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
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Mar 11, 2025 • 30min
Purim 2025, Pt. 2: How Esther hid her identity-Didn't the Jews say אָחוֹת יֵשׁ לָנוּ בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ?
How come Haman did not make a move against the Jews for FIVE years?
Mar 9, 2025 • 27min
Haftarah Ki Sisah: Eliyahu at Har HaCarmel
Why was אֵלִיָּהוּ a brilliant failure?
Mar 9, 2025 • 32min
Purim 2025 in the light of the October 7, 20243 Pogrom
The Jews in the time of Esther ducked a planned "Oct. 7" pogrom multiplied all across the 127 provinces. Instead, it was the Jews who ended up perpetrating the pogrom against their mortal enemies
Mar 9, 2025 • 30min
Parshas Ki Sisa (Shoshana Purim): The Eigel and Purim
Could מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצֶּלֶם (Megilah 12a) be an oblique reference to פָּרָשַׁת עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב?
Mar 9, 2025 • 27min
Purim 2025: What is the source in the Megilah for the opposing opinions of רשב"י and his talmidim ?
Where did they get the ideas that the big sin of כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל was either a.) נֶהֱנוּ מִסְּעֻדָּתוֹ שֶׁל אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ or b.) הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצֶּלֶם? It is not in the text of the Megilah, is it?
Mar 4, 2025 • 33min
Circumcision and the Marranos - from the סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת מֵאֵת רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל אַבּוּהַב מִוֶנִיצִיׇהּ
"How come there is no NCSY for the Marranos?" Frum complaints from Venetian Gedolim of the 17th century
Mar 2, 2025 • 30min
Haftarah Zachor: The Story of Saul and Agag in the light of the current war with Hamas
Towards Amalek, Saul lacked moral clarity, but when it came to Nov and David, he acted with total (misguided) moral clarity!
Mar 2, 2025 • 39min
Parshas Tetzaveh: Was Aaron chosen for the priesthood before the episode of the Golden Calf?
Is וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ referring to a מִשְׁכָּן? A בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ? Both? What's with the textual obscurity?
Mar 2, 2025 • 31min
A selection of interpretations of the bizarre story of Rabbah killing R Zeira at a Purim party
R Katz and the new ArtScroll edition of the עֵין יַעֲקֹב
Feb 26, 2025 • 25min
The spontaneous prayers of the hostages during their captivity in Gaza
A real life example of Psalm 130: מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ הַשֵּׁם
