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#36. With Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar (Rosh Kollel of LINK Kollel in LA) discussing Machin Magen Avot and the various Seforim he has published. Shu's Rav Chaim Dovid Serero, Chachmei Castille Al HaTorah, Shita Ktav Yad on Mesechet Yoma from Rav Avraham Ibn Musah, amd his own sefeorim, Magen Avot (Moroccan Minhagim). We also discussed the authors and various Moroccan Gedolim. Support the show

#35.  With Prof. Sara Reguer (Chair of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College) discussing her book, "My Father's Journey: A Memoir of Lost Worlds of Jewish Lithuania". We discuss her grandfather, Rav Simcha Zelig Reguer ZT'L Av Beis Din of Brisk, Rav Chaim Soloveitchik ZT'L, her father's time in the yeshiva world and more. We also mentioned Rav Moshe Soloveitchik, Rav Jos...

#34. With Rabbi Yosie Levine (Rabbi of The Jewish Center) discussing the topic of his recently completed dissertation, the Chacham Tzvi. We discuss his life, works, controversies and more Support the show

#33. With Dan Rabinowitz (of the Seforim Blog) discussing his book "The Lost Library: The Legacy of Vilna's Strashun Library in the Aftermath of the Holocaust". We discuss Vilna, the Haskalah in Vilna, the Rashash (Rav Shmuel Strashun), Rav Matisyahu Strashun & his library, the library during World War 2, YIVO, the library today, and more. Purchase the book: https://amzn.to/4wtQ...

#32. With Prof. Howard (Tzvi) Adelman discussing Rav Yehuda Aryeh Modena.  His life, works, and more. We also touch on Italian Jewry in general Support the show

#31. With Yehuda Geberer, tour guide, writer, and host of the Jewish History Soundbites Podcast. We discuss how he got into history, various stories and recollections, how he prepares for a show, what sources do we both use, how we do we know which sources are good and much more Support the show

#30. Discussing the Sefer Shailos U'Teshuvos Torah Lishmah by the Ben Ish Chai, Rav Yosef Chaim ZT"L of Baghdad.  The Ben Ish Chai attributed it to an unknown Chacham "Yechezkel Kuchli", however it is now known that he himself was the author. Various proofs are brought in the extensive introduction to the 2013 Ahavat Shalom edition (as expounded in the podcast). Support the sho...

Show #29. Solo show discussing various new Seforim and my quick thoughts on them. If you have any feedback on this style of episode and whether you would like to hear more episodes like this please email me seforimchatter@gmail.com Support the show

Show #28. With R' Zecharia Holzer of Machon Al Harishonim discussing the Machon, how they got into working on Rishonim, the Machzorim on Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, how they came about, various Rishonim included, and more Support the show

Live show. #27. With Prof. Eve Krakowski (Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University) discussing the Cairo Geniza. Its History, how it was discovered, its uses today, the Friedberg project, the differences between the literary fragments and documents, her book, and much more. To purchase her book "Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Fema...

Live show. #26. (Some audio issues at around the 40:00 mark, fast forward). With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel (E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Law at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University) discussing the Baalei Tosafos, who were the "main" ones, methodology, style, differnces between France (צרפת) and Germany (אשכנז), th...

Show #25. With Prof. Magda Teter (Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and Professor of History at Fordham University) discussing her new book "Blood Libel: On The Trail Of An Antisemitic Myth" (Harvard University Press) about the history of the Blood Libel, William of Norwich & Thomas Of Monmouth, Simon of Trent and the trial of the Jews of Trent, the controversy around Prof. Ariel Toaf...

Show #24.  With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing the Dead Sea Scrolls and more. A basic overview of what they are, who wrote them, the differences between the Perushim, Saducees, suggested reading material and more. To read more of Prof. Schiffman's work:  https://nyu.academia.edu/LawrenceSchiffman and  http://lawrenceschiffman.com/ . To purchase his book "Reclaiming the Dead Sea S...

Show #23. With Yossel Housman (@Yeshevav) discussing the history of the Kinnos, who was the Kallir & when did he live, different styles of piyut and kinnos, the kinnah "Eli Tzion" and more Support the show

Show #22. Exclusively for the Podcast. Witn R' Moshe Maimon discussing his new critical edition of the writings of Rabeinu Avraham Ben HaRambam (Abraham Maimonidies), a biography of Rabeinu Avraham, his style of learning, similarities to his father and more Also discussed is R' Maimon's own Kuntris "Ma'atikei HaShmueah" with glosses of Rav Shaul Alter To Purchase the...

Live Show #21. With Elli Fischer discussing his work on Rav Asher Weiss, his work on translating books & Seforim and how he goes about doing it, Rav Eliezer Melamed, Peninei Halakha and more Support the show

Show #20. With Rav Shnayor Burton, R'Y Yeshivas Bais Hillel discussing classical seforim of emunah & hashkafa, his podcast "The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton" ,Tanach, his experience in the Chidon HaTanach, his own Seforim and more To Purchase his first Sefer "Oros Yaakov" on the Avos: https://www.amazon.com/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D...

Live Show #19. With Prof. Adam Teller of Brown University discussing his new book "Rescue the Surviving Souls: The Great Jewish Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century" (Princeton University Press) about the Khmelnytsky massacres in the Polish - Lithunian Commonwealth in the 17th Century (also known as "Tach-V'Tat  ת"ח ות"ט for the years 1648 - 1649) and the subsequ...

In this mini episode i discuss my name, background, how i got into Seforim & started the Twitter account and more Check out the Twitter account here:  https://twitter.com/Seforimchatter Support the show

Live Show #17.  With Prof. Michah Gottlieb of NYU discussing the Biur, Mendelssohn, Haskalah, Rav Hirsch, and his forthcoming work on German Bible Translation as well as his future work on Rav Hirsch.  Support the show

Live Show #16. With Joshua Teplitsky (Assistant professor of History at Stony Brook University) discussing his book "Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History's Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library" about Rav Dovid Oppenheim and his collection, and his new work on plague. To purchase the book:  https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300234909/prince-press Support the...

Live Show #15. Discussing judaica, antiques, auctions, bidspirit, how the auction process works, how he writes a catalog and more Support the show

Live Show #14. With Prof. Eric Lawee of Bar-Ilan University discussing his new book:  "Rashi's Commentary on The Torah: Canonization and Resistance In The Reception of A Jewish Classic" (Oxford University Press), his first book "Isaac Abarbnel's Stance towards Tradition", the proper pronunciation of "Abarbnel vs Abravanel", his Rebbi and Teacher Rabbi Dr. Yi...

Live Show #13. With R' Avrohom Biderman of Artscroll, discussing whats new, forthcoming projects, opinions and much more Support the show

Twitter Live #12. Solo show (AMA), discussing my personal Seforim, opinions and more Support the show