Jewish History with 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.
Latest episodes
Jun 24, 2025 • 33min
The Prospects for Regime Change in Iran? What Does This Mean? - An Analysis
How successful has "regime change" been in history? What kind of regime change in Iran would be beneficial to Israel? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jun 23, 2025 • 59min
The "Bustenai Controversy" of the Gaonic Era: The Reish Gelusah Who "Married" an Iranian Princess...Or Did He?
The Caliph gave the Reish Gelusah a "present" in the form of the daughter of the Persian Emperor. The Halachic debate re: what happened next.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jun 20, 2025 • 45min
The "Tucker Carlson & Co." Anti-Israel Isolationism Phenomenon - An Analysis
The logic and long history of American Isolationism and its latest iteration as opposition to a manipulative Israel (a subtle anti-semitism). A real problem for Klal Yisroelhttps://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jun 18, 2025 • 24min
Haftarah Shelach: The Tradecraft Mistakes of the Two Spies in Jericho
In the end, sending the spies was unnecessary; Jericho fell through a miracle!https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jun 17, 2025 • 31min
Parshas Shelach: The Flaw in Intelligence Procedures That Resulted in the Sad Episode of the Meraglim
Did each spy seperately present his own report to Moshe, or did the ten spies hammer out a single unified consensus report prior to returning to the camp?
Jun 17, 2025 • 37min
The Strange History of Israel, the Mossad and the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK)
How does the Mossad do these amazing things in Iran? Are they "James Bonds?" Or is it that they use a vast existing Iranian network of dedicated revolutionaries?https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jun 16, 2025 • 49min
The Amazing R' Nassan Nota Shapiro of Cracow (1584-1633) AKA the Mekaleh Amukos
The extraordinary combination of גְּאוֹנוּת in lomdus in the Golden Age of Pilpul in the Golden Age of the Jews in he Kingdom of Poland , fascination with mathematics, and the Kabbalistic application of math to the deeper reading of the תּוֹרָה בִּכְתָב וְתוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֹּה
Jun 15, 2025 • 26min
Rabbi Katz Analyzes the Current Israel-Iran War
How does Israel achieve victory? How does it DEFINE victory? How does it win without American intervention? The " כ"ג סִיוָן factor."
Jun 10, 2025 • 32min
Haftarah Behaaloschah: The Prophecy of Zechariah
The many attempts to translate and interpret the enigmatic phrase וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ מַהְלְכִים בֵּין הָעֹמְדִים הָאֵלֶּה.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jun 10, 2025 • 34min
Parshas Behaaloschah: What is the meaning of the strange phrase :"בְּכָל בֵּיתִי נֶאֱמָן הוּא"?
The commentaries struggle to interpret this rhetorical passage which poetically and enigmatically reveals aspects of Moshe's uniqueness https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
