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 12, 2020 • 41min
Passover 2020: An Insight Into the Positive Psychological Aspect of " Bitterness"
The Noda B'Yehudah as pedagogue. The Maskil as acharon.
Apr 8, 2020 • 19min
Lettuce or Horseradish? A Philosophical Debate
"The Egyptians embittered our lives." What does that mean?
Apr 8, 2020 • 1h 24min
Rabbi Avraham Dov Ber Kahana-Shapiro, the "Kovner Rov" (1870-1943) הי"ד
The Dvar Avraham: The Rabbinical career at its most glorious, most complex, and ultimately most tragic.
Apr 5, 2020 • 38min
Six Passovers in the Bible? A Post Shabbos HaGadol Talk for the Corona Era
Passover and Amalek. Any connection? Food for thought. Horaas Shaah and Halachic Mega-Factors
Apr 5, 2020 • 1h 2min
Whose Truth How Jews and Egyptians Battled Over the Passover Narrative 2000 Years Ago
Special lecture
Apr 1, 2020 • 43min
When an Epidemic Strikes, Should You Run or Self-Quarantine?: A brief look at the history of a law in the Shulchan Aruch
Recorded during the midst of the Coronavirus crisis in 2020.
Mar 30, 2020 • 1h 19min
Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg, "HaKesav VaHakabbalah," Rav of Koenigsberg, Prussia (1830-1865) - A Highly Original Commentator
The "Aryeh Kaplan Chumash" version of the 19th century. A different translation of the Hebrew text.
Mar 29, 2020 • 40min
Moving from the Top of the Mountain to Its Base: The Story of the Ohel Moed
Does the Book of Leviticus denote a turn from the universalistic to the particularistic?
Mar 26, 2020 • 27min
Parshas Vayikra: The "Sacrifice" of Self- Isolation: The Case of Moses
The Korban Olah - Can simcha be experienced in isolation and quarantine? This is a serious question.
Mar 24, 2020 • 43min
Sara Schnirer and Esther Rubenstein - Vilna vs. Cracow
Thoughts on the strange history of Jewish education for women in the 20th century
