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 7, 2025 • 25min
The Rambam and His Thoughts About the Hagadah
In Chapter 7, the Rambam rearranges the order of the narrative, for philosophical/theological reasons
Apr 7, 2025 • 24min
Haftorah Shabbos Hagadol - Elijah: Unite or Die!
Is parnasaah bad because you give too much charity? Or the other way around?
Apr 6, 2025 • 27min
Parshas Tzav (Erev Pesach) - Changing attitudes towards the Temple Sacrifices
The differences between the First and Second Temple Eras
Apr 3, 2025 • 22min
Haftarah Parshas VaYikra: "הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי בְּחַטֹּאותֶיךָ הוֹגַעְתַּנִי בַּעֲוֹנֹתֶיךָ
The Temple was built large, to accommodate 12 tribes, but it sended up servicing and being patronized by only two tribes
Apr 2, 2025 • 30min
The current war in light of וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם
Was Hamas's goal realistic? Maybe!
Mar 31, 2025 • 27min
The Pesach Haggadah: רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר
What kind of guests were at the seder of רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל? Why did his narrative differ from that in Bnai Berak?
Mar 30, 2025 • 27min
Parshas VaYikra: הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת לְעֻמַּת הַקָּרְבָּן פֶּסַח
Two types of Communal offerings: a.) Performed by Priest as Agent for the Community b.) Performed by the masses of the community themselves
Mar 28, 2025 • 34min
Parshas HaChodesh: The seemingly disjuncted narrative
Why is chametz prohibited (כָּרֵת!)? What does chametz have to do with the slavery in Egypt? Really
Mar 26, 2025 • 40min
R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979)
A great Talmid Chacham and Mekubal who suffered from secular Zionist persecution in the 1940s. The complicated story of Yemenite Jewry in the first half of the 20th century.
Mar 24, 2025 • 24min
Haftarah HaChodesh: Princely corruption even in the time of the Third Temple?
The Prophet admonishes the Princes to stop evicting Jews from their ancestral land and expropriating the land in order to gift their own children and employees
