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 Prof. Rena Lauer discussing the Jews of (Venetian) Crete
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SZ Series Episode 7: With Prof. Adam Teller discussing the impact of Tach V'Tat...
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The American Kosher Milk Controversy (with R' Manes Blumenfrucht)
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SZ Series Episode 6: With Prof. Alexander van der Haven discussing Sarah Ashkena...
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With Rabbi Yehuda Keilson discussing the Derashos HaRan
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SZ Series Episode 5: With Prof. Matt Goldish part 2: Discussing post-conversion...
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With Prof. David Fraser discussing Anti-Shechita Prosecutions between 1855 - 191...
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SZ Series Episode 4: With Prof. David J. Halperin discussing Abraham Miguel Card...
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With Prof. Emile Schrijver discussing Jewish Book Culture
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SZ Series Episode 3: With Prof. Yaacob Dweck discussing Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas
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With Rabbi Basil Herring discussing the new RCA Siddur
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SZ Series Episode 2: With Avinoam Stillman discussing Nathan of Gaza
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With Prof. Malka Simkovich discussing Chanukah & the classic sources
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Nov 28, 202149:51pending
SZ Series Episode 1: With Prof. Matt Goldish discussing Sabbatai Zevi's life and...
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With Prof. Francesca Trivellato discussing the Jews of Livorno (Leghorn), Italy
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With R' Shimon Szimonowitz & R' Yaakov Juravel discussing Machon Aleh Zayis & Se...
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With Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol discussing his new book, "The Snake at the Mouth of t...
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With Dr. Moti Benmelech discussing Shlomo Molcho (1501 - 1532)
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Oct 31, 20211:26:17pending
With Rabbi David Fohrman discussing his work at Aleph Beta and his "Parsha Compa...
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Oct 24, 20211:19:42pending
With Prof. Maoz Kahana discussing Religion and Science in Early Modern Rabbinic...
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The Rif (Rav Yitzchak Alfasi, 1013 - 1103) (with Dr. Ezra Chwat)
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With R' Alex Hool discussing the masa'os (travels) of the Bnei Yisrael in the Mi...
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With Rabbi Pinchas Taylor discussing Judaism & the Mysterious (and his book on t...
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With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Sefer Bikurei Yaakov on Hilchos Sukkah & Lulav
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With Prof. Shmuel Feiner discussing European Jewry in the 18th Century
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With R' Yechiel Goldhaber discussing the minhag of covering the shofar while mak...
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With Rav Aaron Lopiansky discussing his new Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Machzorim
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Aug 29, 20211:06:02pending
With Prof. Andrew Porwancher discussing Alexander Hamilton and his Jewish origin...
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Aug 22, 202137:41pending
With Rabbi Shnayor Burton discussing the Mitzvah of living in E'Y and his podcas...
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With Rabbi H. Norman Strickman discussing his new translation of Yesod Moreh of...
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With Dr. Jeremy Brown discussing Copernicus, the Heliocentric model, and its Jew...
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Genazym Auction 10 Catalogue
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Jul 25, 202147:46pending
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Mordechai (R. Mordechai b. Hillel,...
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With Dr. Yael Ziegler discussing her new book on Megillas Eichah, "Lamentations:...
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With Prof. Robert Chazan discussing the Trial of the Talmud in Paris in 1240
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With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing Josephus
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With Dr. David Sclar discussing Ramchal (Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, 1707 - 1746)
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With R' Meni Even-Israel discussing his father, Rav Adin Steinsaltz & his variou...
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With Prof. Neil Netanel discussing the history of Jewish Copyright Law.
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With R' Daniel Levin discussing Rav Chasdai Crescas & Ohr Hashem
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May 30, 20211:48:43pending
With Prof. Naomi Seidman discussing Sarah Schenirer and Bais Yaakov
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With R' Yehuda Rock discussing the new Sefer, "Parshanei HaMikra" of his wife, R...
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With R' Moshe Kravetz and Dr. Allan Jacob discussing their new Sefer, "Emunei Am...
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May 9, 202148:24pending
With Prof. Jeffrey Gurock discussing the Jews of Harlem
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With Prof. Debra Kaplan discussing Charity and the Poor in Early Modern Germany...
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With Prof. David Berger discussing Jewish - Christian debate in the Middle Ages
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Apr 18, 20211:10:56pending
Daf Yomi: With R' Moshe Schwed of AllDaf discussing various Seforim & Meforshim...
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With Prof. Martin Lockshin discussing Rashbam
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With Pearl Herzog discussing her father, R' Tovia Preschel, and his collected wr...
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With Dr. Pinchas Roth discussing Medieval Jewry of Provence
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