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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Haftarah Yisro:Unlike Moshe, the prophetic experience of יְשַׁעְיָהוּ is a mediated one 01.02.2024 31:33
Characterized by the presence of others (מַלְאָכִים) and a smoke-filled room
The Famous R’ Yehudah Moscato of 16th Century Italy: A Recently Discovered Remarkable Episode 31.01.2024 53:31
Arrested by the Duke and tortured for trying to prevent a Jew from converting. It's like a novel!
Parshas Yisro: Was Yisro a good guy? The arguments in favor 30.01.2024 33:15
When you swear by G-d, and then G-d says you don't have to keep your oath.
Moshe Rabbenu: Intellectual or Emotional? 29.01.2024 38:02
Two schools of thought re: the uniqueness of Moses, particularly in connection with the receiving of the Torah
Parshas Yisro: What is the meaning of the babyish truculence of the Jews at the Red Sea? 28.01.2024 33:39
Why does Moshe (and G-d!) indulge their truculence?
Parshas Beshalach: The Connection Between Circumcision and Krias Yam Suf 22.01.2024 33:27
Removing עָרְלַת הַגּוּף symbolizes the drive to remove עָרְלַת הַלֵּב
Haftarah Bo: The Two Babylonian iInvasions of Egypt? Who Cares? 19.01.2024 31:07
A foreshadowing of Word War III on the Messianic Era and the collapse of belief systems
R’ Mordecai Banet (1753-1829): Chief Rabbi of Moravia 18.01.2024 1:15:09
Rare case of "poor boy" who rose to the top of the Rabbinic and Torah world's.
Parshas Bo: Why Exactly is Moses Commanded לַחֲלֹק כָּבוֹד לַמַּלְכוּת? 17.01.2024 27:08
A powerful Pharaoh was a necessary component of a successful יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם
Parshas Bo: What does G-d mean when He says He will punish the gods of Egypt? 16.01.2024 30:26
Is there any reality to the gods of Egypt? How could there be?
The Famous Yad Malachi of Livorno (1700-1771) 12.01.2024 1:33:17
R ‘ Malachi Cohen and his wonderful encyclopedia, a long time favorite for "cheaters '
What is Going on With the Conversation re: אֶהיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה? (Parshas VaEra) 10.01.2024 29:21
Why is the name immediately changed to just אֶהְיֶה?
Ezekiel: Egypt will suffer because it cynically & unscrupulously"played" Israel and Judah 10.01.2024 31:22
Abarbanel: Egypt will be invaded and devastated by Christians in the אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים
Parshas VaEra: How Did the Jews Maintain Their Family Units Under Slavery ? 09.01.2024 30:16
Did they view the mistakes of the story of Joseph & brothers as an abject lesson?
The UN Vote to Recognize the State of Israel, and the Arabs and Jews Prepare for War 09.01.2024 1:15:08
“After the Hurricane: The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949” - Rabbi Katz’ 2011-2012 Winter Lecture Series
Haftarah Shmos: Isaiah Blasts the Drunken Tyrants of the Northern Kingdom 04.01.2024 34:17
They imitated King Solomon's vices, but not his virtues!
Parshas Shmos: If they had yeshivos in Egypt, why did most Jews go off the derech? 03.01.2024 33:20
What was their conception of deity, anyway, if they believed in Hashem at the same time they believed in Egyptian gods?
Galus as a Core Component of Judaism and Jewish history 01.01.2024 28:18
The effects of the galus in Egypt: similar to today?
American Judaism a Century Ago (1880-1950)- Some Thoughts 01.01.2024 48:25
Why did Orthodox Judaism fail so miserably in old America?
Parshas VaYechi: Joseph's class-act in burying Jacob next to Leah 27.12.2023 35:37
Although Leah is in מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, it is Rachel's tomb in Bethlehem that captures the imagination of the Jewish People
Haftarah VaYechi: David is Enraged at Joab. Why, Exactly? 27.12.2023 44:03
Joab, to save his own life, revealed David's secret order to arrange the death of Uriah but make it look like accident
R’ Eliyahu Mizrachi of Istanbul, the Greatest Romaniote Gadol 26.12.2023 1:14:12
A great Gadol and Posek, also mathematician; his fame in כְּלַל Klal Yisroel came from his fundamental פֵּרוּשׁ לַחֻמָּשׁ-רַשִׁ"י
Arafat, Hamas and Terrorism: The Aftermath of Oslo 26.12.2023 1:21:34
From Rabbi Katz’ 2022-2023 Winter Lecture Series entitled “Oslo, Immigration and Assassination-The State of Israel and the Jewish People, 1992-1996”
Parshas VaYechi: An Original Interpretation of Why Yehudah Got the Malchus- from the מֶשֶׁךְ חֲכָמָה 25.12.2023 34:11
In war, there is no substitute for total victory!
The Israeli Offensives in the War for Independence: Brilliant Successes and Devastating Failures 22.12.2023 1:25:52
From Rabbi Dr. Katz’ 2011-2012 Lecture Series entitled “The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949”
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