Nachi Weinstein

Seforimchatter

Religion EN ↓ 495 episodes

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 info@seforimchatter.com

Author

Nachi Weinstein

Episodes

With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing classics of emunah & hashkafa, Tanach and more 20.07.2020 1:00:25

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...

With Prof. Adam Teller discussing his new book on the Khmelnytsky massacres (Tach-V'Tat) and the refugee crisis that followed 17.07.2020 59:44

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...

Introduction Show 16.07.2020 13:25

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

With Prof. Michah Gottlieb of NYU discussing the Biur, Mendelssohn, Rav Hirsch and more 02.07.2020 58:49

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

With Prof. Joshua Teplitsky discussing Rav Dovid Oppenheim and his library 26.05.2020 54:45

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...

With Feivel Schneider of Legacy Judaica 24.05.2020 1:03:33

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

With Prof. Eric Lawee discussing his new book on Rashi, his first book on Abarbnel & more 17.05.2020 1:16:05

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...

With R' Avrohom Biderman of Artscroll discussing all things Artscroll 07.05.2020 1:15:01

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

Twitter Live Solo (AMA) 05.05.2020 1:31:21

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

With Natan Hirsch of the NLI discussing Seforim stores & sales in Israel, publishing houses and more 03.05.2020 57:07

Live Show #11. With Natan Hirsch of the NLI (National Library of Israel) discussing the NLI, Seforim stores in Yerushalayim, Seforim sales, various publishing houses and more Follow Natan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nlitorani Support the show

With Michelle Chesner discussing old books, Seforim, and more 29.04.2020 1:03:17

Live Show #10. With Michelle Chesner (Judaic Librarian at Columbia University Libraries) discussing old books, Seforim, footprints project and much more Follow Michelle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hchesner Support the show

With R' Yossel Housman discussing the history of Chassidus 25.04.2020 1:26:24

Live Show #9. With @Yeshevav discussing the history of Chassidus (Hassidim, Hasidism), Chasidish Seforim and more Support the show

With Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter discussing Rav Yaakov Emden (the Yaavetz) 22.04.2020 46:59

Live Show #8. With Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter discussing Rav Yaakov Emden ZT'L (the Yaavetz), his forthcoming critical edition of the Yaavetz's autobiography "Megillas Sefer" and more Support the show

With R' Shimon Szimonowitz of Machon Aleh Zayis on the process of publishing a Sefer today 13.04.2020 1:16:54

Live Show #7. With R' Shimon Szimonowitz of Machon Aleh Zayis (Lakewood, NJ) discussing the process of publishing a Sefer today. Editing, typesetting, layout, cover design, graphics, and much more Support the show

With Prof. Marc Shapiro discussing his books, Rav Mazuz, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak (Isadore) Twersky and more 01.04.2020 59:25

Live Show #6. With Prof. Marc Shapiro discussing Rav Mazuz, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak (Isadore) Twersky, as well as Marc's forthcoming book on Rav Kook, his old books and much more Support the show

With Onthemainline about his blog, Shadal and much more 31.03.2020 51:34

Live Show #5. With special guest Onthemainline (Shimon Steinmetz) about his blog, Shadal and much more Support the show

With David Bashevkin discussing writing, his Haggada, and more 30.03.2020 39:07

Show #4. With David Bashevkin (Dbashideas) discussing writing (how he writes, styles of writing) his NCSY Haggada, his book, and much more Support the show

With Israel Mizrahi of Mizrahi Books about old books and seforim 28.03.2020 58:15

An Interview with Israel Mizrahi of Mizrahi Bookstore in Brooklyn discussing used books and seforim Check out his store here: https://www.ebay.com/str/jewishbookshop Support the show

Solo show about some new Seforim and discussing various Stores and Distributors 24.03.2020 26:31

Live Show #2. Solo show featuring some info on a few new Seforim, and a discussion of various Seforim stores and distributors in the U.S Support the show

Seforimchatter #1 - Solo show, discussing how i got into all of this and some new Seforim 23.03.2020 26:39

Show #1:Includes some background information, and discusses several new Seforim Support the show