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
Jun 18, 2024 • 25min
Haftarah BeHaaloscha: The prophet describes the intermarriage scandal, but in oblique language
To get the full picture, read the last chapters of the book of Ezra
Jun 18, 2024 • 35min
Parshas BeHaaloscha: Who is חוֹבׇב exactly?
If Jethro's son, had he befriended Moshe when he lived with Jethro? Was חוֹבׇב turned-off by the Jews blaming the גֵּרִים for the Golden Calf?
Jun 17, 2024 • 31min
An Analysis of the Current Extremely Dangerous International Situation?- Are we headed for World War
Russia, China, Iran, Turkey- all obsessed with recovering glorious pasts, even at the risk of nuclear war
Jun 16, 2024 • 1h 16min
The Bach: One of the Leading גדולים of the Golden Age of Polish Jewry (16th-17th Centuries)
Genazym auctioning the first edition, plus a historic תשובה בכתב יד from the ב"ח himself
Jun 11, 2024 • 28min
Shavuos: Grass, Trees, and Roses. Was there vegetation at Mount sinai?
Do we put grass nowadays on the floors of our homes and synagogues? And who were the צֹאן וּבָקָר at Sinai?
Jun 10, 2024 • 35min
Was Hashem originally planning to do מתן תורה at another location?
Without כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד בְּלֵב אֶחָד, it would not be possible to get a collective binding נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע
Jun 10, 2024 • 38min
The Rambam's Philosophical Problems with מַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי
The problem of trying to give a rational interpretation for what is clearly a mystical event, as Rambam himself admits
Jun 9, 2024 • 39min
A Renaissance Edition of Azarya de Rossi's Controversial Book - Being Auctioned by Genazym
PLUS the ONLY surviving copy of the famous חֵרֶם issued by R’ Yosef Caro's בֵּית דִּין. A classic tale in Jewish history
Jun 5, 2024 • 38min
Hosea tells the Jews not to turn away from Hashem and trust their "allies"
Those "allies" will leave כלל ישראל to die, like like someone stripped naked and left to die from thirst in the middle of the Sahara Desert
Jun 5, 2024 • 30min
What was the relationship between the two luchos and the rest of the Torah?
Why weren't the two tablets given on the occasion of the original shavuos?
