

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 3, 2024 • 29min
Pesach: The Original Passover, the Plague of Darkness, & the Din of מְנוּיִים
What if 15 million had left Egypt?

Apr 2, 2024 • 48min
Italian Jewry and Playing Tennis on Shabbos and Yom Tov
Famous responsa from R’ Moshe Provenzalo & Leone Modena

Apr 1, 2024 • 25min
The Arab tactic of demonstrating in front of synagogues in America
Going after Israel's "support" system. The need for Jewish counter-tactics

Apr 1, 2024 • 27min
Haftarah HaChodesh: The prophecy of Ezekiel includes crowd and traffic control
The Temple is a place for both a public worship experience as well as as private one

Apr 1, 2024 • 27min
Parshas Shmini: A reason for the deaths of Aaron's two sons
Nadav & Avihu couldn't make the adjustment from halfway-up Sinai to the Mishkan

Mar 31, 2024 • 30min
מִי הוּא הַ"נָשִׂיא" בְּהַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ?
Does Ezekiel see the Third Temple as evolving along the historical lines of the Second? Particularly the Hasmonean נָשִׂיא?

Mar 31, 2024 • 27min
Parshas Shmini: What is the meaning of the statement that Nadav & Avihu were שְׁתוּיֵי יַיִן?
The Kashrus Laws: The difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law

Mar 29, 2024 • 32min
Haftarah Parah: The Strictly Ceremonial Nature on an Individual Level in Terms of Taharah
On a national level, purification can come solely through repentance

Mar 27, 2024 • 28min
Parshas Tzav: The concept of sacrifice in the Temple, as well as in the current war in Gaza
Confession: 1.) Contrition 2.) Moral clarity!

Mar 27, 2024 • 29min
An Analysis of the Current State of the Gaza War and Its Fallout, by Rabbi Katz
Like Hitler, Hamas understands what a powerful weapon is antisemitism, which trumps all other considerations


