Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
By Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
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Rabbi 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.
Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz Sep 13, 2021
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What were the theological perceptions of Jews on the night of Pesach? Maimonidean? Astrological?
Rambam vs. שִׁדּוּד הַמַּעֲרָכוֹת
Apr 17, 202431:49
Haftarah Shabbos HaGadol: Why was it chosen? What does it have to do with Passover?
Redemption has to be preceded by a great prophet, who will guide the Jews in that turbulent and complex era
Apr 14, 202426:15
Parshas Metzora: Why Did Tzaraas Cease
Who won the battle between the Torah and lashon hara?
Apr 14, 202428:57
The Iran Attack on Israel: Why did Jordan help Israel shoot down the Iranian missiles?
Jordan & Israel: Publicly the bitterest of enemies, privately close cooperation
Apr 14, 202437:60
What's with the debates as to how many plagues were there @the Red Sea?
Did Egypt get the "full business" on the night of Passover, or at the Red Sea?
Apr 12, 202426:01
Pesach: Why was it necessary to go through the first nine plagues?
A Dvar Torah from Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Apr 10, 202433:01
Moses Hess and R’ Yehosef Zechariah Stern on אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחִבַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל
What is the meaning of the phrase "Love is blind" in Judaism?
Apr 09, 202430:36
Haftarah Tazria: Naaman & Elisha - A Repetition of the Abraham and Pharaoh Story?
Was he already a leper, or did he get leprosy because he kidnapped the little Jewish girl (Like Hamas!)?
Apr 08, 202434:36
Parshas Tazria: If the marchers for Hamas were stricken with צרעת, would they change?
This parsha is a fascinating study in human psychology
Apr 07, 202428:21
משך חכמה על "בשעה שיש מצה ומרורים (לא הפסח!) מונחים לפניך"
What if the Cananites (Amorites) had repented at the time of Moses, as Ninveh did later?
Apr 05, 202429:41
Pesach: The Original Passover, the Plague of Darkness, & the Din of מְנוּיִים
What if 15 million had left Egypt?
Apr 03, 202429:07
Italian Jewry and Playing Tennis on Shabbos and Yom Tov
Famous responsa from R’ Moshe Provenzalo & Leone Modena
Apr 02, 202447:48
The Arab tactic of demonstrating in front of synagogues in America
Going after Israel's "support" system. The need for Jewish counter-tactics
Apr 01, 202424:57
Haftarah HaChodesh: The prophecy of Ezekiel includes crowd and traffic control
The Temple is a place for both a public worship experience as well as as private one
Apr 01, 202426:38
Parshas Shmini: A reason for the deaths of Aaron's two sons
Nadav & Avihu couldn't make the adjustment from halfway-up Sinai to the Mishkan
Apr 01, 202427:13
מִי הוּא הַ"נָשִׂיא" בְּהַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ?
Does Ezekiel see the Third Temple as evolving along the historical lines of the Second? Particularly the Hasmonean נָשִׂיא?
Mar 31, 202429:32
Parshas Shmini: What is the meaning of the statement that Nadav & Avihu were שְׁתוּיֵי יַיִן?
The Kashrus Laws: The difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law
Mar 31, 202427:26
Haftarah Parah: The Strictly Ceremonial Nature on an Individual Level in Terms of Taharah
On a national level, purification can come solely through repentance
Mar 29, 202431:59
Parshas Tzav: The concept of sacrifice in the Temple, as well as in the current war in Gaza
Confession: 1.) Contrition 2.) Moral clarity!
Mar 27, 202427:56
An Analysis of the Current State of the Gaza War and Its Fallout, by Rabbi Katz
Like Hitler, Hamas understands what a powerful weapon is antisemitism, which trumps all other considerations
Mar 27, 202428:34
R’ Yehuda Brieli of Mantua 17th century -Another Italian גָּדוֹל -צַדִּיק-מַשְׂכִּיל
Champion of Judaism against Catholicism & Sabbateanism, expert in the classics, and a great פּוֹסֵק
Mar 25, 202456:51
Purim Mesiba 2024
Enjoy....
Mar 25, 202401:13:47
Purim: Why was it Esther (not Mordechai) who pressured the חכמים to make Purim a holiday?
Mordecai - member of Sanhedrin and general in the Persian army. Not the typical גדול!
Mar 21, 202433:15
Parshas VaYikra: The Primarily Educative Nature of the Korbanos
The meaning of the phrase: the world 's existence depends on the korbanos.
Mar 20, 202431:21
Haftarah Zachor: Exactly why did Saul spare Agag, after wiping out his people?
Why is Saul later killed by an Amalekite?
Mar 20, 202423:40
The Baltimore Background to the Billion Dollar Gift to Einstein Medical School
What happens when one spouse is Orthodox and the other Reform? An "Old Baltimore" tale
Mar 19, 202438:28
The Letter of Haman: Its demonization of Jews and ordering their death
Haman's spinning of the Biblical narrative to make the Jews look bad, just like Hamas propaganda today
Mar 18, 202427:18
Purim and Parshas VaYikra: What's Up With the Angels, the Korbanos, and Vashti?
