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
Mar 13, 2024 • 52min
R’ Moshe Provenzalo of Renaissance Italy (Mantua)
Great Italiani gaon, whose rabbinical opponents tried to get him fired by his own בַּעֲלֵי בָּתִּים
Mar 11, 2024 • 34min
Haftarah Pekudei: Why did Shlomo stash-away his father's gold?
Why the extra (and indeed omnipresent) cherubs and pictures of cherubs all over the Temple?
Mar 11, 2024 • 35min
Parshas Pekudei: When is a Mishkan a Full-Blown Mishkan? And When is it Just a Glorified בָּמָה?
The strange history of the 71 years of הֶתֵּר הַבָּמוֹת
Mar 6, 2024 • 30min
Recent Trends in Antisemitism in America - An Analysis by R’ Katz
The bad guys are trying to change PC to say it is ok, indeed correct, to be anti-Semitic.
Mar 5, 2024 • 1h
The מַחְבֶּרֶת of Menachem Ben Siruk- The New Edition of This Tragic 10th Century classic
The first real Hebrew dictionary, dissed by jealous rivals, used by Rashi and defended by Rabbenu Tam
Mar 4, 2024 • 36min
Haftarah VaYakhel: Hiram of Tyre, King Solomon's " Michaelangelo?"
Solomon's pragmatism in building the Temple: Good move or bad?
Mar 3, 2024 • 33min
Parshas VaYakhel: Why Make Keruvim After the Fiasco of the Golden Calf?
The story of the three material objects: The שִׁבְרֵי לוּחוֹת רִאשׁוֹנוֹת, the עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב , and the כְּרוּבִים
Mar 1, 2024 • 32min
Parshas Ki Sisah: What ever happened to the tablets Moshe shattered?
What happened to the wooden box Moshe constructed for those three months?
Feb 28, 2024 • 54min
The 1555 Edition of HaChasid Yavetz on Pirkei Avos Being Offered by Genazym
R’ Yosef Yaabetz (1440-1508), premier Sefardi דרשן who tries to understand the Expulsion from Spain in 1492
Feb 28, 2024 • 36min
The Confusing Story of 12 Adar - יוֹם טְרָיׇנוּס
What was the real story of the great Jewish revolt against Trajan? Who exactly were the הֲרוּגֵי לֹד?
