Nachi Weinstein

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 info@seforimchatter.com

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Nachi Weinstein

Episodes

The Baal Shem Tov: Episode 2 (with Prof. Glenn Dynner) 28.05.2025 1:06:52

#361 > Sponsored by Zalmie Jacobs in memory of his grandfather Reb Yaakov Katz ben Shneur Zalman Hakohen Z’L and Zalmie’s mother Chaya Golda bas Yaakov Hakohen and Liba Katz, all of whom were intrigued by and curious about the Baal Shem Tov and his progeny. > To purchase "Founder of Hasidism: The Quest for the Historical Baal Shem Tov": https://amzn.to/43d1DBi > To purchase &quo...

The Baal Shem Tov: Episode 1 (with Prof. Glenn Dynner) 25.05.2025 53:55

#360 > Sponsored by Zalmie Jacobs in memory of his grandfather Reb Yaakov Katz ben Shneur Zalman Hakohen Z’L and Zalmie’s mother Chaya Golda bas Yaakov Hakohen and Liba Katz, all of whom were intrigued by and curious about the Baal Shem Tov and his progeny. > To purchase "Founder of Hasidism: The Quest for the Historical Baal Shem Tov": https://amzn.to/43d1DBi > To purchase &quo...

SmallTalk: A Mysterious Guest for Dinner and other Aggados (with Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol) 21.05.2025 23:37

#359 >To purchase "A Mysterious Guest for Dinner": https://amzn.to/3F9DIJV > To purchase "The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave": https://amzn.to/4dJgMhz > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/...

The Shochet: Part 2 - the Autobiography of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848 - 1930) (with Michoel Rotenfeld) 18.05.2025 59:31

#358 > To purchase The Shochet Volume 1: https://amzn.to/4jb7mfR > To purchase The Shochet Volume 2: https://amzn.to/3S8tqfT > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP t...

SmallTalk: Kan Tzipor: Life's Special Moments (with Stephen Savitsky) 14.05.2025 20:54

#357 > To purchase Kan Tzipor 2: https://www.feldheim.com/life-s-special-moments > To purcase Kan Tzipor 1: https://www.feldheim.com/kan-tzipor > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@g...

A History of Jews and Pandemics (with Dr. Jeremy Brown) 11.05.2025 1:45:15

#356 > To purchase "The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19" (winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought): https://amzn.to/4iXhDw0 > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/suppor...

Glikl of Hameln (1647 - 1724) and her memoirs (with Dr. Rachel Greenblatt) 04.05.2025 1:20:07

#355 > Sponsored by Haim Gottschalk in memory of his maternal grandmother Shoshana Etzioni – Reyzl bas Nahum. > To purchase the new edition of Glikl: https://amzn.to/3YW68xw > Also sponsored by Mosaica Press and Is Alternative Healing Kosher? by Rabbi Yehoshua Kaganoff. To purchase: https://mosaicapress.com/product/is-alternative-healing-kosher/?sld=seforimchatter and use code "CHATT...

SmallTalk: Sefer Habris on Bris Milah (with R' Shimon Szimonowitz) 30.04.2025 25:30

#354 > To purchase the new edition of Sefer Habris: https://alehzayis.com/product/%d7%a1%d7%a4%d7%a8-%d7%94%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%aa/ > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle...

The Great Zmanim Debate (with Rabbi Ahron Notis) 27.04.2025 1:22:59

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SmallTalk: Vayiqra in Context - The Commentary of Rabbi Elia Benamozegh (with Sina Kahen & Ben Rothstein) 24.04.2025 24:37

#352 > To purchase, "Vayiqra in Context: A Scientific and Kabbalistic Commentary of Leviticus by Rabbi Elia Benamozegh": https://amzn.to/3RwLoZe > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimch...

Chacham Tzvi Ashkenazi (1658 - 1718) (with Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine) 21.04.2025 1:08:40

#351 > Sponsored by Gluck Plumbing . > To purchase "Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate": https://amzn.to/4ihXnER > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or emai...

SmallTalk: Achsanya Journal Vol 3: Pesach Edition (with Rabbi Eli Simcha Hellmann) 08.04.2025 21:24

#350 > To purchase Achsanya Journal Vol 3: https://kollelashkenaz.org/publications/periodical-achsanya/ Or contact Rabbi Hellman: 845-304-3744; RabbiHellmann@KollelAshkenaz.org > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatt...