Reading the megillah in a two-tiered fashion ( הַמֶּלֶךְ)
Mar 17, 202429:19
The Consequences of Jewish Disunity and Irresponsibility During the Current War
What provoked Schumer's speech? Do Israelis care about the USA and its interests?
Mar 15, 202427:04
Why is Purim not on the day of the victorious fight, but on the day after?
R Katz suggests a chronology of the historical development of the acceptance of the holiday of Purim
Mar 15, 202432:50
R’ Moshe Provenzalo of Renaissance Italy (Mantua)
Great Italiani gaon, whose rabbinical opponents tried to get him fired by his own בַּעֲלֵי בָּתִּים
Mar 13, 202452:01
Haftarah Pekudei: Why did Shlomo stash-away his father's gold?
Why the extra (and indeed omnipresent) cherubs and pictures of cherubs all over the Temple?
Mar 11, 202433:51
Parshas Pekudei: When is a Mishkan a Full-Blown Mishkan? And When is it Just a Glorified בָּמָה?
The strange history of the 71 years of הֶתֵּר הַבָּמוֹת
Mar 11, 202434:48
Recent Trends in Antisemitism in America - An Analysis by R’ Katz
The bad guys are trying to change PC to say it is ok, indeed correct, to be anti-Semitic.
Mar 06, 202430:20
The מַחְבֶּרֶת of Menachem Ben Siruk- The New Edition of This Tragic 10th Century classic
The first real Hebrew dictionary, dissed by jealous rivals, used by Rashi and defended by Rabbenu Tam
Mar 05, 202401:00:01
Haftarah VaYakhel: Hiram of Tyre, King Solomon's " Michaelangelo?"
Solomon's pragmatism in building the Temple: Good move or bad?
Mar 04, 202436:22
Parshas VaYakhel: Why Make Keruvim After the Fiasco of the Golden Calf?
The story of the three material objects: The שִׁבְרֵי לוּחוֹת רִאשׁוֹנוֹת, the עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב , and the כְּרוּבִים
Mar 03, 202432:31
Parshas Ki Sisah: What ever happened to the tablets Moshe shattered?
What happened to the wooden box Moshe constructed for those three months?
Mar 01, 202432:25
The 1555 Edition of HaChasid Yavetz on Pirkei Avos Being Offered by Genazym
R’ Yosef Yaabetz (1440-1508), premier Sefardi דרשן who tries to understand the Expulsion from Spain in 1492
Feb 28, 202454:22
The Confusing Story of 12 Adar - יוֹם טְרָיׇנוּס
What was the real story of the great Jewish revolt against Trajan? Who exactly were the הֲרוּגֵי לֹד?
Feb 28, 202436:12
Haftarah Ki Sisah: Elijah "Twists the Arm of G-d" (כִּבְיָכוֹל)
Some Prophets are "messenger boys," others are subordinates who display initiative
Feb 26, 202429:00
Sefer Shalsheles HaKabbalah, the Renaissance Classic, is Being Offered in the New Genazym Catalog
Famously controversial chronicle, dissed by the historians, but beloved by the masses
Feb 26, 202449:52
Parshas Ki Sisah: What exactly was the אִסּוּר of making an image of Hashem?
Why did Moshe segregate the עֵרֶב רַב at מַתַּן תּוֹרָה? What were the consequences?
Feb 25, 202432:43
Haftarah Tetzaveh: The Building of the Second Temple
Why did the Jews build it according to the dimensions of נבואת יחזקאל הנביא ? Why does the Altar have to be in an exact spot, with no deviation?
Feb 21, 202434:12
Historic Handwritten Letter by R’ Chaim Brisker from 1909 Auctioned by Genazym
R’ Katz explains the context of this letter and the elections to the Russian government's " Rabbinical Commission " to which R Chaim was indeed elected
Feb 20, 202448:51
Parshas Tetzaveh: Use of the Spoils of Egypt for the Mishkan
The Netziv's theory of the אָרוֹן and the Menorah
Feb 19, 202431:33
Mantua Zohar, Pt. 3. The "Litvish"Defense by R’ Moshe Provençal of Mantua
1.) Private notes 2.) Manuscript given out to copy 3.) Printed books
Feb 18, 202447:31
The Mantua Zohar Controversy, Pt. 2: Arguments Pro and Con
What's better? The Zohar or Boccacio?
Feb 18, 202444:25
The Mantua Zohar Controversy of 1558-1560, Pt. 1: Should Kabbalah be put into the public domain?
What does a yeshiva study when all the Gemaras are burned? The toxic Catholic Reformation & the Babylonian Talmud
Feb 16, 202401:00:38
Haftarah Terumah: Was Shlomo's labor force Jewish? Canaanite? Converts?
Why did both מִשְׁכָּן and בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ have such a large non-Jewish role in their construction?
Feb 14, 202436:03