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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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00:35:39

The Two Metaphors of שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים: Individual...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/04/05

The Left has tried to assimilate Jews, the Right to exterminate (because in their eyes assimilation does not work)

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00:29:05

Some thoughts about "Schlissel Challah" (Really)

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/04/05

The Talmudic metaphor of מַפְתֵּחוֹת בְּיָדָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא and its culinary application in 18th century Hasidic Practice

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00:40:32

Seder Thoughts 2026

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/04/01

Some ideas for your seder

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00:50:18

Plagiarism in Rabbinical Literature - The case of the...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/31

The passionate speeches of the נוֹדַע בִּיהוּדָה and his son against the theft of their intellectual property

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00:34:05

Passover in Jewish history: Some Historical questions...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/29

In Israel right now, people are praying the enemy missiles should "pass over"!

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01:18:04

Shabbos HaGadol 2026

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/29

Some thoughts on בַּל יֵרָאֶה עַל בְּלִיעוֹת וְחָמֵץ הַטַּל בְּשִׁשִּׁים. Plus, plagiarism in rabbinic literature, eradicating bad traits, and other matters.

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00:26:48

What's the first thing the Jews do after Pharaoh give...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/27

Why were the Jews told to lie to the Egyptians? Isn't that the ultimate חילול השם? "Jews are all about money!"

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00:26:08

Tucker Carlson & Henry Ford - Compare and contrast

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/26

The poisonous rhetoric of both men. But the Ford Antisemitism called-forth an eloquent protest from America's leading non-Jews. R Katz reads this public letter on this episode.

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00:24:30

פָּרָשַׁת צַו תשפ"ו (שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל) - the מֶשֶׁךְ...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/26

The קָרְבָּנוֹת offered on the בָּמוֹת were (Maimonidean) concessions to popular superstitionsOTOH the קָרְבָּנוֹת offered in the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ were sublime in nature and were (Nachmanidean) constituent-elements in the metaphysical universe

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00:30:20

הַפְטָרַת שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל תשפ"ו - Why is Elijah the...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/23

Will תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים occur for the benefit of the Dead, or the benefit of the Living?

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00:37:23

Rabban Gamliel and the Matzah at the Seder - the...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/22

It is NOT about the affliction, it is about the hope for the messianic redemption in the near future. This is Abarbanel speaking to the battered Sephardim in 1496!

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00:26:50

"The Chuck Norris Era" in American popular culture as...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/22

Can "Christian Zionism" flourish in the aftermath of the Cold War? Or is it a phenomenon confined to older Americans?

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00:46:01

More on Israel-German Relations (and Non-Relations)...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/20

Trump joked about the Pearl Harbor Attack of 1941. Actually, this resulted in Hitler stupidly declaring war on the USA (thus sealing his own doom) , PLUS providing the Americans with an insight into his thinking, thanks to the blabbermouth Japanese Ambassador in Berlin Baron Oshima

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00:28:28

R Katz analyzes aspects of the latest developments in...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/18

Are Bibi and Trump encouraging the Syrians to invade Lebanon and "disarm" (i.e., exterminate) Hezbollah? Who gains from that? This is reminiscent of certain Biblical episodes...

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00:23:10

הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא תשפ"ו - Korbanos in...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/17

Man-made idols do not offer moral criticism!

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00:34:13

Various definitions of אִשָּׁה חֲשׁוּבָה (Passover...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/17

Looks? Bucks? Yichus? Higher salary? Higher job position? Class? Equal Partner in the Marriage?

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00:37:38

פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא תשפ"ו - Rambam on Korbanos that...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/15

For the first year after the original Passover, there were basically no korbanos (with a few exceptions) in Judaism

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00:53:18

More Strange Bedfellows: Germany financed Israel's A-...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/13

Israel agreed not to "out" ex-Nazis in the West German Government. A grateful Germany bankrolled Israel's secret nuclear project. An previously unknown detail of the relationship between Ben Gurion and Konrad Adenauer

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00:25:23

זֵכֶר יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם VS סִפּוּר יְצִיאַת...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/11

What did the Jews imagine was going to happen when they were told God would "pass over" their houses that night?

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00:36:40

Some historical considerations re: Poles, Jews,...

Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz ·

2026/03/10

The German food crisis of 1942 as a cause of the setting-up of industrial genocide centers in Occupied Poland in 1942

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