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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Prayer in the Mishkan: Music? Singing? Lyrics? What Happened to the Songs? 09.02.2022 30:43
Is music an essential part of prayer? For all? For some?
Why is Ezekiel Talking About the Third Temple When the Second Temple Had Not Even Been Built? (Haftarah Tetzaveh) 08.02.2022 28:20
What's the connection between a sense of profound shame and a Third (eternal) Temple?
The Tzitz - What Exactly was Its Role? The Interpretation of the Rashbam (Parshas Tetzaveh) 06.02.2022 30:59
Why was Aaron chosen to be an integral part of the ritual atonement process?
The 9th of Adar: The Sad Birthday of Talmudic מַחְלֹקֶת 06.02.2022 36:51
Rambam's narrative of how unresolvable disputes developed in the era of בֵּית שַׁמַּאי וּבֵית הִלֵּל
Rosh Chodesh Tefillah: Why Don't We Pray for Health on Rosh Chodesh? 03.02.2022 33:27
Does wine lead to prophecy, as Psalm 104 seems to suggest?
Why Did Shlomo Build the Temple With Forced Labor? Why Conscript Converts to Judaism? (Haftarah Terumah) 02.02.2022 31:17
Why did Shlomo used non-Jewish (Lebanese)? Why not imitate Moses and appeal for Jewish volunteers?
The Command to Build a Mishkan - A Response to Moshe's Request to See G-d's Face? (Parshas Terumah) 31.01.2022 30:56
Why were the tablets of the Ten Commandments never taken out of the box?
הַ"זֶרַע אֱמֶת" רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל הַכֹּהֵן מִמּוֹדֶנָּה 1723-1811 30.01.2022 1:34:11
Last of the Italian gedolim. Gave it to Napoleon straight
Is Shabbos Only for Jews or is There a Part of It That Applies to Gentiles? (Parshas Mishpatim) 27.01.2022 32:10
A gentile may not be שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת, but he should be זוֹכֵר שַׁבָּת
Chronology and the Torah: The Narration Our Parshas MIshpatim and the Debate About Whether It is in Chronological Order 26.01.2022 33:50
What did Moses write down and read to the people after the Ten Commandments?
Yishtabach: When did Hashem Choose Shirei Zimrah? (Tefillah) 25.01.2022 21:07
"הַבּוֹחֵר בְּשִׁירֵי זִמְרָה" - Why was there no music in the Mishkan?
Jeremiah Persuades Them to Free the Hebrew Slaves, But They Change Their Minds (Haftarah Mishpatim) 24.01.2022 26:28
The master too is enslaved to the system of slavery
The 23rd of Shvat: Anniversary of the פִּילֶגֶשׁ בְּגִבְעָה Tragedy 24.01.2022 37:24
The day the Tribes asked Benjamin for justice and received a negative reply
The Pri Chadash (1659-1698): "רַב חִזְקִיָּה דִּי סִילְבָה הַ"פְּרִי חָדָשׁ 23.01.2022 1:38:47
The גדול who called it as he saw it, let the chips fall where they may
The Ten Commandments in Jewish Liturgy - Two Conflicting Dynamics 20.01.2022 35:04
Is it proper to have the Ten Commandments on the ארון קודש or the פרוכת?
Isaiah and the Curse of Toxic Discourse (Haftarah Yisro) 18.01.2022 33:34
How were Isaiah's lips טָמֵא?
The History of Jewish Political (Coercive) Communities: The 150 Year Hiatus and Its Consequences 18.01.2022 55:04
Can fair coercive structures be established in our times in the frum world? Should they?
Is Unity More Important Than Mitzvah-Observance? (Parshas Yisro) 17.01.2022 33:22
Was the Torah originally supposed to be given on the Egyptian border?
Tefilin: Its Historical Context and Why it’s Integral to Tefilah? 13.01.2022 27:27
What does it mean that Tefilin represents יחודו ואחדותו?
The Water Problem in the Desert: Why Didn’t HaShem Just Make it Rain Every Day Over the Jewish camp? 13.01.2022 30:00
Was it a well? Or was it a "river" generated by the rock G-d "stood on"? A difficult story.
Was Deborah a Member of the Sanhedrin? Or a Sought-After Arbitrator? (Haftarah Beshalach) 11.01.2022 34:54
Was Yael forbidden to her husband after her involvement with Sisera?
Moses the Rhetorician (Parshas Beshalach) 10.01.2022 33:48
Why was it necessary to publicly respect that jerk Pharaoh?
The Rescue of the Belzer Rav in the Holocaust…Some Thoughts 09.01.2022 51:52
Was there a Divinely Mandated failure of leadership? Sort of like with Pharaoh?
The Events of the 2nd of Shvat 06.01.2022 35:43
The original ולמלשינים was against the Saducees
Jeremiah on the Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar (Haftarah Bo) 04.01.2022 32:00
Those who fled Israel for Egypt ran from the frying pan into the fire
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