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 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
Aug 3, 2023 • 31min
The Arizal and Summum Bonum: If People Have Multiple "Souls," Which Ones Go Where?
What happens when two persons have the same relationship to a mitzvah?
Aug 2, 2023 • 59min
Tu B’Av: Is יוֹם שֶׁהֻתְּרוּ הַשְּׁבָטִים לָבֹא זֶה בָּזֶה the same as יוֹם שֶׁהֻתַּר בִּנְיָמִין
Did the corpses of ביתר remain intact (though mutilated from battle and torture)? Or was it the skeletons which survived intact?
Aug 2, 2023 • 32min
Haftarah Eikev: Did G-d Divorce the Kingdom of Yisroel (Not Judah)?
Why kind of a marriage does כלל ישראל have today with HaShem?
Aug 1, 2023 • 32min
Parshas Eikev: Why the Strange Phrase "וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת כָּל הָעַמִּים "?
Why the strange anthropormism that Hashem was "crazy in love" with the Patriarchs and Matriarchs?
Aug 1, 2023 • 1h 1min
R’ Shlomo Dovid Kahana: The Greatest Gadol of the 20th Century You Never Heard of, Part I
A Litvish Gadol who ends up as Dayan of the largest hasidic community in the world Part 1
Jul 26, 2023 • 33min
The Radbaz (Who was Big in Both נִגְלֶה וְנִסְתָּר) Describes the Rambam's Attitude Towards Gehinnom
The wicked are indeed destroyed, but not before they suffer torture
Jul 25, 2023 • 32min
Parshas VaEschanan: Moshe Says That the חֻקִּים Will Inspire the Admiration of the Gentiles. Why?
Moshe is describing the wonderfully flexible תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה of long ago
