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 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
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.
