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Rabbi Dovid Katz

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. He speaks to hundreds in Baltimore each week on the subject of Jewish history and lectures around on the world on all topics relating to Torah and history. Follow him weekly. New content released on Saturday nights, Wednesday (Personalities in Jewish History), & Friday (Perspective on the Parshah).

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  1. 100

    How did Mordecai & Esther know the contents of the private conversation between Haman and the King?

  2. 99

    Why did Moshe accept the עֵרוּב רַב and Mordecai the מִתְיַהֲדִים?

  3. 98

    וְרַבִּים מֵעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מִתְיַהֲדִים כִּי נָפַל פַּחַד הַיְּהוּדִים עֲלֵיהֶם – Did they actually convert?

  4. 97

    וְאֶל מֹשֶׁה אָמַר עֲלֵה אֶל יְהֹוָה – What does this actually mean?

  5. 96

    Genazym s offering (this Sunday!) the first edition of the classic סֵפֶר אֱמוּנוֹת וְדֵעוֹת לְרַב סְעַדְיָה גָּאוֹן (Istanbul 1562)

  6. 95

    Current Events: Ehud Barak, the Epstein tapes, and Ashkenazi Jewish Racism

  7. 94

    Genazym is auctioning the Landau Family (as in Noda BiYhudah)’s copy of the 17th century Kabbalistic classic טוּר בָּרֶקֶת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן עָרוּךְ

  8. 93

    Utopia- a חידוש of the Torah

  9. 92

    A Document of Spicy Prague Rabbinical Controversy History (From the Genazym Auction)

  10. 91

    The Institution of the Cities of Refuge

  11. 90

    The Holiday of the 2nd of Shvat: The Anniversary of the Death of Herod

  12. 89

    More on Sinas Chinam in Jewish History – a reference to the destruction of the 2nd Temple

  13. 88

    “Persian Gulf” in Chronology: Three takes on the discrepancy in Ancient Sources

  14. 87

    The Current Situation in France (Christians, Moslems, Jews) in Light of French History

  15. 86

    The Jews of Bucovina, an important community in Central Europe You never heard of

  16. 85

    The Current Situation in Iran: Will Trump go in? I don’t think so

  17. 84

    Who is putting up Hitler’s speeches (in English) on you tube? And why?

  18. 83

    “Persian Gulf” in Chronology Part 1 : three takes on the discrepancy in ancient sources

  19. 82

    A short history of פְּשַׁט vs. דְּרַשׁ in Jewish Bible Interpretation

  20. 81

    A סִפְרִי re: Yaakov refraining from chastising his sons out of fear they will defect to “Eisav” – The “vengeful meshumad “in Jewish History

  21. 80

    Some thoughts about שִׂנְאַת חִינָם in Jewish History

  22. 79

    The Fast of the Ninth of Teves and the Toldos Yeshu

  23. 78

    The Israel-Somaliland Connection: Why is this so controversial?

  24. 77

    Greece under the Metaxas Regime and a Siddur from 1941

  25. 76

    Final Chanukah 2025 Thoughts: וּלְךָ עָשִֽׂיתָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ בְּעוֹלָמֶֽךָ

  26. 75

    Another Apocryphal “Midrash” on the Chanukah Story, with interesting takes on the discovery of the jar of oil

  27. 74

    Chanukah, the Maccabean Wars, and the Civil wars in Seleucid Syria

  28. 73

    Some thoughts on the Chanukah Story and its historiosophical relation to גָּלוּת יָוָן

  29. 72

    Some thoughts on today 24 Kislev and its famous prophecy in סֵפֶר חַגַּי (תְּרֵי עָשָׂר)

  30. 71

    How the Judith Story in the Apocrypha (or a different version of the story) entered orthodox rabbinic literature AND practice

  31. 70

    Chanukah 2025: The Story of the Greeks depriving the Jews of doors and windows

  32. 69

    The Current Big Threat to Israel from … Turkey

  33. 68

    Israel & France (and Syria) : Connecting Dots

  34. 67

    Chanukah 2025: Was the oil in the jar in the Temple the only kosher oil available?

  35. 66

    The “בַּת עַיִן” in Historical Context (1765-1840)

  36. 65

    What’s with this Israeli preoccupation with the bodies of their dead, killed by Hamas & Co.?

  37. 64

    Some thoughts on Self-Hating and Self-Denying Jews in the current antisemitic climate, now and a century ago

  38. 63

    Answering a listener’s query re: allegorical interpretations of Biblical stories in ultra-orthodox sources

  39. 62

    The Current Christian Dispute Between Philosemites and Antisemites

  40. 61

    Psalm 83 and the current coinciding of שִׂנְאַת יִשְׂרָאֵל on the part of the Antisemitic Christian influencers and their counterparts in the בני ישמעאל world

  41. 60

    Part 2: The Other “Hellenistic Judaism” – not the Chanukah villains

  42. 59

    The Current Wave of Antisemitism in Italy – My reaction to a podcast

  43. 58

    Part 1: The Other “Hellenistic Judaism” – not the Chanukah villains

  44. 57

    Is Donald Trump a “Second Cyrus”?

  45. 56

    The Strage history of Hoshanah Rabbah in the Temple: The Willow vs. the Palm Frond ( הַלּוּלָב שֶׁנִּפְרְדוּ עָלָיו)

  46. 55

    נִעֲנוּעִים: The ritual of lulav-waving and its contemporary relevance in the year 5786 (2025)

  47. 54

    Sukkos 2025: What’s with the strange ritual of פָּרֵי הַחַג?

  48. 53

    The Four Minim and the Wars of Sichon and Og: A Different take on the אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים

  49. 52

    A Different Understanding of the Holiday of Sukkos

  50. 51

    Sukkos: The Symbolism of the sukkah under a tree

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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. He speaks to hundreds in Baltimore each week on the subject of Jewish history and lectures around on the world on all topics relating to Torah and history. Follow him weekly. New content released on Saturday nights, Wednesday (Personalities in Jewish History), & Friday (Perspective on the Parshah).

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