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
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…?
Jun 11, 2023 • 35min
Summum Bonum: The Style of the Kabbalists in Relating to All the Differing Chazals on Olam Haba, etc
Beginning the discussion on this complex matter
Jun 11, 2023 • 35min
The 20th of Sivan: R’ Katz Analyzes Some Cossack Massacres from the Perspective of 2023
When the Cossacks persuaded the Poles to betray the Jews, but were themselves then betrayed & killed by the Cossacks
Jun 8, 2023 • 31min
Haftarah BeHaaloscha: What will the gentiles do in the Messianic Era?
Judaism is about monotheism, but also about the inalienable superiority of עם ישראל, which is not so easy to "swallow "
Jun 7, 2023 • 39min
Parshas BeHaaloscha: Did Moshe Marry an Ethiopian גִּיּוֹרֶת after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה?
Did all the aunts married to nephews divorce after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה ?
Jun 6, 2023 • 57min
R’ Elyahu Kapsali (1480-1550): A Rare Case of a Rov Who was Also a Historian
Wrote history books during a "Covid type quarantine " in Crete to keep his sanity
Jun 5, 2023 • 38min
Intro to Cordovero (רמ"ק הקדוש) on the Summum Bonum
R’ Katz discusses the historical background of the Kabbalistic writings of the רמ"ק
Jun 1, 2023 • 33min
Parshas Naso: Some Thoughts re: The approach of HaRav Gershon Edelstein, זצ"ל
What is the sociological meaning of expelling undesirables from "the מַחֲנֶה"?
