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
Sep 25, 2025 • 41min
Penance (not repentance!): Some famous cases in the Sefer Chasidim and Responsa of the Maharam Lublin
The mindset of the person who soclcits the Penance from the Beis Din
Sep 22, 2025 • 33min
Parshas VaYelech: Hester Panim
What is the actual meaning of "Hester Panim"? What is the meaning of הַשְׁגָּחָה כְּלָלִית as opposed to הַשְׁגָּחָה פְּרָטִית?
Sep 19, 2025 • 26min
The Debate in the Mishna whether the Shliach Tzibur should be motzi the intelligent worshipers on Rosh HaShanah - שֶׁהוּא יוֹם הַדִּין
Who was the first Shliach Tzibur in Jewish History?
Sep 17, 2025 • 28min
Haftarah Nitzavim: Delighting in G-d - "How is that done?
Not relief. Not gratitude. Not romantic love. Delight! Not the love of bride and groom, but the delight at the wedding. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Sep 17, 2025 • 29min
The Middle East: G-d's Chess Board - R' Katz discusses current events in Egypt, Israel, Yemen, and Ethiopia
Egypt and Ethiopia - A Tale of Two Dams
Sep 15, 2025 • 34min
A Suggested History of Tekias Shofar - Involving the Masses, the Satan, and Chazal
Thoughts re: the existential tension between the public and the religious elites in the Second Temple period and afterward.
Sep 15, 2025 • 24min
The Haredi Who Spied for Iran and Committed Sabotage on Their Behalf
The disconnect between ritual practice and sound hashkafic fundamentals, particularly ahavah and achrayus for The Jewish People
Sep 14, 2025 • 31min
Parshas Nitzavim: Trying to match the glorious prophecy with recent Jewish history
The ingathering of the alienated Jews: The נִדָּחִים מִקְּצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם עַד קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
Sep 12, 2025 • 47min
"Shouting Match" Between Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel: The Freudian Aspects
Bibi's father wrote THE book on the Spanish Inquisition and Spain's successful persecution of the Jews, especially the sccessful (and brutal) erasure of the Jewish Identity of the Jews forced to convert. IOW the Spanish "Holocaust"
Sep 11, 2025 • 28min
Haftorah Ki Savo: The Days of Moshiach Without War
Isaiah's vision of a Messianic Era characterized, not by World War III, but by a world in moral darkness turning to Klal Yisroel for Enlightenment. A pain-free Geulahhttps://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast
