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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Jul 8, 2024 • 29min
Pirkei Avos: What is the context of אַל תְּהִי בָז לְכָל אָדָם? Could it have involved שידוכים?
How was רבי צדוק מקיים the dictum אַל תִּפְרֹשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר?
Jul 8, 2024 • 30min
Parshas Chukas: What EXACTLY was the sin of Moshe?
R’ Katz offers an entirely different explanation
Jul 7, 2024 • 31min
Two famous icons of anti-religious culture: What caused them to go OTD?
R’ Katz analyzes two stories from a recent book on Polish Jewry as reflecting personal as well as cultural reasons for leaving Yiddishkeit
Jul 5, 2024 • 1h 28min
The “Old Haskalah” - Comfortably Nestled within Cultural Insularity
From Rabbi Katz’ 2017 Summer Lecture Series entitled: Kulturkampf-Haskalah: The Haskalah Wars - Lecture 1
Jun 30, 2024 • 26min
Haftarah Korach: Do you fire a good leader because they are old?
The prophet Samuel's Class Act
Jun 30, 2024 • 31min
How could Korach successfully challenge the bona fides of Moses? After מַתַּן תּוֹרָה!
Did the Korach episode really happen in פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תִּשָּׂא?
Jun 30, 2024 • 34min
The Social Interaction Aspect of Piety (Pirkei Avos, Ch. 3)
הַכֹּל צָפוּי וְהָרְשׁוּת נְתוּנָה- An outstanding example of the difference between Ashkenaz and Sephard
Jun 27, 2024 • 60min
Herzl and the British Offer to Create a State of Israel...in Africa!
Herzl’s unsuccessful attempts to find a country who would get the Turks to give up Palestine
Jun 25, 2024 • 24min
Haftarah Shelach: The Remarkable Career of Rachav
What about לֹא תְחַיֶּה כָּל נְשָׁמָה?
Jun 25, 2024 • 29min
Parshas Shlach and October 7th
Intelligence has two parts: a.) Information gathering b.) Information assessment (connecting the dots)
