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 26, 2023 • 58min
Korach as a Leadership Type in Jewish History in the Diaspora
Gentile authorities had more to do with the Korachs than the Moshes
Jun 23, 2023 • 37min
Dvar Torah on כריתות at yahrtzeit siyum for R Katz's mother
אָשָׁם תָּלוּי -אַהֲבָה אוֹ יִרְאָה?
Jun 23, 2023 • 30min
Haftarah Korach: Why Did G-d (and Samuel) Choose the Inexperienced Saul?
Shmuel ha-Navi: A Class-Act
Jun 22, 2023 • 44min
The Burning of the Talmud in Paris on Parshas Chukas- Memory vs. History
The Pope and the Church: How they viewed the Talmud
Jun 21, 2023 • 34min
Parshas Korach: Korach and the Power of "Spin"
Are the masses existentially gullible?
Jun 20, 2023 • 46min
R’ Cordovero on the Summum Bonum- different departments of Heaven
The different הֵיכָלוֹת and their different "rewards"
Jun 19, 2023 • 55min
Capsali's History of the Turkish Empire
Why Would a Chashuva Rov Write a History of the Turks? Could the Ottoman empire be the מַלְכוּת יִשְׁמָעֵאל, last of the Four Kingdoms, followed by מָשִׁיחַ?
Jun 14, 2023 • 36min
Haftarah Shelach: Was Rachav HaZonah an Idealist or an Opportunist?
What were the results of her marriage to Joshua?
Jun 14, 2023 • 41min
Parshas Shelach: What is the Meaning of כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם?
The Jews were afraid of a long, unending, bloody struggle. Moshe does not address these fears.
Jun 12, 2023 • 57min
R’ Eliyahu Kapsali, Pt. 2: His Account of the Expulsion from Spain
What would YOU do if you had been stuck in your house during Corona with zero phones, internet, etc…?
