Jewish History With Rabbi Dovid Katz

The gadol who made his mother in law one of the most famous women in Jewish history, and the one man in the Golden Age of Polish Jewry whose book achieved canonical status in the study of the Talmud......And who was so normal!

Why do Jewish females call themselves Yehudis?

Power, violence, scholarship, royal favor, and rosh yeshiva - an interesting, but possibly dangerous, combination

Parshas Chayei Sarah - Abraham the Grand Seigneur. When is lashon hara ok?

The Kabbalistic subculture of the Vilna Gaon legacy. Not for the broad public!

Sodom vs. Mamrei: Economics and Religion - Which?

A rare combination of world-class rabbinic scholarship and financial success, and common sense

The first couple in the Bible whose relationship is described in any detail

Having tasted controversy in his youth, he abandoned it in favor of scholarship and morality in his mature years

Degeneracy and Proud Towers - A Cautionary Tale

The most unusual and dramatic "rabbi" of the Middle Ages

The first mention of ברית מילה in history

The man of creative reaction

2019 Sukkos

An Oracle: Disturbing or Thrilling?

Predictions of a less-than-glorious future. Oy!

חיי אדם The beginning of the "Art Scroll" phenomenon in Eastern Europe, 200 years ago

Rabbi Katz's upcoming trip to the Museum of the Bible in DC-an amazing experience when guided properly.

Thoughts on L’Dovid HaShem Ohri, Rosh HaShanah and the Shofar blasts.

The most brilliant and most controversial Gadol of the Early-Modern Era