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 16, 2024 • 28min
R' Katz on the Four Minim
Are the Four Minim connected to the Four Exiles? Or to Exile as a phenomenon?
Oct 15, 2024 • 31min
Sukkos in the Light of the Current War
All Jewish life, including Jews in Israel, is a sukkah-existence, fragile in structure, protected by Providence (עַנְנֵי הַכָּבוֹד)
Oct 14, 2024 • 31min
Was Columbus Jewish? R' Katz weighs in
We don't want him to be Jewish!
Oct 13, 2024 • 46min
A Quick History of Israel's Diplomatic Relations (and lack of relations) with Moslem Countries
Israel's recent progress in this area was one of the triggers of the Oct. 7th Hamas attack
Oct 13, 2024 • 32min
The Jonah Story: Some sober thoughts in light of current events
R' Katz analyzes the significance of the Jonah and Nineveh tale in its historic and mussar context
Oct 9, 2024 • 30min
Sair L'Azazel-"Is there a plain meaning?"
Two extremes: a.) Yom Kippur atones without repentance b.) To atone properly, the most extreme penances are required
Oct 8, 2024 • 50min
The Episode of Elephantine: A Jewish Garrison on the Egyptian-Sudan Border in the Times of Ezra, Nehemiah & Co.
The remarkable letters that were found by archaeologists. What were Jews doing in the Persian army, anyway?
Oct 7, 2024 • 26min
Confession on Yom Kippur: Competing Sensibilities
How Halachic literature contends with the twists and turns of fallible Human Nature
Oct 6, 2024 • 31min
Yom Kippur and the Oct. 7th Massacres: R' Katz Responds to a Query
"How do we face another Yom Kippur full of forebodings ever since last year?'
Oct 2, 2024 • 26min
Haftarah Ha'azinu: The Power of Words
Humans are unique in a.) Brains b.) Speech
