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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Jan 3, 2024 • 33min
Parshas Shmos: If they had yeshivos in Egypt, why did most Jews go off the derech?
What was their conception of deity, anyway, if they believed in Hashem at the same time they believed in Egyptian gods?
Jan 1, 2024 • 28min
Galus as a Core Component of Judaism and Jewish history
The effects of the galus in Egypt: similar to today?
Jan 1, 2024 • 48min
American Judaism a Century Ago (1880-1950)- Some Thoughts
Why did Orthodox Judaism fail so miserably in old America?
Dec 27, 2023 • 36min
Parshas VaYechi: Joseph's class-act in burying Jacob next to Leah
Although Leah is in מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, it is Rachel's tomb in Bethlehem that captures the imagination of the Jewish People
Dec 27, 2023 • 44min
Haftarah VaYechi: David is Enraged at Joab. Why, Exactly?
Joab, to save his own life, revealed David's secret order to arrange the death of Uriah but make it look like accident
Dec 26, 2023 • 1h 14min
R’ Eliyahu Mizrachi of Istanbul, the Greatest Romaniote Gadol
A great Gadol and Posek, also mathematician; his fame in כְּלַל Klal Yisroel came from his fundamental פֵּרוּשׁ לַחֻמָּשׁ-רַשִׁ"י
Dec 26, 2023 • 1h 22min
Arafat, Hamas and Terrorism: The Aftermath of Oslo
From Rabbi Katz’ 2022-2023 Winter Lecture Series entitled “Oslo, Immigration and Assassination-The State of Israel and the Jewish People, 1992-1996”
Dec 25, 2023 • 34min
Parshas VaYechi: An Original Interpretation of Why Yehudah Got the Malchus- from the מֶשֶׁךְ חֲכָמָה
In war, there is no substitute for total victory!
Dec 22, 2023 • 1h 26min
The Israeli Offensives in the War for Independence: Brilliant Successes and Devastating Failures
From Rabbi Dr. Katz’ 2011-2012 Lecture Series entitled “The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949”
Dec 22, 2023 • 28min
Yosifon's Counterhistory of the Translation of the Torah into Greek
As a result of the translation, Pharaoh freed 150,000 Jewish slaves ( Yosifon)