An American Blood Libel - Massena, NY 1928 (with Prof. Edward Berenson) 06.04.2025 47:00

#349 > To purchase, "The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town:" https://amzn.to/43DIRUh > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address) Supp...

SmallTalk: Halachos of Baking Matza (with Rabbi Yitzhak Berdugo) 03.04.2025 19:45

#348 > To purchase "Motsi Matsa: A Halakhic Guide to Baking Matsa for Sepharadim and Ashkenazim": https://amzn.to/4leY58C > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/...

SmallTalk: The Abuchatzeira Legacy Haggadah (with Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar) 31.03.2025 23:03

#347 > This episode of the podcast is sponsored in honor of avid listener Shalom Frager’s 40 birthday today. Wishing him many more in good health & happiness. > To purchase the "Abuchatzeira Legacy Haggadah": https://www.artscroll.com/linker/SEFORIMC/link/Books/9781422643181.html Use code MAGENAVOT for free shipping and code WESTCOAST for free expedited shipping on orders over...

Seder Mitzvos Nashim: A 16th century Handbook for Women (with Prof. Edward Fram) 30.03.2025 56:04

#346 > Sponsored by Oren Hizkiya and Shira Berger in honor of their upcoming marriage, בשעה טובה ומוצלחת, may they be Zoche to build a Bayis Ne'eman B’yisrael. > We dicussed Rabbi Binyomin Slonik's bio, why he wrote this work, how unique it was for a rabbi to write a halacha work in Yiddish for women, the lives of Jewish women at the time, style of the work, popularity and legacy o...

The Legacy Haggadah (with Rabbi Moshe Hubner) 26.03.2025 48:16

#345 > To purchase The Legacy Haggadah: https://www.feldheim.com/the-legacy-haggadah > To contact Rabbi Hubner: hubners@gmail.com > Zera Emes Project website: https://zeraemes.com/ > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-se...

5 Years of Seforimchatter 23.03.2025 1:21:42

#344 > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address) Support the show

Nephilim: Giants and Fallen Angels According to Chazal (with R' Yisroel Cohen) 16.03.2025 1:05:12

#343 > To purchase "Nephilim: Giants and Fallen Angels According to Chazal": https://amzn.to/3FyRUMg > This episode is dedicated L’Ilui Nishmas R’ Gedaliah Shaffer ר׳ גדלי׳ ירחמיאל בן מיכל ע״ה, Yahrtzeit יז אדר, his neshama should have an Aliyah. > Episode Sponsored by The Guardians – The Community for Jewish Collectors & History Enthusiasts. Rare books tell the story of ou...

Aggadata and Machshava (with R' Yechezkel Hartman) 12.03.2025 1:02:14

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Medieval Purim Parodies (with Dr. Roni Cohen) 09.03.2025 1:08:14

#341 > This episode is sponsored by Mosaica Press . Check out their many titles, including the Paths of the Maharal . Pick up a copy at your local Judaica store, or order from https://mosaicapress.com/product/paths-of-the-maharal/?sld=seforimchatter and use code “Chatter” for 15% off. > We discussed the origins of Purim parodies, Rav Kalonymus ben Kalonymus and Maseches Purim, Ralbag and Meg...

The Forgotten Torah Commentary: R. Leib Shapiro Frankfurter (1743-1836), Defending Tradition with Bold New Perspectives (with Eliezer Cohn) 02.03.2025 1:31:11

#340 > Episode sponsored by Yoel Moshe Posner. > We discussed the bio of R. Yehuda Leib Shapiro Frankfurter, the style of his Torah commentary Rechasim LaBikah, sources he used, those he was arguing against, new edition and the footnotes, and more. > To purchase the sample critical edition of Rechasim LaBikah: https://amzn.to/41bIWM6 or email Ralashec@gmail.com > Article about Rechasim...

Torah Memory Palace: An Ancient Memory Technique Reimagined (with Heshy Weisz) 23.02.2025 58:16

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SmallTalk: Living Jewish Art: The Art of Itshak Holtz (with David Segal) 19.02.2025 20:00

#338 > To purchase "Living Jewish Art: The Work of Itshak Holtz": https://amzn.to/3EGLSZL> To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address) Support...

Abraham Lincoln & the Jews (with Prof. Jonathan Sarna) 16.02.2025 1:07:05

#337 > To purchase "Lincoln and the Jews"(new paperback edition or coffee table): https://amzn.to/4aZ7Ra5 > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZ3C2CjUeD9AGJvXeEODtK > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email a...