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Podcast: Seforimchatter
Episode: Rav Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795 - 1874) (with Prof. Asaf Yedidya)
Description: #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 Tzion, his writings and thought as a forerunner of religious zionism, his impact on religious zionism, the un fortunate state of his writings today and more. > To purchase Jody Myers "Seeking Zion: Modernity and Messianic Activism in the Writings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer":> To purchase Prof. Yedidya's new Hebrew bio: https://www.bialik-publishing.co.il/in...