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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Episodes
Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism and the Current Campus Riots, Pt. 2 13.05.2024 39:43
Herzl: Sometimes arrogance, self-assuredness, and chutzpa can be positive qualities
R’ Sherira Gaon on Sefer Shiur Komah: Does being a rationalist preclude a belief in mysticism? 12.05.2024 28:24
Rationalism as a check on false mysticism, but not on true mysticism
Unconditional Surrender in American History and Its Relevance to the Gaza War 08.05.2024 30:39
Learning from history, but being aware of ever-changing circumstances. Appomatox vs. the Middle East
Rationalism in Gaonic Responsa - Generated by Empirical Evidence, and Sound Theology 07.05.2024 29:25
Is every word in the Talmud true? Like the medicines? (רַב שְׁרִירָא גָּאוֹן)
Haftarah Kedoshim: The most controversial Haftarah of the year? 07.05.2024 26:27
Telling the raw truth about our history vs. not embarrassing כלל ישראל in synagogue readings - An existential tension
Parshas Kedoshim: Does one size fit all? 06.05.2024 31:22
Kedoshim Tehiyu: It's meanderings through Jewish History
Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism and the Current Campus Riots, Pt. 1 06.05.2024 39:21
The Jews in the 19th Century - Civil rights followed by Antisemitism
Rationalism (as opposed to rationality): An example from שׁוּ"ת רַב הַאי גָּאוֹן 05.05.2024 45:01
"Rhetoric" as a key tool for understanding אַגָּדוֹת חַזַ"ל
The Campus Riots' Objective: Excising Zionism from the bounds of civil discourse 03.05.2024 26:54
If Zionism is delegitimated, then violence against it becomes legitimate, if not "legal"
Haftarah Acharei Mos: The Prophet Amos and the Parable of the Sieve 02.05.2024 26:56
Are American Jews currently undergoing a "sifting" process?
Parshas Acharei Mos: Was Aharon a born אוֹהֵב שָׁלוֹם וְרוֹדֵף שָׁלוֹם, or did he become one? 01.05.2024 33:20
How was Aharon affected by the death of his sons?
The Campus Demonstrations and Anti-Semitism: Parallels between 2024 and 1391 28.04.2024 28:39
Dedicated groups of pogromists are going around from campus to campus, and nobody is noticing
Shir HaShirim and Passover - What is the Connection? 28.04.2024 36:12
The existential tension in Judaism between the mystical and the rational
The Meaning of the Dry Bones in the Prophecy of Yechezkel (Haftarah Shabbos Pesach) 26.04.2024 33:16
The story of Rebbi Yehudah ben Beseirah
Did you ever realize the slavery in Egypt commenced shortly before the birth of Moses? 22.04.2024 26:49
What is the difference between מִצְרַיִם and בֵּית עֲבָדִים?
Did the slaves view their plight from within an Egyptian pagan narrative? 21.04.2024 27:40
The Jews did not say נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע until after they were told about the בְּרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים
The שיטות that one may keep חמץ at the home of a gentile on פסח without selling it 21.04.2024 35:55
How the different opinions re: בל יראה among Rishonim reflect different Jewish השקפות on the original Passover
What were the theological perceptions of Jews on the night of Pesach? Maimonidean? Astrological? 17.04.2024 31:49
Rambam vs. שִׁדּוּד הַמַּעֲרָכוֹת
Haftarah Shabbos HaGadol: Why was it chosen? What does it have to do with Passover? 14.04.2024 26:15
Redemption has to be preceded by a great prophet, who will guide the Jews in that turbulent and complex era
Parshas Metzora: Why Did Tzaraas Cease 14.04.2024 28:56
Who won the battle between the Torah and lashon hara?
The Iran Attack on Israel: Why did Jordan help Israel shoot down the Iranian missiles? 14.04.2024 37:59
Jordan & Israel: Publicly the bitterest of enemies, privately close cooperation
What's with the debates as to how many plagues were there @the Red Sea? 12.04.2024 26:01
Did Egypt get the "full business" on the night of Passover, or at the Red Sea?
Pesach: Why was it necessary to go through the first nine plagues? 10.04.2024 33:01
A Dvar Torah from Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Moses Hess and R’ Yehosef Zechariah Stern on אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחִבַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל 09.04.2024 30:35
What is the meaning of the phrase "Love is blind" in Judaism?
Haftarah Tazria: Naaman & Elisha - A Repetition of the Abraham and Pharaoh Story? 08.04.2024 34:35
Was he already a leper, or did he get leprosy because he kidnapped the little Jewish girl (Like Hamas!)?
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