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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Jul 29, 2025 • 26min
Haftarah Shabbos Chazon: Isaiah Decries Organized Crime in Ancient Jerusalem
481 synagogues and yeshivos ... and the mafia
Jul 29, 2025 • 21min
This Tisha B’av, turn tears into Action
Watch the ground breaking, first of its kind initiative called Uniting Torah which unites the 4 Torah worlds. Let’s show hashem that the divisions of the past no longer define us. Now every Jew can support all Torah worlds equally. This time, we give to each other.https://Unitingtorah.com/rk
Jul 29, 2025 • 32min
Torah Im Derech Eretz in a Different Key, Pt. 1: Four Gedolim who dropped-out of college but utilized their secular education
1.) Azariah Figo 2.) Ramchal 3.) R' Yaakov Ettlinger 4.) R' SR HirschThis podcast is the first of two partshttps://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jul 28, 2025 • 29min
Parshas Devarim: The strange story of how the Transjordan was divided-up by Moses, not G-d
Why was Half-Manasseh invited in by Moses? And given so much land?
Jul 28, 2025 • 40min
Torah Im Derech Eretz in a Different Key, Pt. 2
R' Yaakov Ettlinger and R' Samson Raphael Hirsch: Why they dropped out of College and how they used their secular education
Jul 24, 2025 • 36min
The Sinister Role of Turkey, Currently Israel's Mortal Enemy, in the Goings-On in Syria and the Middle East
The old Ottoman policy of religious toleration has been abandoned for over a century and replaced by a policy of killing non Sunni Muslims whenever opportunity presents itself (as in Syria), and as they hope to do one day in EY.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jul 23, 2025 • 25min
Parshas Matos 5785 What happened to the kids of the two and a half tribes while the fathers were away fighting on the other side of the Jordan River?
The kids lived in a rough neighborhood (מִפְּנֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ), heavily armed and without paternal supervision for years. result? בְּגִלְעָד נְפִישֵׁי רוֹצְחִין!https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jul 22, 2025 • 25min
Haftarah Matos-Masei: A Famous Jeremiad
"Why are the Jews the only people who voluntarily switched their god?" The Prophet tears into them.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jul 20, 2025 • 30min
Rashi's Raw Hatred of the Crusaders - The Vicious Poem תִּתְּנֵם לְחֶרְפָּה
Every kind of curse and imprecation in the Hebrew language . How Rashi felt when he learned about the Crusader massacres of 1096.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Jul 20, 2025 • 29min
Parshas Matos-Masei: The War of Revenge in Midian and the War Against Hamas in Gaza
Moshe (a former "Midianite") is told to lead the war. He tries to wiggle out, but as events unfold, he is dragged into the thick of it.
