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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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 The Tower of Babel - According to the Drashos HaRan | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:36:36

The Ran seeks a logical explanation, not a midrashic approach. His remarkable reconstruction of ancient history.

 General John Monash (WWI): Literally, the Greatest Jewish General You Never Heard of | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:54:26

The best Allied general of WWI, who had a love-hate relationship with Yiddishkeit.

 Parshas Noach: Noah After the Flood - A Different Form of Paradise Lost | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:10

Did G-d create a perfect world? Why are things so imperfect?

 Parshas Bereishis: What Does G-d Mean When He Says " Adam is Like One of Us?" | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:28:58

Man's curiousity, though G-d-like, is dangerous, but unstoppable

 The History of Simchas Torah: An Invented Holiday, Which Took-Off Like Wildfire. Why? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:46:17

What does the rise of this holiday " from the bottom up" indicate about the character of the Jewish people?

 The Strange History of Hoshanah Rabbah: A Lesser-Known Aspect of the Biblical Sukkos Holiday | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:32:09

Was Moshe told to march around the altar long before the walls of Jericho crumbled?

 Ketores and Arba Minim: two types of unity, five days apart | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:33:17

Amalgamation (loss of individual identity) or cooperation? Which unity is better?

 The Arbah Minim: How Do the Arbah Minim Defeat the Four Kingdoms of Exile? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:30:39

The עֲרָבָה represents those Jews who will join Gog and Magog against their own people

 Chanoch ben Moshe (10th century, Spain): Torah, Brilliance, and Machlokes | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:04:26

A famous tale of yeshiva politics, ambition, faction, but also nobility

 Sukkos: A Holiday to Be Celebrated in Israel, Yet Commemorating Galus…Strange | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:32:48

Different types of Sukkah reflect different diaspora experiences

 Yom Kippur: Why Does the Chumash Not Mention Teshuvah on Yom Kippur, Just Kapparah? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:28:19

Does it makes sense to try to make sense out of Yom Kippur?

 Parshas Haazinu: Just Before He Dies, Moshe Has the Jews Memorize a Scary Poem | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:32:19

The poem is pessimistic because it fears the Jews' narcissism

 The Tashbetz: MD, PhD Gadol and Posek | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:11:58

Refugee from Spain (1391). A founder of Torah greatness in Algeria. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן צֶמַח דּוּרָאן

 An Insight into a Passage in the Rambam's הִלְכוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:22:02

Explaining the parable of the penitent touching the Heavenly Throne

 Shabbos Shuva Announcement: The Relationship Between Yom Kippur and Repentance- A Short History | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:01:27

Some surprising observations

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