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
Jun 2, 2022 • 36min
Parshas Bamidbar: Recruiting an Army That was Not Destined to Fight
Why did they build a Mishkan if they were about to conquer Israel and build a Temple in Jerusalem?
Jun 1, 2022 • 32min
Habakkuk: The Gog-Magog Assault on the Messiah, and the Divine Intervention
When G-d Showed Up at Sinai, Where was He Coming From?
May 31, 2022 • 29min
Answering A. Gluck's Question: Why Has Davka Limud-HaTorah Been the Glue? (Shavuos Pt. II)
Somehow, the Talmud Bavli (and nothing else) gained universal acceptance
May 30, 2022 • 36min
The Famous and Beautiful אַזְהָרוֹת Poem of ibn Gabirol, Traditionally Tecited on Shavuos (Tefilah)
The controversies this poem generated among the Rishonim of the Middle Ages
May 30, 2022 • 32min
Shavuos, Pt. I: Two Models of קַבָּלַת הַתּוֹרָה - First day of שבועות vs. Second Day
כָּפָה עֲלֵיהֶם הַר כְּגִיגִית vs. Ruth
May 29, 2022 • 1h 21min
R’ Dovid Tzvi Hoffman, Pt. 4: Historian of the Mishna
Bible Criticism is treife, but Mishna Criticism is kosher - Hoffmann
May 29, 2022 • 31min
Yom Yerushalayim: Thinking About the Shalosh Shavuos and the Day
What is the meaning of שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁתַּעְבְּדוּ בָּהֶן בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹתֵר מִדַּאי ?
May 26, 2022 • 26min
The Future Redemption: Why Will It Be More Impressive Than the Exodus from Egypt? (Haftarah Bechukosai)
A snippet of chapters 16 & 17 of Jeremiah. One should really read all of both chapters.
May 25, 2022 • 37min
Does G-d Remember the Kindnesses the Patriarchs Performed for Him? Or Those He Performed for THEM ?
The מֶשֶׁךְ חֲכָמָה on תַּמָּה זְכוּת אָבוֹת and the first paragraph of the שמונה עשרה
May 25, 2022 • 32min
Was the Holocaust Indeed the Tochacha? - An Analysis (Parshas Bechukosai)
The theme of קֶרִי. The interesting inability of modern Jews to react religiously to the Shoah.
