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 20, 2023 • 43min
Haftarah Shabbos Rosh Chodesh: How will Christians and Muslims Feel in the Messianic Era?
Abarbanel's take on Isaiah 66. תּוֹכָחָה? Or יִעוּד וְנֶחָמָה?
Apr 20, 2023 • 47min
The Political Crisis in Israel: Drafting the Bnei Torah, and Ketores Considerations
Is the חֶלְבְּנָה the רְשָׁעִים? Or is it the בַּעֲלֵי תְּשׁוּבָה?
Apr 18, 2023 • 39min
What's the Meaning of Isaiah's Reference to a New Heaven & Earth? (Sumum Bonum)
Will this world come to an end? Or will it be repaired and improved ?
Apr 17, 2023 • 25min
Parshas Tazria-Metzora: What is Unique About the Leprous House?
Difference between the לָשׁוֹן הָרַע of an individual, and that of a group
Apr 16, 2023 • 1h 15min
Shlomo Alami's contemporary harsh criticism of Spanish Jewry in the wake of 1391
His אִגֶּרֶת הַמּוּסָר calls a spade a spade. His assessment of the causes of the downfall of Spanish Jewry
Apr 10, 2023 • 32min
Crescas: Will the Moshiach be a Greater Prophet than Moshe?
Are we now in the fifth galus, or the first?
Apr 10, 2023 • 43min
The Rambam vs Shem Tov on the Theological Significance of קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף
קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף vs מַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי
Apr 9, 2023 • 1h 14min
The Crisis in Spanish Jewry 1391-1492: The Shem Tovs and Their Differences
Fighting a two-front intellectual struggle to save Spanish Jewry-
חוּץ וּפְנִים
Apr 3, 2023 • 25min
The Abarbanel's fascinating connecting the Jewish fate in Egypt to the מְכִירַת יוֹסֵף
Abrabanel shows how various aspects of Jewish suffering in Egypt were מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה
Apr 2, 2023 • 33min
Haggadah 2023: What Does It Mean, "The רשע Would Not Have Been Redeemed?" Many Were!
Despite grandiloquent claims, we still are in גָּלוּת הַנֶּפֶשׁ, if you think about it intelligently
