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Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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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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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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English


Episodes
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Rationalism (as opposed to rationality): An example from שׁוּ"ת רַב הַאי גָּאוֹן

5/5/2024
"Rhetoric" as a key tool for understanding אַגָּדוֹת חַזַ"ל

Duration:00:45:01

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The Campus Riots' Objective: Excising Zionism from the bounds of civil discourse

5/3/2024
If Zionism is delegitimated, then violence against it becomes legitimate, if not "legal"

Duration:00:26:54

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Haftarah Acharei Mos: The Prophet Amos and the Parable of the Sieve

5/2/2024
Are American Jews currently undergoing a "sifting" process?

Duration:00:26:56

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Parshas Acharei Mos: Was Aharon a born אוֹהֵב שָׁלוֹם וְרוֹדֵף שָׁלוֹם, or did he become one?

5/1/2024
How was Aharon affected by the death of his sons?

Duration:00:33:20

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The Campus Demonstrations and Anti-Semitism: Parallels between 2024 and 1391

4/28/2024
Dedicated groups of pogromists are going around from campus to campus, and nobody is noticing

Duration:00:28:39

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Shir HaShirim and Passover - What is the Connection?

4/27/2024
The existential tension in Judaism between the mystical and the rational

Duration:00:36:12

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The Meaning of the Dry Bones in the Prophecy of Yechezkel (Haftarah Shabbos Pesach)

4/26/2024
The story of Rebbi Yehudah ben Beseirah

Duration:00:32:21

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Did you ever realize the slavery in Egypt commenced shortly before the birth of Moses?

4/22/2024
What is the difference between מִצְרַיִם and בֵּית עֲבָדִים?

Duration:00:25:54

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Did the slaves view their plight from within an Egyptian pagan narrative?

4/21/2024
The Jews did not say נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע until after they were told about the בְּרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים

Duration:00:26:45

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The שיטות that one may keep חמץ at the home of a gentile on פסח without selling it

4/20/2024
How the different opinions re: בל יראה among Rishonim reflect different Jewish השקפות on the original Passover

Duration:00:35:01

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What were the theological perceptions of Jews on the night of Pesach? Maimonidean? Astrological?

4/17/2024
Rambam vs. שִׁדּוּד הַמַּעֲרָכוֹת

Duration:00:31:49

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Haftarah Shabbos HaGadol: Why was it chosen? What does it have to do with Passover?

4/14/2024
Redemption has to be preceded by a great prophet, who will guide the Jews in that turbulent and complex era

Duration:00:26:15

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Parshas Metzora: Why Did Tzaraas Cease

4/14/2024
Who won the battle between the Torah and lashon hara?

Duration:00:28:02

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The Iran Attack on Israel: Why did Jordan help Israel shoot down the Iranian missiles?

4/14/2024
Jordan & Israel: Publicly the bitterest of enemies, privately close cooperation

Duration:00:37:04

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What's with the debates as to how many plagues were there @the Red Sea?

4/12/2024
Did Egypt get the "full business" on the night of Passover, or at the Red Sea?

Duration:00:26:01

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Pesach: Why was it necessary to go through the first nine plagues?

4/10/2024
A Dvar Torah from Lincoln's Second Inaugural

Duration:00:33:01

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Moses Hess and R’ Yehosef Zechariah Stern on אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחִבַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל

4/8/2024
What is the meaning of the phrase "Love is blind" in Judaism?

Duration:00:30:35

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Haftarah Tazria: Naaman & Elisha - A Repetition of the Abraham and Pharaoh Story?

4/8/2024
Was he already a leper, or did he get leprosy because he kidnapped the little Jewish girl (Like Hamas!)?

Duration:00:33:41

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Parshas Tazria: If the marchers for Hamas were stricken with צרעת, would they change?

4/7/2024
This parsha is a fascinating study in human psychology

Duration:00:28:20

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משך חכמה על "בשעה שיש מצה ומרורים (לא הפסח!) מונחים לפניך"

4/5/2024
What if the Cananites (Amorites) had repented at the time of Moses, as Ninveh did later?

Duration:00:29:40