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 20, 2023 • 28min
Parshas Vayikrah: Speaking to Moshe From the אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, Not From the Adjacent Mt. Sinai
The "downstairs" model replaces the "upstairs " model. Why?
Mar 19, 2023 • 47min
Yeshiva Politics from Nosson HaBavli: The Extreme Formality of the Yarchei Kallah - Gaonic Gossip
A system with it's emphasis on the public manifestation of hierarchy, as reflected in differentials in seating, money and other perks
Mar 16, 2023 • 33min
Ramban on Olam Habah as a New Physical World
Imagine a world without war, hatred, jealousy, exploitation. Where G-d is not a matter of faith but of knowledge!
Mar 14, 2023 • 28min
Haftarah Vayakhel-Pekudei: Will Korbanos and other Mitzvos Change in the Messianic Era?
Chanaya explained our Haftarah's seeming clashes with the Chumash, but we don't have it today
Mar 13, 2023 • 29min
Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei: The Human Logistics of the Fundraising Campaign (Mishkan)
Thd three month agony of Moses waiting for erecting the structure
Mar 13, 2023 • 1h 33min
A Frum Cassandra: Zorach Wahrhaftig in 1939-‘40 Lithuania
Mizrachi hatzalah activist and his role in the escape of some Litvish Jews to Japan and Shanghai
Mar 9, 2023 • 27min
Haftarah Ki Sisa: Elijah the Religious Radical - “If you are not frum, get out of here!”
He is a forerunner of American Jewish Orthodox sociology in the late 20th century
Mar 9, 2023 • 29min
Parshas Ki Sisa: The Second Tablets Contained More Than the First Tablets
After the disaster of the Golden Calf, Moshe needed more futuristic knowledge
Mar 8, 2023 • 30min
Ramban's Complicated Description of Gan Eden - The One "Downstairs" and the One "Upstairs"
For 12 months, the soul of the departed צדיק "hangs-around" the downstairs Eden, which is an actual place
Mar 8, 2023 • 37min
Gaonic Gossip: The Famous Description of the Inaugural Ceremonies of the Reish Galusah in Baghdad
The obsession with elaborate ceremony and protocol in Gaonic culture
