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
Jun 10, 2024 • 38min
The Rambam's Philosophical Problems with מַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי
The problem of trying to give a rational interpretation for what is clearly a mystical event, as Rambam himself admits
Jun 9, 2024 • 39min
A Renaissance Edition of Azarya de Rossi's Controversial Book - Being Auctioned by Genazym
PLUS the ONLY surviving copy of the famous חֵרֶם issued by R’ Yosef Caro's בֵּית דִּין. A classic tale in Jewish history
Jun 5, 2024 • 38min
Hosea tells the Jews not to turn away from Hashem and trust their "allies"
Those "allies" will leave כלל ישראל to die, like like someone stripped naked and left to die from thirst in the middle of the Sahara Desert
Jun 5, 2024 • 30min
What was the relationship between the two luchos and the rest of the Torah?
Why weren't the two tablets given on the occasion of the original shavuos?
Jun 4, 2024 • 54min
Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism, and the Current Campus Riots - Part 5
Herzl tries to avoid the fights between the frum and the anti-frum in the fin de siecle
Jun 3, 2024 • 45min
Yom Yersushalyim: No country recognizes Jerusalem as legally being Israeli territory
A short history of the Jerusalem issue in international law
Jun 2, 2024 • 28min
Hereditary Elites vs. Meritocratic Elites (Pirkei Avos, Ch. 6)
The 48 attributes of a scholar: Does one require all 48, or some of 48?
May 30, 2024 • 34min
Haftarah Bechukosai: Jeremiah (לְפִי הָאַבַּרְבָּנֵאל) discusses the chemistry of הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּת and בִּטָּחוֹן
The Kingdom of Judah truly believed in the faithfulness of their Egyptian "ally"
May 29, 2024 • 37min
Parshas Bechukosai: The תוכחה was pronounced right after the Ten Commandments
If Moshe had led them then and there (& not died in Chutz L’Aretz), they would have also conquered & settled Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria!
May 28, 2024 • 28min
The David-Jonathan Friendship: Was it a two-way street?
Jonathan thought of the public welfare and wanted to avoid a civil war. The narcissistic Amnon threw her out and did not consider what would happen as a result of his actions.
