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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Aug 17, 2023 • 30min
Rosh Chodesh Elul: Why is There a זֵכֶר for the Third Round of 40 Days, But Not for the Second?
Which round was תְּשׁוּבָה מִיִּרְאָה , and which was תְּשׁוּבָה מֵאַהֲבָה?
Aug 17, 2023 • 1h 24min
Abraham Drabkin (1844-1927): A Reform Rabbi in Czarist Russia?
From Volozhin to the JTS of Breslau to the Great Synagogue of St. Petersburg, Reform Russian style
Aug 15, 2023 • 30min
Isaiah Says Only הקב"ה Can Provide Genuine Comfort for All the Sufferings of the Jews Down the Ages
Haftarah Shoftim: Genuine אֱמוּנָה requires seeing נִקְמַת מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה
Aug 14, 2023 • 31min
The Drashos HaRan on Analyzing the Distinction Between Shoftim and Kings
R’ Katz distinguishes between courts who administered the justice of the original תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה and their later successors
Aug 14, 2023 • 57min
The Great R’Shlomo Dovid Kahana, Pt. 3: Spirited out of the Warsaw Ghetto to Rav of the Old City
The mammoth Aguna crisis in the aftermath of the Holocaust
Aug 9, 2023 • 30min
Parshas Re'eh and Jewish History: The Existential Tension in Jewish History Between the Centralizers and the Decentralizers
Moses' Stark Admonition That Everything is Either a Blessing or a Curse; Nothing is Neutral
Aug 8, 2023 • 23min
Kabbalist Questions (Summum Bonum): The Consequences of Stating That the Soul is a חֵלֶק אֱלֹהַּ מִמַּעַל
If the soul "reunites " with G-d, then we are way beyond שְׂכַר וְעֹנֶשׁ
Aug 7, 2023 • 29min
Haftarah Re’eh: Isaiah Envisions a World Where G-d Tells the Jews Which Minhag He Likes
The Arabs make peace with Israel when all other options fail...
Aug 6, 2023 • 33min
Parshas Re'eh: What is the Meaning of לְשִׁכְנוֹ תִדְרְשׁוּ וּבָאתָ שָׁמָּה?
How exactly did they later discover the site of the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ? After all, it is not stated in the חֻמָּשׁ?
Aug 6, 2023 • 60min
R' Shlomo Dovid Kahana, Pt. 2: Warsaw and Its Yeshivas
The diastrous effects of WW 1 on religiosity, and the efforts to respond to the crisis in Warsaw
