Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Aug 7, 2025 • 36min

פָּרָשַׁת וָאֶתְחַנַּן תשפ"ה - זָכוֹר אוֹ שָׁמוֹר? Is the Sabbath theology or history?

Why is a nochri punished so severely for שְׁמִירַת שַׁבָּת?
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Aug 5, 2025 • 42min

The curious but vital role of Egypt in the current Gaza War.

Egypt HATES Israel, but the Middle-Eastern political chessboard, both externally and internaly, compels the Egyptian regime to act in a manner fundamentally friendly to Israel, though this could never be acknowleged.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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Aug 5, 2025 • 28min

הַפְטָרַת שַׁבַּת נַחֲמוּ תשפ"ה - Prophets cannot provide comfort to survivors; Prophets are too "frum"

נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ עַמִּי doesn't work. So it has to be אָנֹכִי אָנֹכִי הוּא מְנַחֶמְכֶם
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Aug 5, 2025 • 27min

פָּרָשַׁת וָאֶתְחַנָּן תשפ"ה - וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם

What exactly transpired in Galus Bavel?
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Aug 5, 2025 • 38min

15th of Av - Humpty-Dumpty Day?

Can machlokes and unilateralism ever be fully-repaired?
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Aug 3, 2025 • 4h 42min

R' Katz' Tisha b'Av Kinos Explication 5785/2025

Rabbi Dovid Katz at Beth Abraham Hertzeberg's shul in Baltimore (unedited)
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Jul 30, 2025 • 39min

The Arizal: Thoughts on one of the most mysterious yet influential figures in Jewish History

On his Yahrtzheit, some thoughts on - How come the Ari's bona fides was never challenged? And why did the רבונו של עולם choose to reveal more about himself in the 16th century than any other? And why did the Arizal get "prophecies" in Egypt, of all places?https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
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Jul 29, 2025 • 26min

Haftarah Shabbos Chazon: Isaiah Decries Organized Crime in Ancient Jerusalem

481 synagogues and yeshivos ... and the mafia
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Jul 29, 2025 • 21min

This Tisha B’av, turn tears into Action

Watch the ground breaking, first of its kind initiative called Uniting Torah which unites the 4 Torah worlds. Let’s show hashem that the divisions of the past no longer define us. Now every Jew can support all Torah worlds equally. This time, we give to each other.https://Unitingtorah.com/rk
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Jul 29, 2025 • 32min

Torah Im Derech Eretz in a Different Key, Pt. 1: Four Gedolim who dropped-out of college but utilized their secular education

1.) Azariah Figo 2.) Ramchal 3.) R' Yaakov Ettlinger 4.) R' SR HirschThis podcast is the first of two partshttps://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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