoh With That Request to Leave for Only Three Days?
Moshe spends most of his time trying to persuade the Jews to leave. Unsuccessfully!
Jan 17, 2021 • 51min
The Sheldon Adelson Phenomenon: An Interpretation Based on the Noda B'Yehudah and the Yaaros Dvash
Jewish billionaires and their indifference to Jewish causes; Galus HaShechinah.
Jan 14, 2021 • 36min
The Crocodile Dropped Into the Sahara - Haftarah VaEra
The Babylonian invasion of Egypt as tit for tat?
Jan 13, 2021 • 29min
Parshas VaEra: Why Show Respect to a Bum Like Pharaoh?
Moses could have lobbied with influential Egyptians had G-d not prohibited.
Jan 12, 2021 • 1h 47min
R Yehiel Weinberg - "The Seridei Aish" (1884-1966): Can One Be Yeshivish and Not Yeshivish At the Same Time?
What happens when the beauty of mussar runs into the horrors of the materialism and genocide of modernity?
Jan 7, 2021 • 34min
Isaiah Predicts Destruction Followed By Restoration - Haftarah Shmos
Isaiah's condemnation of alcoholism and hedonism. The challenge of indulgence.
Jan 5, 2021 • 48min
Parshas Shmos (2020): Unpacking the Hotel Incident - Did G-d Really Intend to Kill Moses After so Heavily Recruiting Him?
Getting used to a life with no time for anything other than prophecy-availability
