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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Episodes
Parshas Pinchas: Strange Yichus - Pinchas, Potiphar, Shechem 09.07.2020 36:40
Pinchas elsewhere in the Bible
The Baal HaTurim, R' Yaakov ben Asher: The Private Scholar Who Wrote the Araba Turim- The Model for the Shulchan Aruch 06.07.2020 52:41
Ashkenaz scholar who moved to Spain and wrote the law code accepted by both Jewries . A wonderful encyclopedia.
Parshas Balak 2020: The Obscurities in the Account of the Punishment that Followed the Bnos Moav Story 01.07.2020 32:24
Did Moses hand the Sanhedrin? Impale them? Push them off a cliff?
R' Esriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899): The Other Great Leader of Orthodox Jewry in Germany (Besides R' Hirsch) 30.06.2020 1:55:41
The only Gaon and Rosh Yeshiva who also taught all the college courses within the walls of the yeshiva.
Korach, Moses, and the Politics of Ingratitude 25.06.2020 37:31
Moses and Samuel: What goes around comes around
Rabbi Tzirelson of Kishinev (1859-1941): Founder of Both the Mizrachi and the Agudas Yisrael 21.06.2020 58:45
One of the Most Successful Community-Rabbis in Europe
Parshas Shelach: Canaanite Consumerism? 19.06.2020 49:57
What did the spies mean when they said the Canaanites were stronger than God?
Saadia Gaon (882/892-942): Rosh Yeshiva and Founder of Medieval Haskalah 17.06.2020 56:26
Saadia Gaon climbed to the top of the yeshiva world even though he was not one of the typical.
Parshas BeHaaloscha: The Menorah as a Symbol of Moral Leadership, Not Political 11.06.2020 44:50
Sibling rivalry? Nuances of the Miriam story
R’ Yaakov Weil, the Great Ashkenazic Posek of the 15th Century 09.06.2020 55:04
A gaon who struggled to maintain and invigorate German Jewry during times of great persecution
Parshas Naso: Can Sexuality Be Divorced From Prurience? 04.06.2020 36:45
The sotah in the context of the wrestling match between Yaakov and Eisav's angel
R' Ephraim HaKohen, the Shaar Ephraim (1616-1678): From Vilna to Budapest, an Unusual Combination 03.06.2020 1:00:50
One of the great responsa writers, thanks to his son's posthumous reconstruction of his writings
A Conversation About Jewish Federations, Surveys, and "Unbiased" Statistics 03.06.2020 26:10
June 2, 2020
R’ Chaim, Brother of the Maharal (1520-1568): Profound Literary- Critic of Halakhic Literature 26.05.2020 57:51
Author of the quirky, fascinating mussar book, Sefer HaChaim, while quarantined during a pandemic
Parshas Bamidbar: The First Jewish Army in History? 22.05.2020 34:25
If they had an army, why was it wrong to send spies?
Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura (1445-1515): The "Second Rashi," the Virtuoso of Tochacha 20.05.2020 1:11:29
(The Gadol, Not the Wine)
Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: Is Recurring-Catastrophe a Basic Part of Jewish Destiny? 14.05.2020 43:07
Why does the Torah only promise MATERIAL rewards, payable in THIS world?
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever (1824-1898): "Zionism is the Antidote to Assimilation." True or Not True? 13.05.2020 2:20:02
A Gaon and Tzadik wedded to Communal Traditionalism, not Sectariaan Orthodoxy
Lag B'Omer in Meta-History and Popular Imagination 11.05.2020 39:18
Whatever happened to Mrs. Ra”ShbI?
Parshas Emor: Are Kohanim Still Holy Nowadays? 08.05.2020 43:25
What does the "porch minyan" phenomenon indicate in the current crisis?
UPDATES on Rabbi Dr. Katz's Lectures and Daily Zoom Classes 05.05.2020 12:15
Rabbi Katz's upcoming lecture series and information about joining Rabbi Katz's daily- zoom, every evening Sunday-Thursdays
Rabbi Zerach Eidlitz of Prague (1725-1780): Author of "Ohr LaYesharim," One of the Best Drasha Books 03.05.2020 54:31
Undeservedly obscure, a Torah giant whose economic wheel of fortune turned against him cruelly.
Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: What Does “קדושים תהיו” Mean Nowadays? Really 30.04.2020 54:50
Can the "Jewish Gap" in Israel be bridged? Narrowed?
The Chacham Tzvi (1656-1718): The Ashkenaz Gadol with a Sephardi Semicha 27.04.2020 1:28:03
Can an uncompromisingly honest blunt muckraker succeed in the rabbinate?
Parshas Tazria-Metzora: The House That is Tamei 24.04.2020 37:01
Dissonance between the public and the private
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