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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Episodes
Jeremiah Blasts the Degeneration of the Korbanos-System to the Point of Human-Sacrifice 18.03.2022 35:03
The fascinating interpretation of The Guide to the Perplexed on Jeremiah's message in this Haftarah
Did You Notice Esther Never Actually Bows? 16.03.2022 46:10
The lingering resentment against Mordecai
Purim: The Theme of אֹנֶס in the Purim Story 15.03.2022 20:10
One of Rabbi Katz's numerous analyses of different aspects of the Purim story
Parshas Tzav: Why Does Hashem Want Presents (מְנָחוֹת)? 14.03.2022 29:20
How is the sacrifice/present system a model for inter-human conduct?
The Establishment of Public Prayer in Judaism After the Purim Story. A Coincidence? 13.03.2022 30:19
What Caused the Purim Miracle? Esther or Public Prayer?
R Shlomo Alkabetz (1505-1584). Author of the Purim Classic מָנוֹת הַלֵּוִי 13.03.2022 56:38
Author of לְכָה דּוֹדִי , probably the most famous poem in Jewish history. When Safed was "white hot"
The Famous and Controversial Piyut of אָץ קוֹצֵץ, Hated by the Maskilim 11.03.2022 32:00
When piyutim had to replace both קְרִיאַת הַתּוֹרָה וּקְרִיאַת הַהַפְטָרָה
The Amalekites Turning Themselves into Sheep - A Midrash? 09.03.2022 30:03
King Saul, Amalek, and the intrinsic chronological limitations of rationalism
Parshas Zachor and Parshas Vayikra: Contrasting the Rhetoric in Vayikra and the Rhetoric of Samuel's Criticism of Saul 09.03.2022 37:56
Did people follow the rules of וַיִּקְרָא during the period of the בָּמוֹת?
Queen Esther - Bacon or Veggies? 07.03.2022 47:03
Rabbi Katz analyzes the medieval Ashkenazic Purim custom of זֵרְעוֹנִים
The Rivam (R' Yitzchak ben Mordechai) vs. Rabbeinu Tam on the Esther Story - Teacher Disproven by Student 06.03.2022 43:57
A glimpse into tensions between “Yeshiva-Learning” and the venerable מִנְהַג אַשְׁכְּנַז in 12th century France and Germany
A Tosafistic History of the Use of the #15 in Prayer 04.03.2022 28:17
The 15 praises in Yishtabach are Moshe's 15 words of joy and relief when his financial rectitude was publicly vindicated
Parshas Pikudei: When Moshe Spoke to G-d, Why Did He Care What All the Hockers Were Saying? 03.03.2022 33:14
What did Moshe do with the surplus funds from the fundraising drive?
Why Did Shlomo Reject the Money His Father Had Amassed for Constructing the Temple? (Haftarah Pikudei) 02.03.2022 33:47
What furniture from the Mishkan did Shlomo retain in the Temple?
Ukrainian Massacres of the Jews in Uman: A Repetition of גְּזֵרוֹת תַּ"ח וְתַּ"ט 28.02.2022 38:36
Then, too, Jews were caught-up in the deadly struggle between Russians and Ukrainians
The War in Ukraine: An Analysis by Rabbi Katz in Its Historical Context and Implications for Israel 27.02.2022 47:29
Are we seeing a reversion to the "Balance -of-Power" system? How will this affect Israel?
רָאָה בְּעָנְיֵנוּ, רָפְאֵנוּ: Prayers for Health? Or for Help in Crises? 24.02.2022 27:37
What should one pray for today in light of the Russo-Ukranian war breaking out?
Who Exactly was This Guy Hiram? How Many People With That Name Were There? (Haftarah VaYakhel) 24.02.2022 35:03
Was he from שֵׁבֶט דָּן בִּזְמַן הַפֶּסֶל מִיכָה? Would that matter?
The Gold and Silver: Was It Originally From the Egyptians or From the Jews? (Parshas VaYakhel) 23.02.2022 32:38
Which gold was used for the Golden Calf, and which for the Mishkan?
Parshas VaYakhel: Was the Mishkan a Physical "Substitute" for Moshe to Steady the People? 23.02.2022 36:13
Naming the grandson of Chur as project manager was a piece of fundraising genius
The 16th of Adar: An Enigmatic Date in Megilas Taanis….R’ Katz Speculates 20.02.2022 39:17
How would the triumph of Mordecai have affected the king's hostile policy re: Jerusalem and the Temple?
Compare & contrast Moshe and Eliyahu on how they dealt with idolatry 18.02.2022 31:01
Why is this the haftorah, and not the story of the reappearance of the Golden Calf in the time of Jeroboam?
G-d Shows Moses How to Pray and How He Likes to be Prayed to (Tefilah) 17.02.2022 31:57
The two meanings of מָקוֹם I'm the context of prayer
The Golden Calf: Who Exactly Made It? (Parshas Ki Sisa) 16.02.2022 43:15
Why does Moses tell them to run around the Jewish community and kill at will?
R’ Moshe Feinstein: How Come the אִגְּרוֹת מֹשֶׁה Took-Off Where So Many Others Did Not? 15.02.2022 42:34
Rare case of responsa writer who was an actual folk-hero
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