

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

Feb 16, 2023 • 53min
A יְרוּשַׁלְמִי שְׁקָלִים from the Famous Bomberg ש"ס of the 1520s - For Sale at Genazym
From the original edition of the בַּבְלִי וִירוּשַׁלְמִי in Renaissance Venice, with its strange history

Feb 15, 2023 • 28min
The unscrupulous "richie-riches" free the Hebrew slaves whom they have held too long
But discover they are addicted to the slavery-system and forcibly repossess them, engraging Hashem

Feb 13, 2023 • 31min
The connection between the מִשְׁפָּטִים and the Yisro incident
Who gets the better of whom? The lender or the borrower who becomes an עֶבֶד עִבְרִי?

Feb 13, 2023 • 1h 6min
R’ Judah Mintz (1405 -1508), Who Turned Padua into the "Lakewood " of Italy
Famous for his responsa, and for his controversies over halachic matters

Feb 10, 2023 • 33min
Ramban's Theory of the Sumum Bonum
Differs from the view of Maimonides. Olam Haba will occur here on physical earth

Feb 8, 2023 • 31min
Isaiah's Vision of G-d Seated on a Throne etc. Subjective Reality vs. Objective Reality
Stubbornness is a great crime in spirituality

Feb 8, 2023 • 1h
Chaim Grade (1910-1982): Some Thoughts About the Yiddish Novelist
A brilliant novelist who consistently "bet on the wrong horse." Atheist who learned with the Chazon Ish.

Feb 6, 2023 • 34min
What exactly did Yisro mean that Moshe should be מוּל הָאֱלֹהִים ?
What is the meaning of נָבוֹל תִּבֹּל?

Feb 6, 2023 • 1h 11min
Eliyahu HaBachur HaAshkenazi (1470-1549)
Author of famous grammar works, but also of the original "Bava Maaseh"
אֵלִיָּהוּ בָּחוּר הָאַשְׁכְּנַזִּי הֲכִי גָּדוֹל בְּדִקְדּוּק

Feb 6, 2023 • 1h 5min
The Aftermath of the Maimonidean Controversies, Lecture 7 of 7
From Rabbi Katz’ Summer 2022 Lecture Series, “Fundamental Disagreement:
The Maimonidean Controversies
Of the Middle Ages”


