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
May 24, 2022 • 32min
Limud HaTorah: Historically Considered Within the Context of Jewish Survival in a Non-Decadent Way
No group can survive in exile without a vibrant and intellectually-engaging high-culture
May 22, 2022 • 1h 15min
R' Dovid Zvi Hoffmann, Pt. 3: The Only Gadol Who Wrestles with the Arguments of Bible Criticism, Including All the Opinions of the Gentile Scholars
A מְפָרֵשׁ הַחֻמָּשׁ
May 18, 2022 • 35min
Jeremiah Does a Real-Estate Deal Just as the Churban is Seemingly About to Render Such Deals Pointless. Or Is It?
Did the Jerusalemites sell their homes to their occupiers for a song out of desperation and יֵאוּשׁ ?
May 17, 2022 • 34min
G-d is Not Only the Author, He is Also the Editor (Parshas Behar)
Ramban and the theory of the Broken Contract and a second, harsher, contract
May 16, 2022 • 29min
A Story About a Lady Who Screams at G-d, and is Rewarded (Tefilah)
Is God a "complaint-department?"
May 16, 2022 • 44min
R’ Aharon ben Chaim of Morocco (1545-1632): Author of the Korban Aharon on the Sifra
One of the best works on the halachic Midrash. A hit even with the Ashkenazic Gedolim.
May 11, 2022 • 32min
Parshas Emor: Nowadays We Have to Warn the קְטַנִּים re: the גְּדוֹלִים!
Kohen and wife: Did the רבנן convert a לָאו דְּאוֹרָיְתָא into an עֲשֵׂה מִדַּרְבָּנָן?!
May 11, 2022 • 30min
Does One Need a Class in Formal Logic to Daven Properly (חוֹבוֹת הַלְּבָבוֹת )?
יִחוּד הַשֵּׁם בַּתְּפִלָּה and it's challenges …
May 10, 2022 • 32min
Haftarah Emor: Were Gentiles Doing the עֲבוֹדָה in the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, or was It Just Bad Kohanim?
The כֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי צָדוֹק, who stayed frum when all the others went off the derech
May 9, 2022 • 55min
Secular Israeli Culture - How Did It Evolve? Is It Non-Frum or Anti-Frum?
How Jewish is the self-described Jewish state?
