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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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 Haftarah Ki Sisah: Elijah "Twists the Arm of G-d" (כִּבְיָכוֹל) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:00

Some Prophets are "messenger boys," others are subordinates who display initiative

 Sefer Shalsheles HaKabbalah, the Renaissance Classic, is Being Offered in the New Genazym Catalog | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:49:51

Famously controversial chronicle, dissed by the historians, but beloved by the masses

 Parshas Ki Sisah: What exactly was the אִסּוּר of making an image of Hashem? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:32:43

Why did Moshe segregate the עֵרֶב רַב at מַתַּן תּוֹרָה? What were the consequences?

 Haftarah Tetzaveh: The Building of the Second Temple | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:34:12

Why did the Jews build it according to the dimensions of נבואת יחזקאל הנביא ? Why does the Altar have to be in an exact spot, with no deviation?

 Historic Handwritten Letter by R’ Chaim Brisker from 1909 Auctioned by Genazym | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:48:50

R’ Katz explains the context of this letter and the elections to the Russian government's " Rabbinical Commission " to which R Chaim was indeed elected

 Parshas Tetzaveh: Use of the Spoils of Egypt for the Mishkan | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:33

The Netziv's theory of the אָרוֹן and the Menorah

 Mantua Zohar, Pt. 3. The "Litvish"Defense by R’ Moshe Provençal of Mantua | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:47:31

1.) Private notes 2.) Manuscript given out to copy 3.) Printed books

 The Mantua Zohar Controversy, Pt. 2: Arguments Pro and Con | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:44:24

What's better? The Zohar or Boccacio?

 The Mantua Zohar Controversy of 1558-1560, Pt. 1: Should Kabbalah be put into the public domain? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:00:38

What does a yeshiva study when all the Gemaras are burned? The toxic Catholic Reformation & the Babylonian Talmud

 Haftarah Terumah: Was Shlomo's labor force Jewish? Canaanite? Converts? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:36:03

Why did both מִשְׁכָּן and בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ have such a large non-Jewish role in their construction?

 Parshas Terumah: Will the Third Temple have any technology? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:40

God tells Moshe He doesn't need to impress anyone. The miskan is more about intimacy

 R’ Yehudah Moscato and his Commentary, Kol Yehudah, on the Kuzari | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:51:00

Supposed to be a commentary , but is more an independent tour de force of incredible Renaissance philosophical erudition

 The Prosposed Jewish University in Mantua at the Time of Moscato | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:54:00

It would have been a YU in the 16th century, in the best sense of the term

 Some thoughts on the Gaza War as it enters its 4th month | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:25:27

Biden and his role in Jewish history

 Isaiah 66: The Temple of the Future Will Have Many Non-Jews (Haftarah Mishpatim) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:26:16

G-d will reject the other religious groups who set up institutions on the הַר הַבַּיִת

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