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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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00:51:11

The Historical Background to the 1830s controversy...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/16

R Akiva Eger thought the Muslims would allow the Jews to offer sacrifices on the Temple Mount. The Chasam Sofer disabused him. Why did R Akiva Eger think this?

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00:37:10

Seder Thoughts 2025 (תשפ"ה)

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/11

R Akiva's seder and the question of the Premature Exodus. Also, Lavan and his role inthe Egypt story

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00:21:09

When historical knowledge provides an insight into a...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/09

Famous Responsa re: Adultery and Divorce

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00:35:21

Pesach, Bitul Chametz, and the eternal battle of...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/09

If you wanted the manna in the desert to become matzah, to transsubstatiate into matzah, did it really become matzah, not just in taste?

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00:25:26

The Rambam and His Thoughts About the Hagadah

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/07

In Chapter 7, the Rambam rearranges the order of the narrative, for philosophical/theological reasons

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00:23:49

Haftorah Shabbos Hagadol - Elijah: Unite or Die!

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/07

Is parnasaah bad because you give too much charity? Or the other way around?

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00:27:10

Parshas Tzav (Erev Pesach) - Changing attitudes...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/06

The differences between the First and Second Temple Eras

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00:22:21

Haftarah Parshas VaYikra: "הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/03

The Temple was built large, to accommodate 12 tribes, but it sended up servicing and being patronized by only two tribes

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00:29:40

The current war in light of וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/04/02

Was Hamas's goal realistic? Maybe!

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00:27:14

The Pesach Haggadah: רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/31

What kind of guests were at the seder of רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל? Why did his narrative differ from that in Bnai Berak?

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00:26:44

Parshas VaYikra: הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת לְעֻמַּת הַקָּרְבָּן...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/30

Two types of Communal offerings: a.) Performed by Priest as Agent for the Community b.) Performed by the masses of the community themselves

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00:34:12

Parshas HaChodesh: The seemingly disjuncted narrative

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/28

Why is chametz prohibited (כָּרֵת!)? What does chametz have to do with the slavery in Egypt? Really

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00:39:30

R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979)

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/26

A great Talmid Chacham and Mekubal who suffered from secular Zionist persecution in the 1940s. The complicated story of Yemenite Jewry in the first half of the 20th century.

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00:24:02

Haftarah HaChodesh: Princely corruption even in the...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/24

The Prophet admonishes the Princes to stop evicting Jews from their ancestral land and expropriating the land in order to gift their own children and employees

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00:23:53

Parshas Pekudei- מִי הָיוּ לֵצָנֵי הַדּוֹר

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/24

The cynics were those who did not contribute (either out of stinginess or laziness), who now projected thir own guilt feelings onto Moshe and the Mishkan Project.

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00:36:20

Trump, Polk, Bibi: Some cautionary lessons from the past

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/24

Sometimes, military victory leads to civil war! Success requires philosophy to be managed sagaciously

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00:24:32

Haftarah Parshas Parah- Jewish misconduct in the...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/20

The supreme virtue of being ashamed of your misconduct. Is this happening currently?

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00:28:23

Parshas VaYakhel- No fire outside the miskan, but yes...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/20

Most fights break out in shul on Shabbos - לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת

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01:08:17

Purim live 5785 (2025)

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/19

Live from Baltimore

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00:22:27

Tefilah: Why does God say to Moses : לֹא תוּכַל...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2025/03/17

Some thoughts on the limited, philosophical approach to prayer vs. the mystical approach to prayer

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