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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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 Ezekiel: Egypt will suffer because it cynically & unscrupulously"played" Israel and Judah | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:22

Abarbanel: Egypt will be invaded and devastated by Christians in the אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים

 Parshas VaEra: How Did the Jews Maintain Their Family Units Under Slavery ? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:30:16

Did they view the mistakes of the story of Joseph & brothers as an abject lesson?

 The UN Vote to Recognize the State of Israel, and the Arabs and Jews Prepare for War | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:15:08

“After the Hurricane: The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949” - Rabbi Katz’ 2011-2012 Winter Lecture Series

 Haftarah Shmos: Isaiah Blasts the Drunken Tyrants of the Northern Kingdom | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:34:17

They imitated King Solomon's vices, but not his virtues!

 Parshas Shmos: If they had yeshivos in Egypt, why did most Jews go off the derech? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:33:20

What was their conception of deity, anyway, if they believed in Hashem at the same time they believed in Egyptian gods?

 Galus as a Core Component of Judaism and Jewish history | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:28:18

The effects of the galus in Egypt: similar to today?

 American Judaism a Century Ago (1880-1950)- Some Thoughts | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:48:25

Why did Orthodox Judaism fail so miserably in old America?

 Parshas VaYechi: Joseph's class-act in burying Jacob next to Leah | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:35:37

Although Leah is in מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, it is Rachel's tomb in Bethlehem that captures the imagination of the Jewish People

 Haftarah VaYechi: David is Enraged at Joab. Why, Exactly? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:44:03

Joab, to save his own life, revealed David's secret order to arrange the death of Uriah but make it look like accident

 R’ Eliyahu Mizrachi of Istanbul, the Greatest Romaniote Gadol | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:14:12

A great Gadol and Posek, also mathematician; his fame in כְּלַל Klal Yisroel came from his fundamental פֵּרוּשׁ לַחֻמָּשׁ-רַשִׁ"י

 Arafat, Hamas and Terrorism: The Aftermath of Oslo | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:21:34

From Rabbi Katz’ 2022-2023 Winter Lecture Series entitled “Oslo, Immigration and Assassination-The State of Israel and the Jewish People, 1992-1996”

 Parshas VaYechi: An Original Interpretation of Why Yehudah Got the Malchus- from the מֶשֶׁךְ חֲכָמָה | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:34:11

In war, there is no substitute for total victory!

 The Israeli Offensives in the War for Independence: Brilliant Successes and Devastating Failures | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:25:52

From Rabbi Dr. Katz’ 2011-2012 Lecture Series entitled “The Struggle for Israel, 1945-1949”

 Yosifon's Counterhistory of the Translation of the Torah into Greek | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:27:56

As a result of the translation, Pharaoh freed 150,000 Jewish slaves ( Yosifon)

 Haftarah VaYigash: After the Dry Bones Comes the Achdus, Then מִלְחֶמֶת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:26:42

Is this haftarah theological or political?

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