Seforimchatter
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The Seforimchatter podcast is dedicated to the discussion of Seforim (holy texts and works pertaining to them), Jewish (non-sacred) Books, Jewish History and more. The variety of guests include rabbis, professors, historians, authors, editors, and others in the field. For more information or to sponsor a show, check out seforimchatter.com or email [email protected]
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With Daniel Klein discussing Shadal (Shmuel/Samuel David Luzzatto) and his Sefer...
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Oct 23, 20221:07:50pending
With R' Moshe Parnes discussing the Mitzvah of Hakhel and his new Sefer on the t...
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Oct 2, 202242:01pending
With Prof. Joshua Teplitsky, Prof. Debra Kaplan, and Dr. Zev Eleff discussing th...
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Sep 28, 20221:36:30pending
With Rabbi Bentzion Ettlinger discussing the Shofar: The Halachos, Minhagim, and...
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Sep 21, 20221:07:18pending
With Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter discussing Selichos and his new edition of Seli...
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Sep 18, 20221:01:26pending
The Jews of Corfu (with Michelle Margolis and Sharon Liberman Mintz)
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Sep 11, 20221:05:14pending
With R' Mendy Abramson discussing Bathing and Showering in Halachah and his new...
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Sep 4, 20221:10:11pending
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Chida and Maagel Tov (the Chida's travelogue...
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Aug 28, 20221:31:39pending
With David Arnovitz discussing The Tanakh of the Land of Israel
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Aug 21, 202235:33pending
With Dr. Morris Faierstein discussing the Yudisher Theriak (A Yiddish Defense of...
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Aug 14, 20221:04:48pending
The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66 -...
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Aug 7, 20221:29:30pending
The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66 -...
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Jul 31, 20221:28:42pending
With R' Yaakov Beer discussing Sefer B'Ikvei HaGalus about the Churban
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Jul 28, 20221:11:30pending
The First Crusade (1096) and the Jews (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
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Jul 24, 20221:02:07pending
The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66-7...
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Jul 17, 20221:22:04pending
With R' Aryeh Ganz and R' Shimon Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Arzei HaLevanon Al...
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Jul 10, 20221:19:27pending
Rabeinu Bachya and his writings (with Rabbi Yaakov Taubes)
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Jul 3, 20221:12:32pending
With Dr. Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky discussing the history of Lithuanian Yeshivas and...
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Jun 26, 20221:16:24pending
With Prof. Kenneth Stow discussing the Diary of Anna of Rome and the book he wro...
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Jun 19, 20221:11:20pending
With Dr. Tzafrir Barzilay discussing well poisoning accusations against Jews and...
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Jun 12, 202259:04pending
With R' Yaakov Yosef Reinman (AKA Avner Gold) discussing his historical fiction...
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Jun 7, 20221:14:52pending
With Dr. Yael Ziegler discussing Megillas Rus and her book, "Ruth: From Alienati...
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May 29, 20221:03:50pending
With Prof. Rachel Manekin discussing Jewish Women Runaways in Habsburg Galicia a...
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May 22, 20221:00:26pending
With Rabbanit Chana Henkin discussing her son Rav Eitam Z'L HY'D, his writings,...
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May 15, 20221:01:46pending
SZ Series Episode 15: Finale episode with Prof. Matt Goldish
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May 11, 202251:47pending
With Zev Bar-Eitan discussing his English series, "Abravanel's World of Torah"
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May 8, 202253:59pending
SZ Series Episode 14: With Dr. David Sclar discussing the Ramchal controversy
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May 4, 20221:18:36pending
Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe (with Prof. Ephraim Shoham-Steiner)
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May 1, 20221:06:19pending
With Dr. Alan Kadish & Rabbi Dr. Michael Shmidman discussing their new book, "Th...
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Apr 24, 202259:49pending
With R' Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer discussing the forged Yerushalmi on Kodashim
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Apr 18, 202232:33pending
With Elie Rosenfeld discussing the Maxwell House Haggadah
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Apr 10, 202248:37pending
With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Hilchos Mechiras Chametz and his English Sefer on...
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Apr 3, 20221:26:04pending
With Prof. Daniel J. Lasker discussing the history of Karaism and his new book o...
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Mar 27, 202250:46pending
With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson discussing the discovery, origins, and history of the...
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Mar 20, 20221:46:23pending
SZ Series Episode 13: With Prof. Elisheva Carlebach discussing Rav Moshe Chagiz...
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Mar 16, 202245:12pending
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Piyut "Mi Komocha" of Rav Yehuda HaLevi
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Mar 13, 202240:55pending
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Ohr Zarua (Rav Yitzchak of Vienna,...
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Mar 6, 20221:15:19pending
With Rav Doniel Neustadt discussing Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky's Seforim
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Mar 2, 202231:07pending
With Prof. Yochanan Petrovsky-Shtern discussing the Russians' war against Ukrain...
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Feb 27, 202245:01pending
With Prof. Jeffrey Woolf discussing the Maharik (Rav Yosef Colon Trabotto, 1420...
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Feb 20, 20221:13:45pending
SZ Series Episode 12: With Bezalel Naor discussing Post-Sabbatean Sabbateanism
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Feb 16, 20221:17:12pending
With Dr. Dov Zakheim discussing Rebbe (Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi)
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Feb 13, 202249:20pending
With Prof. Edward Fram discussing the Court Diaries of Rabbi Chayim Gundersheim...
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Feb 6, 202233:30pending
SZ Series Episode 11: With Prof. Pawel Maciejko discussing Jacob Frank and the F...
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Feb 2, 202252:19pending
With R' Pinchas Werner discussing his Sefer, "Keitzad Seder Mishna"
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Jan 30, 202247:48pending
SZ Series Episode 10: With Prof. Cengiz Sisman discussing the Dönme
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Jan 26, 20221:07:49pending
With Prof. Glenn Dynner discussing Jewish Tavernkeepers & the Liquor trade in th...
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Jan 23, 20221:02:40pending
SZ Series Episode 9: With R’ Yechiel Goldhaber discussing Sefer Chemdas Yamim
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Jan 19, 202237:35pending
With Eli Rubin discussing Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson of Lubavitch ("Maharash," 1834...
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Jan 16, 20221:13:48pending
SZ Series Episode 8: With Prof. Boaz Huss discussing the Sabbatean origins of Tu...
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Jan 12, 202234:37pending
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