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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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 Parshas BeHaaloscha: Did Moshe Marry an Ethiopian גִּיּוֹרֶת after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:39:01

Did all the aunts married to nephews divorce after מַתַּן תּוֹרָה ?

 R’ Elyahu Kapsali (1480-1550): A Rare Case of a Rov Who was Also a Historian | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:56:31

Wrote history books during a "Covid type quarantine " in Crete to keep his sanity

 Intro to Cordovero (רמ"ק הקדוש) on the Summum Bonum | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:37:32

R’ Katz discusses the historical background of the Kabbalistic writings of the רמ"ק

 Parshas Naso: Some Thoughts re: The approach of HaRav Gershon Edelstein, זצ"ל | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:33:13

What is the sociological meaning of expelling undesirables from "the מַחֲנֶה"?

 Simon Wolf (1836-1923): American Reform Jew Who Saved Vast Numbers of Eastern European Jews | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:10:48

One of the most successful Jewish lobbyists in Washington. Friend of many Presidents

 Haftarah Naso: Why do Chazal Say Manoach was an Am HaAretz? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:37:03

The fascinating take of the רְמָ"א בְּסֵפֶר "תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלָה on the Samson story

 A 15th Century Letter Inviting All Ashkenazic Jews to Leave Germany and Move to Turkey | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:00:44

The famous אִגֶּרֶת רַב יִצְחָק צָרְפָתִי ת praising the Turks for their good treatment of the Jews

 What Were the "Crowns" of Shavuos? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:28:33

Crowns vs Mishkan: Two models of וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

 The Angel מְטַטְרוֹן and the Revelation on Shavuos | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:34:14

Attempting to unravel the chronology of the week of the first Shavuos, the original זְמַן מַתַּן תּוֹרָתֵנוּ

 Shavuos: The Symbolism of the Waving of the Breads and the Sheep Together | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:36:02

At Sinai, they saw no image, but they did hear a voice!

 Abraham Benvniste and the Yeshiva of Zamora in Castile: The Spanish "Lakewood" of the 15th Century | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:48:05

Patron of the revival of Torah scholarship in Spain

 Shavuos: The רמ"א in תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלָה connects the שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם to מַתַּן תּוֹרָה | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:44

Two types of נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמַע: Real and fake

 Another reason שבועות is not mentioned as זמן מתן תורתנו in the חומש | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:33:43

Why was תהילים written davka by Ruth's grandson?

 Hosea, Himself Married to a Faithless Wife, Blasts the Jews for Being Unfaithful to G-d | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:45

But in the end both "Husband " and "Wife" decide to preserve the "marriage" and have a second אֵרוּסִין

 Shavuos and Matan Torah: Famous Critiques of the Chinuch-System of the Old Days | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:52:33

An exercise in pedagogy

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