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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Jun 4, 2024 • 54min
Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism, and the Current Campus Riots - Part 5
Herzl tries to avoid the fights between the frum and the anti-frum in the fin de siecle
Jun 3, 2024 • 45min
Yom Yersushalyim: No country recognizes Jerusalem as legally being Israeli territory
A short history of the Jerusalem issue in international law
Jun 2, 2024 • 28min
Hereditary Elites vs. Meritocratic Elites (Pirkei Avos, Ch. 6)
The 48 attributes of a scholar: Does one require all 48, or some of 48?
May 30, 2024 • 34min
Haftarah Bechukosai: Jeremiah (לְפִי הָאַבַּרְבָּנֵאל) discusses the chemistry of הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּת and בִּטָּחוֹן
The Kingdom of Judah truly believed in the faithfulness of their Egyptian "ally"
May 29, 2024 • 37min
Parshas Bechukosai: The תוכחה was pronounced right after the Ten Commandments
If Moshe had led them then and there (& not died in Chutz L’Aretz), they would have also conquered & settled Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria!
May 28, 2024 • 28min
The David-Jonathan Friendship: Was it a two-way street?
Jonathan thought of the public welfare and wanted to avoid a civil war. The narcissistic Amnon threw her out and did not consider what would happen as a result of his actions.
May 27, 2024 • 58min
Herzl and Political Zionism, Pt. 4 - Zionism's Relationship to Marxism and Frum Judaism
Herzl, Political Zionism, and Campus Riots, Pt. 4
May 27, 2024 • 59min
The ibn Ezra: More on his particular historical context, and the time before the fall
He left Spain just in time, and translated the Sephardic literature from Arabic to Hebrew. Wrote much, but only his פירוש על התורה ּis of permanent interest
May 26, 2024 • 32min
Lag b'Omer: When did רשב"י write the Zohar?
Before, during, or after the cave?
May 24, 2024 • 28min
Parshas Behar: The theory that both בְּהַר בְּחֻקּוֹתַי were pronounced in פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים
At the time of שבועות, the conquest of Canaan was but weeks away
