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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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

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00:28:00

הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תָּבֹא תשפ"ה - יְמוֹת...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/09/11

Isaiah's vision of a Messianic Era characterized, not by World War III, but by a world in moral darkness turning to Klal Yisroel for Enlightenment. A pain-free Geulahhttps://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:35:19

A suggested history of shofar blowing

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2025/09/09

What came first in Jewish History? The תְּקִיעוֹת דִמְיוּשָׁב or the תְּקִיעוֹת דִּמְעֻמָּד ?

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00:28:15

פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תָּבֹא תשפ"ה - "הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/09/09

Abarbanel - The gentile minority in Eretz Yisroel.Netziv - The gentiles who move into Jewish neighborhoods in the Diaspora and economically displace the Jews.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:20:44

R Katz analyzes the current Arab-Israeli conflict in...

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2025/09/08

"The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest."George Washington's Farewell Address https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:27:55

Why doesa shofar have to be davka from a שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת,...

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2025/09/08

The symbolism of וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם , removing the layer of "foreskin" on the "heart." A difficult task indeed.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:32:03

Why is Rosh Hashanah decribed as "covered up" or...

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2025/09/03

What if you hold the world was created in Nissan? And anyway, the story of Moshe Rabbenu pleading before Hashem a third time (Elul-Tishrei) is very unclear in the text of the Chumash.

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00:26:27

"הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ"ה - "הַרְחִבִי...

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2025/09/01

Isaiah predicts the expansion of Israel in the Messianic Era. Will Israel annex Turkey and Spain?!https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:26:04

Genazym is offering a personal letter from R Ovadia...

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2025/09/01

The bitter politics surrounding the 1992 Knesset Elections (which led to the Oslo Agreement) and the bitter politics in the frum world surrounding the Shas Party's disobeying the political directives of the leadership of the "Litvish" Yeshiva World's leadership. https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:35:35

פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ"ה - יְפַת תֹּאַר בְּעוֹלַם...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/09/01

How can "Righteous Soldiers" (like King David) lust on the battlefield? A mystical take.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:41:17

Genazym is offering the Prague 1595 edition of the...

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2025/08/31

In this essay, Ramban analyzes the grandeur of the Written Law , the תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, refuting Christlogical readings and the skepticism of Spanish Jewish אֶפִּיקוֹרְסִים. This is the edition published in the Prague of the Maharal Era.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:30:30

הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת שׁוֹפְטִים תשפ"ה - "סוּרוּ סוּרוּ...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/08/28

What kind of cultural "baggage" will Jews bring with them from their exiles when they return to Eretz Yisroel? https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:30:23

פָּרָשַׁת שׁוֹפְטִים תשפ"ה - What is the actual...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/08/27

There's צֶדֶק - justice in the sense of social-contract. Then there is צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, which is Justice with a capital J, the attainment of judicial righteousness, which is an ideal to be pursued (תִּרְדֹּף"), though never quite attained.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:30:28

Psalm # 2 and Israel's losing the current propaganda war

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2025/08/26

Read this Kapitel and you will see the relevance to Israel's floundering in the current war of ideas and information. Israel is not successfully countering the demonization efforts of its enemies.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:50:09

Genazym: The First Printing of the classic בֵּית...

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2025/08/25

Rabbi Meir Posner of Danzig (1725-1807), one of the leading poskim of the entire 18th century. R Akiva Eger used to send him his questions! A classic אב"ד of the "Old School" https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:51:31

A recent find of of an ancient coin in Jerusalem, and...

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2025/08/24

For some obscure reason, Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy III's invasion of Syria (246 BCE) to rescue his sister Berenice from a crazed mob is mentioned by the Angel Gabriel in Daniel Chapter 11 as being relevant to the events of יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ. The other day, a coin of Ptlemy's Queen Berenice II was discovered under a Jerusalem parking lot.The weird world of archaeology...https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:42:09

Genazym is auctioning the 15h century classic of...

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2025/08/21

This methodological intro to the Talmud was held in high esteem, and R Yosef Karo wrote a commentary (סֵפֶר כְּלָלֵי הַגְּמָרָא) on it. One of the first Hebrew books ever printed https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:39:44

Moses' warning: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל can easily become a...

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2025/08/20

To prevent human sacrifce by the uneducated, the Temple is located on the Mountain of the עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק

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00:49:32

The Remarkable R' Meir Bumsla (1703-1769): A סְמִיכַת...

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2025/08/19

A close student of R Yehonasan Eibeschutz, Bumsla nevertheless got along with the Noda BiYhudah, and the latter had a "prophecy" about Bumsla which he shared at the latter's funeral.https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

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00:25:05

Haftarah Re'eh: A future without fear? Really?

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2025/08/18

Isaiah 54:15 - difficult to translate convincingly

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00:32:25

Parshas Re'eh: Keep the booze out of the house of the...

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2025/08/18

?אַבֵּד תְּאַבְּדוּן אֶת הַמְּקוֹמוֹת - How does one destroy a place

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