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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Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Parshas VaYelech: G-d Tells Moshe It Will All Fall Apart After He Dies 29.09.2022

Problem -solving vs. the"Blame-Game"

Three Women and the Prayers on Rosh Hashanah 25.09.2022

Is it 100 shofar blasts for Mrs. Sisera? Or is it for שָׂרָה אִמֵּנוּ ?

Isaiah's Graphic Metaphors of the Messianic Era (Haftarah Nitzavim) 23.09.2022

"Physical-Union" in the political sense and in the theological

Parshas Nitzavim: What Exactly are the נִסְתָּרוֹת וְהַנִּגְלוֹת? The Approach of Gersonides 23.09.2022

Can one successfully raise his kids to be Jewish metaphycisists?

Psalm 27 (לְדָוִד הַשֵּׁם אוֹרִי) as a Mystical Plea for Ecstatic רוּחָנִיּוּת 22.09.2022

A plea to enter the פַּרְדֵּס and not be harmed. The fruits of Torahdige meditation!

Was Shofar Blowing Moved to Before Mussaf to Accommodate the Marannos? 20.09.2022

Is the person in the Mishna walking by the shul during shofar blowing an apostate seeking his brethren?

The British Empire: R’ Katz Analyzes its Rapid Rise and Rapid Fall in Relation to Klal Yisroel 19.09.2022

The Empire accomplished a תַּפְקִיד and then disappeared

Another Tale from Old Baltimore: Henry P. Cohn and the " Yaldei Teheran" Scandal (1943) 19.09.2022

The Agudah made such a stink, the Zionists subsequently left frum Ashkenaz Jews alone

Before Elizabeth II: The Most Famous Eulogy for a Queen in Rabbinic Literature 15.09.2022

The Noda BiYehudah's remarkable hesped for the (antisemitic) Empress Maria Theresa

What Will be the Role of the Gentiles in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Ki Savo) 14.09.2022

If the messiah came tomorrow, would the non-frum want to move to Israel and become observant?

The Real Reason G-d, Not the Jews, Buried Moses 14.09.2022

Parshas Ki Savo and the Spanish Inquisition

Wanting to Repent but Addicted to a Sin - The Curved Shofar 13.09.2022

טוֹבֵל וְשֶׁרֶץ בְּיָדוֹ is also a madreiga!

Nathan Adler Sr. and Rabbi Shimon Schwab: A Baltimore Story 11.09.2022

The beginnings of the move to the right in Baltimore Orthodox Jewry

Is the Davening on the High Holidays Communal or Individualistic? 09.09.2022

The בַּעַל מְחַבֵּר שׁוּ"ת תְּשׁוּבָה מֵאַהֲבָה criticizes cantors & choirs

Isaiah Discusses the SHAME of Galus (Haftarah Ki-Seitzei) 08.09.2022

Some hunker-down and don't feel the contempt leveled against us. Others work to end Jewish statelessness

Luzzatto's מַאֲמָר עַל הָאַגָּדוֹת: Knowing the Decoding "Grid" 07.09.2022

Luzzatto's unique history of the תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה (Oral Law)

How Could the Jews Back a בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה ( Absalom) as King? (Parshas Ki Seitzei) 05.09.2022

What if a king's mother is a גִּיּוֹרֶת צֶדֶק? Would that matter?

The Very Unusual History of Prusbul: According to the Historical Reconstruction of Rabbeinu Tam 04.09.2022

Hillel crafted the Prusbul, but put it "in the freezer" to be implemented a century later!!

Isaac Leeser (1806-1868): A Noble but Tragic Figure in American Orthodox Judaism in the 19th Century 02.09.2022

Rabbi Katz analyzes the Leeser Bible, the first English translation in America

The Oldest (?) paragraph of the Shmoneh Esrei: הָשִׁיבָה שׁוֹפְטֵינוּ כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה 01.09.2022

"Save us from depression and anxiety"

Thoughts About Russia and the Jews - Occasioned by the Death of Gorbachev 31.08.2022

Gorbachev -a textbook case of לֵב שָׂרִים בְּיַד הַשֵּׁם

The Machzor Bnai Roma: One of the Oldest נֻסְחָאוֹת , Now in Danger 31.08.2022

The fascinating competition between Bavel and medieval Eretz Yisroel for primacy

The Role of the Gentiles in the Messianic Process (Haftarah Shoftim) 30.08.2022

What is the meaning of לֹא בְּחִפָּזוֹן תֵּצֵאוּ?

Parshas Shoftim: The Strange Attraction Egypt Exercises on Jews 29.08.2022

Moses' warning re: Egypt right-after the Jews had followed a "king" back to Egypt

R' Zundel Salant: The Hero of R' Yisroel Salanter & the Mussarists, a Highly-Original Person 28.08.2022

Clark Kent until his fifties, then Superman

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