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
Sep 13, 2022 • 28min
Wanting to Repent but Addicted to a Sin - The Curved Shofar
טוֹבֵל וְשֶׁרֶץ בְּיָדוֹ is also a madreiga!
Sep 11, 2022 • 1h 29min
Nathan Adler Sr. and Rabbi Shimon Schwab: A Baltimore Story
The beginnings of the move to the right in Baltimore Orthodox Jewry
Sep 9, 2022 • 38min
Is the Davening on the High Holidays Communal or Individualistic?
The בַּעַל מְחַבֵּר שׁוּ"ת תְּשׁוּבָה מֵאַהֲבָה criticizes cantors & choirs
Sep 8, 2022 • 34min
Isaiah Discusses the SHAME of Galus (Haftarah Ki-Seitzei)
Some hunker-down and don't feel the contempt leveled against us. Others work to end Jewish statelessness
Sep 7, 2022 • 40min
Luzzatto's מַאֲמָר עַל הָאַגָּדוֹת: Knowing the Decoding "Grid"
Luzzatto's unique history of the תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה (Oral Law)
Sep 5, 2022 • 38min
How Could the Jews Back a בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה ( Absalom) as King? (Parshas Ki Seitzei)
What if a king's mother is a גִּיּוֹרֶת צֶדֶק? Would that matter?
Sep 4, 2022 • 47min
The Very Unusual History of Prusbul: According to the Historical Reconstruction of Rabbeinu Tam
Hillel crafted the Prusbul, but put it "in the freezer" to be implemented a century later!!
Sep 2, 2022 • 1h 1min
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868): A Noble but Tragic Figure in American Orthodox Judaism in the 19th Century
Rabbi Katz analyzes the Leeser Bible, the first English translation in America
Sep 1, 2022 • 29min
The Oldest (?) paragraph of the Shmoneh Esrei: הָשִׁיבָה שׁוֹפְטֵינוּ כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה
"Save us from depression and anxiety"
Aug 31, 2022 • 53min
Thoughts About Russia and the Jews - Occasioned by the Death of Gorbachev
Gorbachev -a textbook case of לֵב שָׂרִים בְּיַד הַשֵּׁם
