Seforimchatter
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
Episodes
313 episodes
AuctionChatter: Genazym 19 - the Toporowitch Collection
#313> Sponsored by Genazym> To peruse the catalogue and bid on items: https://www.genazym.com/auction/623-the-toporovitch-collection-en/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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58:25
Rav Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795 - 1874) (with Prof. Asaf Yedidya)
#312> We discussed Rav Zvi Hirsch bio (student of the Nesivos [Rav Yaakov Loerberbaum] and Rav Akiva Eiger), as Rabbi of Torún for 40 years, his ambitious letter to Baron Rothschild, his project to restart korbanos and Sefer Drishas ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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48:23
AuctionChatter: Legacy Judaica 11.3.24 (with R' Moshe Maimon)
#311> This episode is sponsored by Legacy Auction. To register and bid on the forthcoming auction Sunday, November 3rd at 1PM click here: https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/catalog/auction/legacyjudaica/50930/1?lang=en
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:09:00
Sefer Chezyonos: The Mystical Autobiography of Rav Chaim Vital (with Dr. Morris Faierstein)
#310> This episode is sponsored by Legacy Auction. To register and bid on the forthcoming auction Sunday, November 3rd at 1PM click here: https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/catalog/auction/legacyjudaica/50930/1?lang=en
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:22:42
The Kesser Torah Yeshiva System of Radomsk (with Dovi Safier)
#309> We discussed the Radomsk Chasidus, the last Rebbe of Radomsk (Rav Shlomo Chanoch Hakohen Rabinowitz), the Rebbe's wealth, the Kesser Torah Yeshiva System, the sad demise of the Radomsk Chasidus and the Yeshiva system, how Dovi ...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:08:02
With Rabbi Moshe Taragin discussing October 7th and its aftermath
#308> We discussed religious issues (Kiddush Hashem, distorted version of Olam Habah, etc), Anti-semitism, Geulah, and more.> Purchase "Dark Clouds Above, Faith Below": https://amzn.to/4dIzgx2> Pre-order "...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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53:06
The Making of Minhagei Yomim Nora'im (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)
#307>To purchase "The Making of a Minhag": https://www.feldheim.com/the-making-of-a-minhag?&utm_source=Portals&utm_medium=Sefarim_Chatter_Podcast_&utm_campaign=Podcast_SC_MAKMIUse code "Rabbiwalter" for 20% off
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Season 5
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Episode 74
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1:10:42
Rav Dovid Hakohen Rappaport, the Mikdash Dovid (1890 - 1941) (with Yehuda Geberer)
#306> This episode is sponsored by Mosaica Press. Check out their many titles, including the newly published Rabbi's Responsa: Moadim, the first book in Rabbi Akiva Willig’s groundbreaking new halachah series.
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Season 5
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Episode 73
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1:14:01
The Jews of Modena, Italy (with Prof. Federica Francesconi)
#305> This podcast episode is sponsored by the Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies, a leading academic program in Jewish Studies that equips students with the tools to search out their own unique path into the stu...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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1:25:00
Machon Ofeq edition of the Toras Kohanim (with R' Yehuda Shoshana)
#304> Episode Sponsor: Mosaica PressCheck out their many titles including the Talmud Treasury: ⁃ Imagine having at your fingertips the wisdom of the ages, the stories of our great...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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1:49:06
Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 3 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)
#303> > This mini-series is sponsored by Maggid Books, a division of Koren Jerusalem, who is the proud publisher of several works by Rav Kook including a commentary on the siddur compiled by Rabbi Bezalel Nao...
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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2:17:29
Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 2 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)
#302> > This mini-series is sponsored by Maggid Books, a division of Koren Jerusalem, who is the proud publisher of several works by Rav Kook including a commentary on the siddur compiled by Rabbi Bezalel Nao...
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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1:19:05
Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 1 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)
#301> This mini-series is sponsored by Maggid Books, a division of Koren Jerusalem, who is the proud publisher of several works by Rav Kook including a commentary on the siddur compiled by Rabbi Bezalel Naor, an...
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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1:13:44
Death, Graves, Burial, and associated subjects in Judaism (with R' Yaakov Sofer)
#300> This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Eli and Eva Genauer in memory of her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Offenbacher. האשה גיטל בת ר׳ אליעזר. Mrs Offenbacher was a Baalas Chesed extraordinaire as she was involved ...
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Season 5
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Episode 67
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1:14:07
The Jews of Jamaica (with Prof. Stanley Mirvis)
#299> This episode of the podcast sponsored by Rabbi Shmuel Reich, ADHD Coach, and host of The ADHD Heroes Podcast. ADHD can impact not only attention, but also memory, organization, and other skills that...
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Season 5
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Episode 66
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1:04:47
TLT Episode 17: The Bnei Menashe (ft. Hillel Halkin)
#298> Corporate sponsor of the series: Gluck Plumbing.For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main...
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Season 5
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Episode 65
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1:29:12
Tisha B'Av Kinnos & Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (ft. Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter)
#297> To purchase "The Lord is Righteous in All His Ways" (out of print - limoted availability) click here.> To purchase the Mesorat Harav Kinnot click
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Season 5
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Episode 64
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52:48
TLT Episode 16: The Recent Increase in Interest in TLT (ft. Prof. Shalva Weil)
#296> Corporate sponsor of the series: Gluck Plumbing.For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main lin...
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Season 5
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Episode 63
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47:00
Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (ft. Prof. Jodi Magness)
#295> This episode is sponsored by the Nine Days to Redemption podcast. During this season of communal mourning for the destruction of ancient Jerusalem and its Temples, join Dr. Erica Brown as she encounters classical Jewish ...
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Season 5
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Episode 62
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1:24:54
TLT Episode 15: The Modern Ten Lost Tribes - Ethiopian Jews, The Lemba Tribe, and Black Jews of Africa and America (ft. Prof. Tudor Parfitt)
#294> Corporate sponsor of the series: Gluck Plumbing.For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main lin...
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Season 5
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Episode 61
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1:14:34
The Kidnapping & Forced Conversion of Edgardo Mortara (ft. Prof. David Kertzer)
#293> This episode is sponsored by the Bemak family, in memory of all Jews who have been lost to forced conversions over the course of our history.> To purchase "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara" click
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Season 5
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Episode 60
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41:36
TLT Episode 14: The Jews of China, the Boxer Rebellion, and Rabbi Uziel Haga (ft. Prof. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite)
#292> Corporate sponsor of the series: Gluck Plumbing.For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main lin...
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Season 5
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Episode 59
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1:37:09
The Jews of Medieval England: Life, Violence, and Expulsion (ft. Prof. John Tolan)
#291> We discussed the origins of England's Jews, their professions, contact with the non-Jews, the general attitude of non-Jews towards the Jews, the attitude of the church, Blood Libel (William of Norwich & Hugh of Lincoln), th...
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Season 5
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Episode 58
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50:59
With Prof. Oded Israeli discussing Ramban (1194 - 1270)
#290> Episode sponsored by Mosaica Press.Check out their 50% off sale by clicking here.For all non-sale items use code "Chatter" for 15% off> Thi...
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Season 5
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Episode 57
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1:05:26
TLT Series Episode 13: R' Yechiel Goldhaber - Rav Yisroel Shklover, the Talmidei HaGra, and the Ten Lost Tribes
#289> Corporate sponsor of the series: Gluck Plumbing.For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main lin...
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Season 5
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Episode 56
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59:26
