Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Rabbi Dovid Katz

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  • 23 minutes 51 seconds
    Haftarah Lech Lecha: The Dust of Abraham

    And The Worm of Jacob - Jewish survival in difficult times

    5 November 2024, 1:22 am
  • 26 minutes 21 seconds
    Parshas Lech Lecha: Abraham and Shem

    Didn't Shem and Abraham live in the same place long before Abraham's move to Eretz K'naan?

    4 November 2024, 4:01 pm
  • 52 minutes 35 seconds
    R' Katz discusses the newest Genazym auction, featuring (inter alia) the seal the famous Italian Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan (1673-1739)

    Teacher of the famous RMS Luzzatto, as well as leading Italian Posek of the early 18th century. The close bond, despite different personalities, between Rebbe and Talmid 

    4 November 2024, 2:46 am
  • 27 minutes 18 seconds
    Haftorah Parsha Noach: The Abandoned Wife Discovers She is not abandoned after all

    The Ark was a haven during the Flood, but afterwards G-d orders Noah to exit the Ark

    31 October 2024, 2:38 pm
  • 29 minutes 46 seconds
    The Story of Nimrod- Who was he? (Parshas Noach)

    Was Nimrod the first king in human history?

    30 October 2024, 9:54 pm
  • 1 hour 14 seconds
    R' Shmuel Leib Kauder (1770-1835) Last of the Bohemian Gedolim

    One of those great gedolim you never heard of

    30 October 2024, 1:41 pm
  • 30 minutes 37 seconds
    The Simchas Torah Massacre in Cracow 1655

    How such massacres were commemorated in the liturgy of Eastern European Jewry

    28 October 2024, 2:36 pm
  • 33 minutes 23 seconds
    Parshas V'Zos HaBrachah: G-d offers the Torah to the other nations but they turn down the offer

    What does this mean? Was it an actual historical event? A fascinating interpretation of the שְׁלָ"ה הַקָּדוֹשׁ

    23 October 2024, 3:03 am
  • 30 minutes 37 seconds
    The History and Meaning of the נִעֲנוּעִים

    The medieval debate whether it resembles the sign of the cross, and the contemporary significance in light  of the current war

    21 October 2024, 3:42 pm
  • 27 minutes 20 seconds
    Where is the Garden of Eden? (Parshas Bereishis)

    Is it far from Israel? Or the very opposite!

    21 October 2024, 12:53 am
  • 30 minutes 51 seconds
    R' Katz speculates on the origins of the שִׂמְחַת בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָה

    The current climate and scarcity of water was not the reality in Ancient Israel

    20 October 2024, 11:55 pm
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