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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Mar 2, 2023 • 43min
How Did They Know Heaven had Confirmed Purim (קִיְּמוּ לְמַעְלָה מַה שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ לְמַטָּה)?
Did Jews sell-themselves in an effort to escape impending death?
Mar 1, 2023 • 35min
Parshas Tetzaveh: The Moreh Nevuchim's Take on the Splendid Bigdei Kehunah
Overawe the masses and win them away from competing pagan temples. The masses go by externals, not by the inner (essential) realities.
Feb 28, 2023 • 34min
Purim: Esther’s Hidden Identity
How could Esther hide her identity when she had been married to Mordecai? The brilliant effect of כָּל אֻמָּה נִדְמְתָה לָהּ כְּאֻמָּתוֹ
Feb 22, 2023 • 26min
The Ramban's Detailed Description of the Sinner in Gehinnom - R’ Katz Discusses
Using mystical and (interestingly) psychological concepts to describe the suffering there
Feb 21, 2023 • 27min
Haftarah Terumah: Shlomo's Corvee was the Fulfillment of the Warning of שְׁמוּאֵל הַנָּבִיא
Was it really wise for Shlomo to have close (even if transactional) relations with Tyre?
Feb 21, 2023 • 25min
When was the Mishkan Commanded? During the First 40 days, or During the Third 40 days?
If the latter, when exactly during the third set of 40 days? The significance of this issue.
Feb 20, 2023 • 39min
The Controversial but Popular מַסֶּכֶת פּוּרִים (Venice 1552) from the Genazym
Auction this Sunday, Feb. 26th. R’ Katz also discusses Purim Parody, in general.
Feb 20, 2023 • 58min
Sherira Gaon and Jewish Politics in 10th Century Babylonia
The fights to keep the Gaonic yeshiva alive in the face of economic hardships and personality-clashes
Feb 17, 2023 • 29min
Haftarah Shekalim: Why Didn't the King Just Raise the Money for the Temple by Appealing to the Public?
The synagogue vs. the house minyan: בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ vs. בָּמוֹת
Feb 16, 2023 • 31min
Nahmanides on Gehinnom - Sinners Do Actually Burn in a Certain Kind of Fire. It's Not an Allegory
There's an intermediate state of existence between the physical and the metaphysical, as evidenced by the soul being inside a specific body
