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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Shabbos Shuva Announcement: The Relationship Between Yom Kippur and Repentance- A Short History 10.09.2021 1:27
Some surprising observations
Rosh HaShanah: Why is שְׁבָרִים "Male"? Why is תְּרוּעָה "Female"? 06.09.2021 35:56
On the day of Creation, did G-d do נְשִׁימָה אַחַת or שְׁתֵּי נְשִׁימוֹת?
Which Tekios are the Ones Which Confuse Satan? - The Baal HaMaor and The Raavad 05.09.2021 32:02
A historical suggestion of the בַּעַל הַמָּאוֹר and the vituperative criticism of the Raavad
Scratching Beneath the Surface of the Debate About Blowing Shofar During the Silent Amidah 03.09.2021 29:24
Was blowing nine blasts originally an anti-Saducee act? Were they blown all at once?
How Did Christianity Become Identified with Edom? (Haftarah Nitzavim) 02.09.2021 35:06
The ibn Ezra on the first Christians. Why Does Edom Have to Be Destroyed?
Parshas Nitzavim: Moses Fears That Nostalgia for Egypt May Trump 40 Years of Miracles in the Desert 01.09.2021 38:41
What are the "hidden" and "revealed" things to which Moses refers?
Rabbi Dr. Bernard Illowy (1814-1871): The Only Talmid Chacham in Mid-19th Century America, Other Than Rabbi Abraham Rice 01.09.2021 1:21:51
Superbly educated, highly-gifted, a brilliant-success, a tragic failure
The Shofar Mystery: How Did Rabbi Avahu Get the Jewish people to Change the Way They Had Always Blown Shofar? 26.08.2021 39:00
Rambam says the Jews forgot how to blow shofar. How exactly does he understand this to have happened?
Utopia on Steroids: The Glorious Future Predicted By the Prophet Isaiah (Haftarah Ki Savo) 25.08.2021 32:02
If you could create a Utopia, what would it look like? Isaiah's?
A History of the Piyutim Controversies: The Classic Debates About Adding Piyutim to the Liturgy 25.08.2021 52:10
The critics of Kaliri vs. the defenders -famous Gedolim, all of them.
Parshas Ki Savo: Is the Speech We Read Identical With the One Delivered By Moses? Or is It Edited? 23.08.2021 37:34
Why does the end of the Tochachah describe a national psychological depression?
Selichos: Its Origins and Evolution - Several Completely Different Paradigms 22.08.2021 40:00
Liturgical creativity? Musical creativity? Reflections of different communities.
Isaiah's Prophecy: The Childless Woman Suddenly Has Five Sets of Triplets! (Haftarah Ki Seitzei) 19.08.2021 23:04
The great blessing of putting a negative past in proper perspective
Elul, Pt. 2: The Ran on the Original Elul - Did the Jews Pray? Or Just Moses? 19.08.2021 29:18
The Jews (some of them) began to "crack" after 30 days in the original Elul. This became Rosh HaShanah
T’kah Bshofar Gadol:Shofar As Audial Wakeup Call, Flag As Visual Wakeup Call. What's the Difference? 18.08.2021 30:39
Can a Jew live in Israel and still be in galus?
Parshas Ki Seitzei: The Strange Law About the Captive Woman. 18.08.2021 39:09
An exception to the prohibition of intermarriage (הָאַבְנֵי מִלּוּאִים)?
The Maharil: " Mr. Ashkenazi Minhag" 17.08.2021 56:48
The "normal"posek and friend of the victimized Jewish woman
Elul, Pt.1: What Exactly Happened That Original Elul? 12.08.2021 31:56
Did Moshe want new tablets? Or the magical reconstitution of the first ones?
Parshas Shoftim: How Can You Raise an Army If You Let All the "Chickens" Leave? 11.08.2021 34:05
The difference between"heroes" and "suckers"
Will Jews Be Nostalgic for Galus When Returning to Israel in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Shoftim) 11.08.2021 34:15
Are you "drunk but not from wine"? What's YOUR addiction?
רַבִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִיסֶרְלַיין בַּעַל "תרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן Super charisma in the wake of holocaust 10.08.2021 1:00:52
One of the greatest figures of the 15th century and afterwards. Hero-worshiped.
Parshas Shoftim: Moses' Seemingly Confusing Political System 10.08.2021 34:40
Is prophecy really the result of a failure of nerve (or imagination) at Sinai?
Elul and the Connection Between the Arei Miklat (Tefillah) 08.08.2021 29:06
Was the Arizal referring to the time of Elul? Or to the three daily prayers of Elul?
Krias Shema: The Most Demanding of Prayers? 05.08.2021 35:26
Do non-Jews have to believe in one G-d the same way as the Jews?
Will There Be Anti-Semitism in the Messianic Era? (Haftarah Re'eh) 05.08.2021 36:35
Do the Jews have survival skills? Or is it all simply Divine Providence?
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