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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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 שַׁבָּת "אוֹת הִיא בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם" Two's company, three's a crowd | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:28:59

Why do we say a gentile is punished for keeping Shabbos, but not for keeping the other mitzvos?

 Is Obadiah Referring to His Own Time, or to the Messianic Era? (Haftarah VaYishlach) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:34:16

What does it mean that Edom will go down through the treachery of its allies?

 Jacob & Esau: A Mediated Encounter vs. Shechem & Dinah: An Unmediated Encounter (Parshas VaYishlach) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:35:05

וַיִשְׁכֵּהוּ? וַיִּשָּׁקֵהו? Which was it

 Rabbi Bernard Revel (1885-1940): Creator of "YU" Whose Lofty Vision Failed Because of Insufficient Funds | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:21:32

A tzadik who dreamed of building a combination of "Harvard & Volozhin," but ran into economic & educational realities

 R' Katz in Rochester at Beth Haknesses Hachodosh Next Week | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:01:46

https://congbethabrahamhertzberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BHH-scholar-in-residence-Rabbi-Katz-flyer.pdf

 What Do We Mean When We Pray for Osher V'chavod? (Tefillah) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:27:14

When does the money you give in charity not help your heavenly "bank-account"?

 Do You Follow Halacha If It Stands in the Way of Scientific Progress? Do Values Govern Technology, or Vice Versa? (Haftarah VaYeitzei) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:30:56

Why VaYivrach and not Vayeitzei?

 Parshas VaYetzei: Yaakov's State of Mind When He Stops and Dreams | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:01

How can a ladder extend into the metaphysical?

 The Raavad (1110-1198): The Most Magnificent Figure of a Lost Civilization; if he was one of the four greatest Rishonim, why is he not better-known | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:07:33

If he was one of the four greatest Rishonim, why is he not better-known?

 The Prayer of V'Yitein Lechah M'Tal HaShamayim: What Do Those Words Mean? (Tefillah) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:27:08

Why is this recited as Shabbos ends? Does Shamayim mean the sky? Come on!

 Malachi Blasts the Guy Standing By the Kotel Chatting on His Cellphone (Haftarah Toldos) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:45

Yes, Yaakov won, but have his descendants acted in a manner fitting the bechorah?

 The Story of Rivkah: What Was Her Age? Did She Go to Shem V’Ever or Have an Epiphany on Mt. Moriah? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:36:59

A parshah with many alternative versions of the story in Chazal and the Meforshim

 R’ Tzvi Hirsch Kalisher: Mr. אַתְחַלְתָּא דִּגְאֻלָּה -based on the Model of King Cyrus | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:57:13

A Jewish State in Israel is the only way to prevent intermarriage among the non-frum

 The Sixth Psalm: What Sin is it About? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:26:24

Do you regret "giving-in" (Bathsheba)? Or stubborn callousness (Census)?

 Adonijah: Leader or Dupe? (Haftarah Chayai Sarah) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:30:38

Contrast the Eliezer-story (absence of intrigue) with the David-story (redolent of intrigue)

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