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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Oct 5, 2025 • 33min
A Different Understanding of the Holiday of Sukkos
It commemorates events that happened in Tishrei, not Nissan (acc. to R Akiva)
Oct 3, 2025 • 32min
Sukkos: The Symbolism of the sukkah under a tree
Sukkah = Jewish Survival in Galus (Branches detached from the soil)Tree = Rootedness in the soilhttps://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Oct 1, 2025 • 19min
The Lishkas HaParvah in the Avodah of Yom Kippur- Who was הַפַּרְוָה? Why does the High Priest purify himself there?
Was he an Iranian spy? A Zoroastrian clergyman? A Jewish BT who repented?
Sep 30, 2025 • 28min
The Pros and Cons of Publicly Confessing Your Sins to the Rest of the Congregation
The Ancient Debate and the Concerns for the Social Consequences on the Community. What if everyone did the sin?!https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Sep 30, 2025 • 27min
Yonah: Compare and contrast with Akeidas Yitzchok
The Tragedy of Jonah after he saves Nineveh. What did he do with the rest of his life?
Sep 29, 2025 • 30min
Late Antiquity in Eretz Yisroel (300-600 C.E.): The Early History of the Yom Kippur Liturgy
Jewish religious creativity in Israel under the oppressive Christian regime of the Byzantine Empire: Piyutim!https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Sep 29, 2025 • 27min
Haftarah Ha'azinu: Victory Middle Eastern Style
What does complete victory look like to King David? Contrast it with Israel's current war situation.
Sep 28, 2025 • 30min
Parshas Ha'azinu:זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם, אֲבָל בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר
A historian (and the Jewish People!) must know the facts of their past, but then they must properly analyze them in order to use the knowledge correctly
Sep 28, 2025 • 1h 18min
Rabbi Katz's Shabbos Shuvah Drashah: Primordial or Mosaic?
If you don't fix your בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, does it prevent forgiveness for the sins of בֵּין אָדָם לַמָּקוֹם?
Sep 25, 2025 • 26min
Haftarah Shabbos Shuvah: ?" "שׁוּבָה עַד?" אוֹ "שׁוּבָה אֶל
One expectation from the elites, a different expectation from the masses
