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
Jul 18, 2024 • 47min
Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison and Their Impact on Jewish History
The Presidential Elections of 2024 vs. the Presidential Elections of 1892
Jul 15, 2024 • 30min
The two models of שְׁאֵרִית יַעֲקֹב בְּקֶרֶב עַמִּים רַבִּים
God's
Fingers versus God's Hand
Jul 15, 2024 • 29min
Bilam and the modern Hamasniks ימ"ש
Why didn't Moshe respond to Bilam?
Jul 15, 2024 • 25min
Why Abraham vs. Bilam? Why not Moshe vs. Bilam?
Bilam's עַיִן רָעָה: An incapacity for honest self appraisal?
Jul 15, 2024 • 7min
Rabbi Katz is having a lecture series starting next week on Zionism in its early years
The series will explore the controversies regarding Zionism and the political and religious spheres in the early years of the movement. Seven lectures in Baltimore
Jul 9, 2024 • 25min
A Dvar Torah on מסכת ברכות on the 16th Yahrtzheit of Rabbi Katz's Mother ע"ה
Why does Dovid say Saul is a רוֹדֵף? Isn't Saul the מלך? A מלך is not a רוֹדֵף !
Jul 9, 2024 • 31min
Was Yiftach Violent and Crimes Oriented ( in his first iteration)? Or a Kid Mistreated by the ציבור?
Why didn't he say, "When I needed you, you didn't help me. Now that you need me,. I'm not going to help you!"
Jul 8, 2024 • 29min
Pirkei Avos: What is the context of אַל תְּהִי בָז לְכָל אָדָם? Could it have involved שידוכים?
How was רבי צדוק מקיים the dictum אַל תִּפְרֹשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר?
Jul 8, 2024 • 30min
Parshas Chukas: What EXACTLY was the sin of Moshe?
R’ Katz offers an entirely different explanation
Jul 7, 2024 • 31min
Two famous icons of anti-religious culture: What caused them to go OTD?
R’ Katz analyzes two stories from a recent book on Polish Jewry as reflecting personal as well as cultural reasons for leaving Yiddishkeit
