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
Oct 19, 2025 • 27min
Is Donald Trump a "Second Cyrus"?
The first Cyrus was a complex figure in Jewish history. The battle of the lobbyists at the ancient Persian Court. A playbook for Qatar? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Oct 19, 2025 • 43min
Rabbeinu Tam and Count Henry I of Champagne (and Countess Marie)
Was Rabbeinu Tam a kind of French nobleman? Why did he practice falconry ? Why did the Count of Champagne turn to him to explain the David-Saul story?
Oct 16, 2025 • 22min
Haftarah Bereishis: Israel will survive (Al Aqsa) Floods and even the fires of internal strife
Who is it that 'has eyes but does not see, ears but does not hear"?https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Oct 16, 2025 • 33min
Parshas Bereishis: The world was created for a UNITED Klal Yisroel
In a Jewish world with unbridgeable divisions, we must be alert to divinely-sent "opportunities that pass"
Oct 13, 2025 • 41min
The Strage history of Hoshanah Rabbah in the Temple: The Willow vs. the Palm Frond ( הַלּוּלָב שֶׁנִּפְרְדוּ עָלָיו)
What is the meaning of striking the ground?
Oct 10, 2025 • 38min
The Chasam Sofer, the Yad haMelech and the "Overused" Esrog - Haredi vs. Maskilic notions of aesthetics
Intra-Jewish ideological politics underneath the dry discourse of the responsa literature
Oct 9, 2025 • 26min
נִעֲנוּעִים: The ritual of lulav-waving and its contemporary relevance in the year 5786 (2025)
Warding-off the dangers from literally all directions. In both the personal life, and in the life of the Jewish People
Oct 9, 2025 • 30min
Sukkos 2025: What's with the strange ritual of פָּרֵי הַחַג?
It is not enoughto embrace monotheism. The monotheism has to include a כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל as the עַם הַנִּבְחָר (even thoughthey don't seem to fit the role)https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Oct 6, 2025 • 34min
Today is the (English) anniversary of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, another conflict in which Israel was surprise-attacked
The challenge of constantly evaluating the enemy, not by his intentions, but by his capabilities!
Oct 6, 2025 • 33min
The Four Minim and the Wars of Sichon and Og: A Different take on the אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים
Lulav - the spearsEsrog - the food Hadassim - the "roofs" of the foxholesAravos - dittoלְפִי שִׁיטַת הָ"רוֹקֵחַ" ב "סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ"
