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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

To help support this podcast, please consider giving a tax deductible contribution here: https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz 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: [email protected].

Israel’s PR Battle: Why is Israel doing a poor job on PR in this war? Why is Hamas beating them?

36 mins; May 14, 2024

Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism and the Current Campus Riots, Pt. 2

39 mins; May 13, 2024

Does bring a rationalist preclude a belief in mysticism? R Sherira Gaon on ספר שיעור קומה

28 mins; May 12, 2024

Unconditional Surrender in American History and Its Relevance to the Gaza War

30 mins; May 08, 2024

Rationalism in Gaonic Responsa - Generated by Empirical Evidence, and Sound Theology

29 mins; May 07, 2024

Haftarah Kedoshim: The most controversial Haftarah of the year?

26 mins; May 07, 2024

Parshas Kedoshim: Does one size fit all?

31 mins; May 06, 2024

Theodore Herzl, Political Zionism and the Current Campus Riots, Pt. 1

39 mins; May 06, 2024

Rationalism (as opposed to rationality): An example from שׁוּ"ת רַב הַאי גָּאוֹן

45 mins; May 05, 2024

The Campus Riots' Objective: Excising Zionism from the bounds of civil discourse

26 mins; May 03, 2024

Haftarah Acharei Mos: The Prophet Amos and the Parable of the Sieve

26 mins; May 02, 2024

Parshas Acharei Mos: Was Aharon a born אוֹהֵב שָׁלוֹם וְרוֹדֵף שָׁלוֹם, or did he become one?

33 mins; May 01, 2024

The Campus Demonstrations and Anti-Semitism: Parallels between 2024 and 1391

28 mins; April 28, 2024

Shir HaShirim and Passover - What is the Connection?

36 mins; April 27, 2024

The Meaning of the Dry Bones in the Prophecy of Yechezkel (Haftarah Shabbos Pesach)

33 mins; April 26, 2024

Did you ever realize the slavery in Egypt commenced shortly before the birth of Moses?

26 mins; April 22, 2024

Did the slaves view their plight from within an Egyptian pagan narrative?

26 mins; April 21, 2024

The שיטות that one may keep חמץ at the home of a gentile on פסח without selling it

35 mins; April 20, 2024

What were the theological perceptions of Jews on the night of Pesach? Maimonidean? Astrological?

31 mins; April 17, 2024

Why is this particular הפטרה chosen for שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל ? What does it have to do with; Passover?

26 mins; April 14, 2024

Parshas Metzora: Why Did Tzaraas Cease

28 mins; April 14, 2024

The Iran Attack on Israel: Why did Jordan help Israel shoot down the Iranian missiles?

37 mins; April 14, 2024

What's with the debates as to how many plagues were there @the Red Sea?

26 mins; April 12, 2024

Pesach: Why was it necessary to go through the first nine plagues?

33 mins; April 10, 2024

Moses Hess and R Yehosef Z Stern o n אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחִבַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל

30 mins; April 08, 2024

Haftarah Tazria: Naaman & Elisha - A Repetition of the Abraham and Pharaoh Story?

34 mins; April 08, 2024

Parshas Tazria: If the marchers for Hamas were stricken with צרעת, would they change?

28 mins; April 07, 2024

משך חכמה על "בשעה שיש מצה ומרורים (לא הפסח!) מונחים לפניך"

29 mins; April 05, 2024

The original Passover, the Plague of Darkness, & the din of מְנוּיִים

29 mins; April 03, 2024

Italian Jewry and Playing Tennis on Shabbos and Yom Tov

47 mins; April 01, 2024

The Arab tactic of demonstrating in front of synagogues in America

24 mins; April 01, 2024

The prophecy of Ezekiel includes crowd and traffic control

26 mins; April 01, 2024

Parshas Shmini: A reason for the deaths of Aaron's two sons

27 mins; April 01, 2024

מִי הוּא הַ"נָשִׂיא" בְּהַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ?

29 mins; March 31, 2024

What is the meaning of the statement that Nadav& Avihu were שְׁתוּיֵי יַיִן?

27 mins; March 31, 2024

On an individual (not national!) level, the Red Cow ritual is strictly ceremonial, in terms of טהרה

31 mins; March 28, 2024

The concept of sacrifice in the Temple, as well as in the current war in Gaza

27 mins; March 27, 2024

R Katz analyzes the current state of the Gaza War and its fallout

28 mins; March 27, 2024

R Yehuda Brieli of Mantua 17th century, another Italian גָּדוֹל -צַדִּיק-מַשְׂכִּיל

56 mins; March 25, 2024

Purim mesiba 2024

72 hours 52 mins; March 25, 2024

Purim: Why was it Esther (not Mordechai) who pressured the חכמים to make Purim a holiday?

33 mins; March 21, 2024

The primarily educative nature of the קָרְבָּנוֹת

31 mins; March 20, 2024

Exactly why did Saul spare Agag? After wiping out his people?

23 mins; March 20, 2024

The billion dollar gift to Einstein: the Baltimore background

37 mins; March 19, 2024

The Letter of Haman: Its demonization of Jews and ordering their death

27 mins; March 18, 2024

Purim and Parshas VaYikra: What's Up With the Angels, the Korbanos, and Vashti?

29 mins; March 17, 2024

Consequences of Jewish disunity and irresponsibility during the current war

27 mins; March 15, 2024

Why is Purim not on the day of the victorious fight, but on the day after?

32 mins; March 14, 2024

R’ Moshe Provenzalo of Renaissance Italy (Mantua)

52 mins; March 13, 2024

Why did Shlomo stash-away his father's gold?

32 mins; March 11, 2024

Parshas Pekudei: When is a Mishkan a Full-Blown Mishkan? And When is it Just a Glorified בָּמָה?

