Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Summary: To help support this podcast, please consider giving a tax deductible contribution here: https://go.thechesedfund.com/DyQrOD/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast --- 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.
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Podcasts:
What happens when one spouse is Orthodox and the other Reform? An "Old Baltimore" tale
Haman's spinning of the Biblical narrative to make the Jews look bad, just like Hamas propaganda today
Reading the megillah in a two-tiered fashion ( הַמֶּלֶךְ)
What provoked Schumer's speech? Do Israelis care about the USA and its interests?
R Katz suggests a chronology of the historical development of the acceptance of the holiday of Purim
Great Italiani gaon, whose rabbinical opponents tried to get him fired by his own בַּעֲלֵי בָּתִּים
Why the extra (and indeed omnipresent) cherubs and pictures of cherubs all over the Temple?
The strange history of the 71 years of הֶתֵּר הַבָּמוֹת
The bad guys are trying to change PC to say it is ok, indeed correct, to be anti-Semitic.
The first real Hebrew dictionary, dissed by jealous rivals, used by Rashi and defended by Rabbenu Tam
Solomon's pragmatism in building the Temple: Good move or bad?
The story of the three material objects: The שִׁבְרֵי לוּחוֹת רִאשׁוֹנוֹת, the עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב , and the כְּרוּבִים
What happened to the wooden box Moshe constructed for those three months?
R’ Yosef Yaabetz (1440-1508), premier Sefardi דרשן who tries to understand the Expulsion from Spain in 1492
What was the real story of the great Jewish revolt against Trajan? Who exactly were the הֲרוּגֵי לֹד?