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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Sep 6, 2024 • 29min
Haftarah Parshat Shoftim: Redemption comes to a battered and bloodied Jewish People
Bittersweet - A Glorious Geulah, but a depressed Jewish People scarred by their sufferings in galus
Sep 6, 2024 • 35min
Parshas Shoftim: The False Prophet in Jewish History
The Institutions (Monarchy, Judiciary, Priesthood) vs. Prophecy, which is individualized
Sep 4, 2024 • 52min
The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 1
When all Jews with influence (unlike today) joined together for the sake of Klal Yisroel
Sep 2, 2024 • 29min
Elul and the Current Situation in the State of Israel
אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי - Is that בֵּין אָדָם לַמָּקוֹם? Or בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ?
Aug 30, 2024 • 24min
Haftorah Parshas Re'eh - The glorious house with the diamond chandeliers
Isaiah foresees a world without terrorism!
Aug 28, 2024 • 28min
Pirkei Avos - אַל תַּעַשׂ תְּפִלָּתְךָ קֶבַע
What is the historical context of prayer at the time of R' Shimon bar Yochai?
Aug 26, 2024 • 27min
Parshas Re'eh: "V'Yishavtem Betach-" Secure Internally? Or Externally?
The Two Mountains and Moral Clarity
Aug 26, 2024 • 51min
The Great Semicha Controversy of Safed (צפת): The controversy in the 16th century within the broad framework of Jewish History
The attempt to revive a Jewish "church" and why it was destined to fail when the Jews were in גלות
Aug 25, 2024 • 60min
Abraham haKohen Herera of Italy and Amsterdam (c. 1570-1635)
The strange world of the Marranos who were seriously into Kabbalah
Aug 22, 2024 • 29min
Parshas Eikev: The 3 Great Dangers
Underconfidence, Overconfidence, and Smug Self-Righteousness
