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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:

 Genazym Auction: Original סֵפֶר "תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלׇה" לִרְמָ"א | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:35:04

The Rema"s unique Baroque explanation of the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְהַקָּרְבָּנוֹת.

 The שו"ת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי: Three Generations of Bacharachs | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:57:44

The kohen who suddenly decided he was not a kohen (to marry a rich divorcee)

 Elul: Why Do We Blow Shofar on Rosh Chodesh? Why the Rest of the Month? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:33:35

The controversial second "40 Days"

 Haftarah Ki Seitzei: Will We Be Ashamed of Our Many Past Sins in the Messianic Era? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:27:39

Will G-d forget? Forgive?

 Parshas Ki Seitzei: Is the Yefas Toar Just פָּשׁוּט פְּשַׁט, or is It a Wider Metaphor Too? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:32:04

When a person is חוֹשֵׁק, he doesn't consider the future consequences

 A Conversation w/ Gabe Aaronson, Chief Numbers-Cruncher for the OU | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:29

Has day-school enrollment in NYC plateaued? R' Katz and Gabe Aaronson analyze the latest statistics.

 The Mateh Ephraim: The Richest Gadol in Many Centuries - How Did He Excel in Business and Torah? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:00:42

Wealthy enough not to be a rov or rosh yeshiva, but up there with the גְּדוֹלֵי הַדּוֹר

 Rosh Chodesh Elul: Why is There a זֵכֶר for the Third Round of 40 Days, But Not for the Second? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:30:22

Which round was תְּשׁוּבָה מִיִּרְאָה , and which was תְּשׁוּבָה מֵאַהֲבָה?

 Abraham Drabkin (1844-1927): A Reform Rabbi in Czarist Russia? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:23:53

From Volozhin to the JTS of Breslau to the Great Synagogue of St. Petersburg, Reform Russian style

 Isaiah Says Only הקב"ה Can Provide Genuine Comfort for All the Sufferings of the Jews Down the Ages | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:31

Haftarah Shoftim: Genuine אֱמוּנָה requires seeing נִקְמַת מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה

 The Drashos HaRan on Analyzing the Distinction Between Shoftim and Kings | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:30:36

R’ Katz distinguishes between courts who administered the justice of the original תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה and their later successors

 The Great R’Shlomo Dovid Kahana, Pt. 3: Spirited out of the Warsaw Ghetto to Rav of the Old City | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:57:26

The mammoth Aguna crisis in the aftermath of the Holocaust

 Parshas Re'eh and Jewish History: The Existential Tension in Jewish History Between the Centralizers and the Decentralizers | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:55

Moses' Stark Admonition That Everything is Either a Blessing or a Curse; Nothing is Neutral

 Kabbalist Questions (Summum Bonum): The Consequences of Stating That the Soul is a חֵלֶק אֱלֹהַּ מִמַּעַל | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:22:43

If the soul "reunites " with G-d, then we are way beyond שְׂכַר וְעֹנֶשׁ

 Haftarah Re’eh: Isaiah Envisions a World Where G-d Tells the Jews Which Minhag He Likes | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:28:46

The Arabs make peace with Israel when all other options fail...

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