Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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**Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz**

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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.

Latest Episodes:

R Shmuel Landau, Son of the Noda B'Yehudah (1750-1834): The Challenge of Being a Great Man's Son Oct 14, 2020

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Would have been a worthy successor to his father, but historical trends were in the wrong direction

Rabbi Samson Morpurgo of Ancona: Classic Italian "Torah u-Madda" Oct 07, 2020

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A wonderful example of a Posek who is "normal"

R' Hile Wechsler: Yekke Critic of German Jewry, Criticized by Contemporaries But Vindicated (Terribly) by History Oct 06, 2020

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A dreamer of incredible accuracy. He foresaw the Holocaust long before it happened. Admirer & critic of R' S.R. Hirsch

The Meaning of the Ushpizin Ceremony - Perception vs. Reality (Sukkos 2020) Oct 05, 2020

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When outsiders use "insider" terms, incorrectly

Sukkos 2020: The History of the Sukkah as a Diras Kevah? Oct 02, 2020

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Revolution in “Sukkah consciousness" in the time of Ezra? A theory

R' Betzalel Ransburg (1760-1820): The Great Prague Scholar With a Gift for Making Lomdus Chatty Sep 30, 2020

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One of the last and most readable of the great Chachmei Prague, and author of Horah Gaver and Pesichas Niddah.

Parshas Haazinu: The Interplay Between Divine Providence and Antisemitism Sep 24, 2020

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A comparison of two different visions of Moses: Haazinu v. Nitzavim

Yaakov HaLevi Lifschitz (1838-1922): The Brilliant and Controversial Secretary of R’ Y.E. Spector Sep 21, 2020

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The behind-the-scenes director of the "foreign-policy" of R’ Yitzchak Elchanan and a pioneer in the formation of a Russian-Jewish "Orthodox" (not Traditionalist) Judaism; one of the first Haredi "ideologists"

Rosh HaShanah 5781: If the Jewish People Unite, Do They Need to Repent? Sep 16, 2020

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יראת הרוממות אחדות ושופר Is there a connection

R' Meir Malbim (1809-1879): The Only Gadol in Lomdus Who Decided to Concentrate on Explaining Tanach Sep 15, 2020

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The Malbim's unique analysis of the relation between the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.

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