Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
To help support this podcast, please consider giving a tax deductible contribution here: https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatzRabbi 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.
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Jul 9, 2026
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Confession on Yom Kippur: Competing Sensibilities 07.10.2024 26:16
How Halachic literature contends with the twists and turns of fallible Human Nature
Yom Kippur and the Oct. 7th Massacres: R' Katz Responds to a Query 06.10.2024 30:48
"How do we face another Yom Kippur full of forebodings ever since last year?'
Haftarah Ha'azinu: The Power of Words 02.10.2024 25:37
Humans are unique in a.) Brains b.) Speech
Parshas Ha'azinu: The speech of Moshe to the elites (having given up on the masses) 02.10.2024 32:42
Guide the masses to the correct interpretation of events. Don't leave it up to them!
An Analysis of the Current Israeli Invasion of South Lebanon 01.10.2024 18:29
The area is full of tunnels, but the IDF has learned tunnel warfare over the course of the past year
R' Katz speculates on the historical origin of the custom of blowing the shofar to confuse the Satan 30.09.2024 28:29
Is it so that the Satan won't prosecute? Or is it to help you have proper concentration during Musaf Shemoneh Esrei?
The Historical Background of the Dispute Between the Geonim and the Rambam on the Break in the Tradition of What the Teruah is 26.09.2024 33:04
The very different biographies of Hai Gaon and Maimonides
R' Katz analyzes the current situation in the Middle East 25.09.2024 30:38
Israel is worried about an attack on the Yomim Tovim (actually, all of us should be awake to this danger)
Haftarah Nitzavim-VaYelech: The United Nations will Applaud Israel ... in the Messianic Era! 25.09.2024 22:48
Until then, a "vengeance-list" is being prepared in Heaven
Parshas Nitzavim-VaYelech: Above all, Moshe fears the hypocrites in his audience 25.09.2024 25:54
Can one control one's thoughts?
The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 2: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century 23.09.2024 53:02
A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity
Tekiah Teruah Tekiah: Joy, Weeping, Joy: Symbolism in the Ritual 20.09.2024 28:03
R' Katz speculates on the עָרוּךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן and his take on the תְּקִיעוֹת
Haftarah Parshas Ki Savo - Isaiah paints the Jewish Utopia 19.09.2024 24:29
In the Messianic era, antisemitism will cease, the Jews will be on top, and all of mankind will enjoy peace, prosperity, and enlightenment
The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 1: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century 18.09.2024 51:21
A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity
Parshas Ki Savo: The Terrible Tochecha - Why is Devarim's worse than VaYikra's? 18.09.2024 26:20
Moses is addressing the victorious soldiers of three recent wars
Haftarah Ki Seitzei: The woman who medically could not bear children suddenly has sextuplets! 12.09.2024 31:00
The Jewish People are עֲקוּרָה, uprooted from their native soil, but they will recover it!
Thoughts on the curved shofar vs. the straight shofar 11.09.2024 31:00
R Katz analyzes the evolution of Rosh Hashanah over the millennia into its current universal form
Parshas Ki Seitzei: Amalek in Our Parsha and the Attack on October 7 10.09.2024 29:41
פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא: זְכִירַת עֲמָלֵק בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה
The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 2 09.09.2024 58:49
The richie-rich network in action
Haftarah Parshat Shoftim: Redemption comes to a battered and bloodied Jewish People 06.09.2024 29:16
Bittersweet - A Glorious Geulah, but a depressed Jewish People scarred by their sufferings in galus
Parshas Shoftim: The False Prophet in Jewish History 06.09.2024 34:41
The Institutions (Monarchy, Judiciary, Priesthood) vs. Prophecy, which is individualized
The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 1 04.09.2024 52:25
When all Jews with influence (unlike today) joined together for the sake of Klal Yisroel
Elul and the Current Situation in the State of Israel 02.09.2024 29:23
אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי - Is that בֵּין אָדָם לַמָּקוֹם? Or בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ?
Haftorah Parshas Re'eh - The glorious house with the diamond chandeliers 30.08.2024 24:07
Isaiah foresees a world without terrorism!
Pirkei Avos - אַל תַּעַשׂ תְּפִלָּתְךָ קֶבַע 28.08.2024 28:06
What is the historical context of prayer at the time of R' Shimon bar Yochai?
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