34 mins; March 11, 2024

R Katz analyzes recent trends in antisemitism in America

30 mins; March 05, 2024

The מַחְבֶּרֶת of Menachem Ben Siruk- The New Edition of This Tragic 10th Century classic

60 hours 1 min; March 04, 2024

Who was this Hiram of Tyre who was King Solomon's " Michaelangelo?"

36 mins; March 04, 2024

Parshas VaYakhel: Why Make Keruvim After the Fiasco of the Golden Calf?

32 mins; March 03, 2024

What ever happened to the tablets Moshe shattered?

32 mins; February 29, 2024

Genazym offers the 1555 edition of הֶחָסִיד יַעְבֵּץ עַל פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת

54 mins; February 28, 2024

The Confusing Story of 12 Adar - יוֹם טְרָיׇנוּס

36 mins; February 27, 2024

Elijah "twists the arm of God" (כִּבְיָכוֹל)

28 mins; February 26, 2024

Sefer Shalsheles HaKabbalah, the Renaissance Classic, is Being Offered in the New Genazym Catalog

49 mins; February 26, 2024

Parshas Ki Sisah: What exactly was the אִסּוּר of making an image of Hashem?

32 mins; February 25, 2024

Haftarah Tetzaveh: The Building of the Second Temple

34 mins; February 21, 2024

Historic Handwritten Letter by R’ Chaim Brisker from 1909 Auctioned by Genazym

48 mins; February 20, 2024

Use the spoils of Egypt for the mishkan, because the spoils really belong to you by right

31 mins; February 19, 2024

Mantua Zohar part 3. The "Litvish" defense by R Moshe Provenzalo of Mantua

46 mins; February 18, 2024

Mantua Zohar Controversy part 2. Arguments pro and con

43 mins; February 17, 2024

The Mantua Zohar Controversy of 1558-1560 part 1. Should Kabbalah be put into the public domain?

60 hours 38 mins; February 16, 2024

Was Shlomo's labor force Jewish? Canaanite? Converts?

36 mins; February 14, 2024

Parshas Terumah: Will the Third Temple have any technology?

31 mins; February 13, 2024

R’ Yehudah Moscato and his Commentary, Kol Yehudah, on the Kuzari

51 mins; February 12, 2024

The Prosposed Jewish university in Mantua @the time of Moscato

54 mins; February 10, 2024

Some v thoughts on the Gaza War as it enters its fifth month

25 mins; February 07, 2024

Isaiah 66: The Temple of the Future Will Have Many Non-Jews (Haftarah Mishpatim)

26 mins; February 06, 2024

Parshas Mishpatim: Warning About the Keruvim in the Temple

27 mins; February 06, 2024

R’ Yehudah Moscato (1532-1590), Pt. 2: Famous Italian תַּלְמִיד חָכָם וְדַרְשָׁן

58 mins; February 05, 2024

Yisro v. Ruth: Two Archetypes

29 mins; February 04, 2024

Haftarah Yisro:Unlike Moshe, the prophetic experience of יְשַׁעְיָהוּ is a mediated one

31 mins; January 31, 2024

The Famous R’ Yehudah Moscato of 16th Century Italy: A Recently Discovered Remarkable Episode

53 mins; January 30, 2024

Was יִתְרוֹ a good guy? The arguments in favor.

33 mins; January 29, 2024

Moshe Rabbenu: Intellectual or motion?

38 mins; January 28, 2024

What is the meaning of the babyish truculence of the Jews at the Red Sea?

34 mins; January 28, 2024

Parshas Beshalach: The connection between Circumcision and קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף

33 mins; January 22, 2024

Haftarah Bo: The two Babylonian invasions of Egypt? Who cares?

31 mins; January 18, 2024

R Mordecai Banet (1753-1829) c hief Rabbi of Moravia

74 hours 14 mins; January 18, 2024

Why exactly is Moses commanded לַחֲלֹק כָּבוֹד לַמַּלְכוּת?

27 mins; January 17, 2024

Parshas Bo: What does G-d mean when He says He will punish the gods of Egypt?

30 mins; January 15, 2024

The famous יַד מַלְאָכִי of Livorno 1700-1771

93 hours 17 mins; January 11, 2024

What is Going on With the Conversation re: אֶהיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה? (Parshas VaEra)

29 mins; January 10, 2024

Ezekiel: Egypt will suffer because it cynically & unscrupulously"played" Israel and Judah

31 mins; January 09, 2024

How did the Jews maintain their family units under slavery ?

29 mins; January 09, 2024

The 1947 UN Partition Vote, and the Arabs and Jews Prepare for War

75 hours 8 mins; January 09, 2024

Isaiah blasts the drunken tyrants of the Northern Kingdom

34 mins; January 03, 2024

If they had yeshivos in Egypt, why did most Jews go off the derech?

33 mins; January 02, 2024

Galus as a core component of Judaism and Jewish history

28 mins; January 01, 2024

Thoughts about American Judaism a century ago.

47 mins; December 31, 2023

Joseph's class-act in burying Jacob next to Leah

35 mins; December 27, 2023

Haftarah וַיְחִי: David is Enraged at Joab. Why, Exactly?

44 mins; December 26, 2023

R’ Eliyahu Mizrachi of Istanbul, the Greatest Romaniote Gadol

74 hours 12 mins; December 26, 2023

Arafat, Hamas and Terrorism: The Aftermath of Oslo

81 hours 34 mins; December 25, 2023

Parshas VaYechi: An Original Interpretation of Why Yehudah Got the Malchus- from the מֶשֶׁךְ חֲכָמָה

34 mins; December 25, 2023

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