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
May 15, 2023 • 40min
Three Items from the Era of Sabbatean Fights (Genazym)
Original Manuscript of סֵפֶר "שָׁרְשֵׁי שֵׁמוֹת" מֵהָרֶמֶ"ז, and two original classics from the Emden-Eibeschutz fights: לֻחוֹת עֵדוּת" וְ"סֵפֶר שִׁמּוּשׁ"
May 15, 2023 • 1h
Abraham Benveniste (15th Century): Restored Yiddishkeit to a Bleeding Spanish Jewry
He used his relationship with PM Alvaro de Luna to help his suffering fellow Jews
May 12, 2023 • 1h 1min
Genazym Offers a חומש from Prague from the בַּעַל שׁוּ"ת תְּשׁוּבָה מֵאַהֲבָה & His Close Catholic Friend
the Austrian Censor Carolus Fischer, the only copy the Austrian courts trusted that a Jew wouldn't lie
May 10, 2023 • 59min
A Venetian Jewish MD and Spy in the 17th Century, Liked by Both Sides
Israel Conegliano, a graduate of Padua, a fum Jew, physician to the highest Turkish officials, and a brilliant diplomat
May 9, 2023 • 31min
The Prophet Jeremiah attacks syncretism & demands radical severance from paganism
The gentiles say, "Our religion was completely false." What about the Jews?
May 9, 2023 • 31min
Bechukosai: The Historical Significance of וְאֶתְכֶם אֶזָּרֶה בַּגּוֹיִם
The negative effects of the lack of geographic contiguity in גלות in Jewish history
May 8, 2023 • 36min
Lag B'Omer: Why was Only R’ Akiva's Yeshiva Hit?
If they died every day, why didn't they repent? Why did all of them fail to modify their behavior, even as they all died?
May 7, 2023 • 53min
Genazym Offers the Notorious Giustiniani Edition of the Rambam, a Capitalist Fight of Long Ago
Giustiniani and מהר"ם פדובה played commercial hardball against each other, with disaster to all
May 7, 2023 • 29min
The Coronation of King Charles III: What is the Role of a King in Jewish Thought?
Thoughts on אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם and the Coronation in London
May 5, 2023 • 1h 16min
Rabbi Isaac Cantarini of Padua (1644-1723), Rov & MD, and the pogrom of 1684
The "Purim of Padua (or Buda)". His סֵפֶר "פַּחַד יִצְחָק " on a pogrom, Venetian-style
