

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

Oct 31, 2022 • 53min
R Ovadia Yosef and Edmund Burke
Rabbinical politics (in both sense of the term)

Oct 23, 2022 • 30min
Isaiah Compares the Assyrian Holocaust to a Biblical Flood
"No more floods! No more Holocausts!"

Oct 23, 2022 • 29min
The Flood - Who Won in the End G-d or the Snake? (Parshas Noach)
Why did Noah take the snake on the Ark? Would you?

Oct 21, 2022 • 33min
Is על הצדיקים a ברכה composed AFTER the preceding paragraph ( ולמלשינים )? Why the גירי הצדק?
What's with the second half re: בִּטָּחוֹן בִּגְאֻלַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל ?

Oct 19, 2022 • 39min
The Texts Debated at the Medieval Disputations Between Christians & Jews from Isaiah 42
How exactly are we Jews supposed to be a בְּרִית עִם וְאוֹר גּוֹיִים ?

Oct 19, 2022 • 36min
Parshas Bereishis: Is It the Snake or the Yetzer Hara?
What's the meaning of the Divine mandate that man and "snake" will attack each other's head & heels?

Oct 16, 2022 • 3min
Hoshana Rabbah 1946 (0ctober 16, 1946) When They Hanged the Nazi War Criminals
בַּאֲבוֹד רְשָׁעִים רִנָּה

Oct 14, 2022 • 36min
Hoshana Rabbah’s Historical Development
Does הֻשְׁעֲנָה רַבָּה mean "the day of the willows?" Or "the day of the salvation"?

Oct 13, 2022 • 29min
The shaking of the lulav in six directions. What does it mean?
A 21st century original interpretation

Oct 13, 2022 • 1h 7min
Isaac Leeser, Rabbi Rice, and the Esrogim Controversy of 1847 - A Slice of American Jewish History
The Reform Rabbi who claimed to be more observant on Sukkos than the Gaon Rabbi Rice


