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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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 R’ Chaim, Brother of the Maharal (1520-1568): Profound Literary- Critic of Halakhic Literature | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:57:51

Author of the quirky, fascinating mussar book, Sefer HaChaim, while quarantined during a pandemic

 Parshas Bamidbar: The First Jewish Army in History? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:34:25

If they had an army, why was it wrong to send spies?

 Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura (1445-1515): The "Second Rashi," the Virtuoso of Tochacha | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:11:29

(The Gadol, Not the Wine)

 Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: Is Recurring-Catastrophe a Basic Part of Jewish Destiny? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:43:07

Why does the Torah only promise MATERIAL rewards, payable in THIS world?

 Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever (1824-1898): "Zionism is the Antidote to Assimilation." True or Not True? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 02:20:02

A Gaon and Tzadik wedded to Communal Traditionalism, not Sectariaan Orthodoxy

 Lag B'Omer in Meta-History and Popular Imagination | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:39:18

Whatever happened to Mrs. Ra”ShbI?

 Parshas Emor: Are Kohanim Still Holy Nowadays? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:43:25

What does the "porch minyan" phenomenon indicate in the current crisis?

 UPDATES on Rabbi Dr. Katz's Lectures and Daily Zoom Classes | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:12:15

Rabbi Katz's upcoming lecture series and information about joining Rabbi Katz's daily- zoom, every evening Sunday-Thursdays

 Rabbi Zerach Eidlitz of Prague (1725-1780): Author of "Ohr LaYesharim," One of the Best Drasha Books | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:54:31

Undeservedly obscure, a Torah giant whose economic wheel of fortune turned against him cruelly.   

 Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: What Does “קדושים תהיו” Mean Nowadays? Really | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:54:50

Can the "Jewish Gap" in Israel be bridged? Narrowed?

 The Chacham Tzvi (1656-1718): The Ashkenaz Gadol with a Sephardi Semicha | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:28:03

Can an uncompromisingly honest blunt muckraker succeed in the rabbinate?

 Parshas Tazria-Metzora: The House That is Tamei | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:37:01

Dissonance between the public and the private

 Did the Students of Rabbi Akiva Die on the Original Lag B'Omer? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:56:25

Also: What exactly is the connection between R Shimon bar Yochai and Lag B'Omer?

 Parshas Shmini 2020 - The Mishkan as a National (Not Tribal) Institution | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:40:36

The existential Jewish struggle between the local ( currently, sectoral) and the national

 R Yehudah Rosanes of Istanbul (!657-1727): "Author" of the Mishneh L'Melech and the Parshas Derachim | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:53:44

Rescued from oblivion by a disciple who created masterpieces from the teacher's notes.

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