Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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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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Current Events: Ehud Barak, the Epstein tapes, and Ashkenazi Jewish Racism 08.02.2026 45:33

WASP = "White (Secular) Ashkenazi with Protektsia"

הפטרת פרשת יתרו תשפ"ו - The Great Hall in Heaven Filled with smoke 05.02.2026 23:50

a.) Smoke at Sinai b.) Smoke in the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur c.) Smoke in Heaven in Isaiah's Prophetic Vision

פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ 2026 - The Chronology Problem 04.02.2026 25:50

If he came after the Ten Commandments, then how long after? Immediately after? After the erecting of the Mishkan?

Genazym is auctioning the Landau Family (as in Noda BiYhudah)'s copy of the 17th century Kabbalistic classic טוּר בָּרֶקֶת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן עָרוּךְ 04.02.2026 34:00

Signed by the Noda BiYhudah himself when he was a teenager, soon to enter the Kloiz of Brody whose curriculum combined intense נִגְלֶה and נִסְתָּר.

פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ תשפ"ו חָתָן וְחוֹתֵן 03.02.2026 32:45

Fathers in laws and sons in law in the Bible

Utopia- a חידוש of the Torah 30.01.2026 30:50

Utopia is a necessary corollary of a God who is not only Omnipotent, but also Supremely Benevolent

Haftarah Parshas Beshalach 2026 - Was Yael a Judge? 27.01.2026 33:35

Was Deborah a general? Josephus' version of the story...and more

A Document of Spicy Prague Rabbinical Controversy History (From the Genazym Auction) 27.01.2026 37:53

R Shmuel Landau (son of the נוֹדַע בִּיהוּדָה) is engaged in a controversy re: the members of the Prague בֵּית דִּין, whom he accuses of violating the terms of a Prague communal foundation. The Maskilim tried to turn this into a cause célèbre Don't worry: אֶת וָהֵב בְּסוּפָה

Parshas Beshalach: What was the nature of Moshe's reputation among the Egyptians? 26.01.2026 31:08

They tried to buy him off, but it didn't work https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Ramban on the Mashiach and Messianism 26.01.2026 1:06:21

Ramban's three great works on the subject: a.) סֵפֶר הַוִּכּוּחַ b.) סֵפֶר הַגְּאֻלָּה c.) שַׁעַר הַגְּמוּל https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Genazym is offering (on Feb. 15) an autograph from R Yehonasan Eibeschutz which reflects why he was so successful as a Rosh Yeshiva 25.01.2026 33:28

R Y Eibeschutz may possibly have been the the Rosh Yeshiva with the greatest number of students in history! This letter gives an insight https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Haftarah Bo: The Invasion of Egypt By Nebuchadnezzar 23.01.2026 30:17

The strange attraction of Jews to Egypt... https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

The Institution of the Cities of Refuge 21.01.2026 22:24

Why does the Torah say that in the Messianic Era, there will be even more עָרֵי מִקְלָט?

The Holiday of the 2nd of Shvat: The Anniversary of the Death of Herod 20.01.2026 34:18

He gave orders to kill all the Gedolim when he died, in order to make sure there would be plenty of wailing and crying on the day of his death

More on Sinas Chinam in Jewish History - a reference to the destruction of the 2nd Temple 19.01.2026 37:41

Was there שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם in the era of the בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן?

Parshas Bo: When did Moses become humble? 19.01.2026 29:23

His princely/aristocratic upbringing in the Palace was not one calculated to make someone humble. Quite the opposite!

"Persian Gulf" in Chronology: Three takes on the discrepancy in Ancient Sources 16.01.2026 55:16

This is the second part of a two-part series

The Current Situation in France (Christians, Moslems, Jews) in Light of French History 13.01.2026 31:04

Divine "Chessboard": The Christians of Europe could have recaptured the Middle East centuries ago if the French had not blocked them from doing so. OTOH had that happened, Medinat Yisrael would never have come into being.

Haftarah VaEra- The Saadia-Dunash Debate (10th Century) on the Meaning of "אֲנִי עֲשִׂיתִנִי" 13.01.2026 29:31

Boastful Pharaoh will have a ridiculous death: He will be like an Alligator dropped into the Middle of the Sahara Desert!

The Jews of Bucovina, an important community in Central Europe You never heard of 12.01.2026 32:31

The remarkable and variegated Jewish Community of the capital city Czernowitz, which ran the gamut from Hasidim (Sadegur and Vishnitz) to Germanized Meshumadim ... and everything in between!

The Current Situation in Iran: Will Trump go in? I don't think so 12.01.2026 22:46

The American record of encouraging uprisings but not supporting them

Who is putting up Hitler's speeches (in English) on you tube? And why? 12.01.2026 30:01

There is a centrally-directed evil conspiracy to popularize Hitler and everything he stood for in order to attack Israel (which has benefited from the Holocaust Narrative) and to attack the Jewish People and provoke another Holocaust. Really. Such s the price of the unregulated internet...

פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא תשפ"ו - Two opposing traditions re: what language the Jews spoke in Egypt 11.01.2026 30:45

Did God speak Hebrew or did He speak Egyptian when he addressed the Jews at the Ten Commandments?

"Persian Gulf" in Chronology Part 1 : three takes on the discrepancy in ancient sources 11.01.2026 57:22

This is the first part of a two-part series

הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת תשפ"ו - A Glimpse into Isaiah's Utopia 08.01.2026 29:30

If the אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם would allow the Jews' undisputed possession of אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל and follow the highest teachings of the Torah, the Human race would enter a Utopian Era