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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 [email protected]

SmallTalk: Karpas - The Big Dipper (with Rabbi Ori Strum)

14 mins; March 30, 2026

Rav Elazar Fleckles (1754 - 1826) (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon)

51 mins; March 29, 2026

SmallTalk: Haggadah Shel Pesach Siach Yitzchak (with Rabbi Isaac Rice)

23 mins; March 26, 2026

SmallTalk: The Attached Haggadah (with Rabbi Yakov Danishevksy)

16 mins; March 24, 2026

Interview on the TMC podcast

81 hours 54 mins; March 23, 2026

Haggadah and History (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)

63 hours 54 mins; March 22, 2026

SmallTalk: Haggadah Shel Pesach B'Damayich Chayi (with Rabbi Yehoshua Forgy)

19 mins; March 19, 2026

SmallTalk: The Rhyme and Reason Haggadah (with Rabbi Reuven Lowy)

16 mins; March 17, 2026

Echoes of Egypt (with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman)

74 hours 3 mins; March 15, 2026

SmallTalk: The Psychology and Personal Growth Haggadah (with Rabbi Shimon Feder)

17 mins; March 12, 2026

SmallTalk: The Winding Road of Redemption Haggadah (with Rabbi Yaakov Fisch)

15 mins; March 10, 2026

Jewish Peddlers (with Prof. Hasia Diner)

46 mins; March 08, 2026

SmallTalk: Sefer Birchas Yisroel on Chumash - the Brisker method (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)

22 mins; March 04, 2026

The Book of Esther In The Age Of Rembrandt (with Abigail Rapoport)

45 mins; March 01, 2026

SmallTalk: Moadim with Meaning (with Rabbi Moshe Schochet)

14 mins; February 25, 2026

Haman: A Biography (with Prof. Adam Silverstein)

45 mins; February 22, 2026

SmallTalk: Understanding Megillas Esther with Ibn Kaspi (with Sina Kahen and Jackson Gardner)

16 mins; February 18, 2026

Sofer.AI: AI and Torah (with Zach Fish)

54 mins; February 15, 2026

SmallTalk: Chachmei HaMishnah (with Rabbi Dovid Jaffee)

16 mins; February 11, 2026

SmallTalk: Football, Antisemitism, and Harvard: The Story of Arnold Horween (with Dr. Zev Eleff)

19 mins; February 08, 2026

Jewish Fables (with Dr. Emile Schrijver)

51 mins; February 08, 2026

AuctionChatter: Genazym Winter Event (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon)

58 mins; February 04, 2026

Unlocking Leshon Hakodesh (with Prof. Eliezer (Lewis) Glinert)

56 mins; February 01, 2026

SmallTalk: The Mezuzah User Guide (with Rabbi Moshe Gantz & Joseph Miller)

25 mins; January 28, 2026

King Henry VIII and the Rabbis (with Jerry Rabow)

72 hours 10 mins; January 25, 2026

SmallTalk: Badei HaMitzvos - Explaining the Miztvos According to the Weekly Parshah (with Yitzchok Weber)

24 mins; January 21, 2026

AuctionChatter: Tavin Auction 1 (with R' Moshe Kravetz)

75 hours 32 mins; January 18, 2026

SmallTalk: Mr. Avi Shulman (with R' Sroy Levitansky)

23 mins; January 14, 2026

Divrei Sholom V'Emes: The Maskilic Manifesto and The Controversy (with Prof. Shmuel Feiner)

64 hours 29 mins; January 11, 2026

SmallTalk: Together Forever: Torah Strategies For Marriage (with Roy & Leah Neuberger)

20 mins; January 07, 2026

The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 4 - Epilogue (with Michelle Margolis)

55 mins; January 06, 2026

The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 3 (with Michelle Margolis)

60 hours 2 mins; January 04, 2026

The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 2 (with Michelle Margolis)

71 hours 11 mins; December 31, 2025

The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 1 (with Michelle Margolis)

65 hours 29 mins; December 28, 2025

SmallTalk: Kol Chosson: Foundations of the Jewish Wedding (with Rabbi Dr. Elly Deutsch)

17 mins; December 24, 2025

Disputed Messiahs: Jewish Messianism in the Ashkenazic World During the Reformation (with Prof. Rebekka Voß)

58 mins; December 21, 2025

SmallTalk: Haftorah of Chanukah Unlocked (with Sam Stonefield)

18 mins; December 17, 2025

Mishnat Eyal: The Personal Mishnayos of Fallen Soldier Eyal Meir Berkowitz HY'D (with Rabbi Eliyahu Dordek)

54 mins; December 14, 2025

SmallTalk: What Can I Say Today? Practical Shmiras Haloshon (with Rabbi Dovid Jaffee)

18 mins; December 10, 2025

A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe (with Prof. Elisheva Carlebach & Prof. Debra Kaplan)

58 mins; December 07, 2025

SmallTalk: Touro Medical Halachah Annual (with Dr. Edward Lebovics)

21 mins; December 03, 2025

Machon Ahavat Shalom: Seforim & Manuscripts (with Rav Eliyahu Hillel)

45 mins; November 30, 2025

SmallTalk: Ibn Ezra's Inroduction to The Torah (with Jackson Gardner)

12 mins; November 26, 2025

Thanksgiving and Jewish Law (with Prof. Michael Broyde)

47 mins; November 23, 2025

SmallTalk: The Halachos of Facing Yerushalayim (with R' Yosef Weisenfeld)

39 mins; November 18, 2025

The Samaritans (with Prof. Steven Fine)

51 mins; November 16, 2025

SmallTalk: Growing Parents, Growing Children (with Rabbi Noam Grossman)

20 mins; November 12, 2025

Radak on Bereishis: An Analysis (with Prof. Yitzhak Berger)

67 hours 2 mins; November 10, 2025

Radak on Bereishis: An Overview (with Yoram Bogacz)

43 mins; November 09, 2025

SmallTalk: Making it Real on the Torah (with Rabbi Moshe Pruzansky)

20 mins; November 05, 2025

Rabbi Akiva (with Abie Rotenberg)

52 mins; November 02, 2025

SmallTalk: Transform Your Emunah (with Reuven Garber)

27 mins; October 29, 2025

The Unconventional Life and Thought of Solomon Yom Tov Bennett (1767 - 1838) (with Prof. David Ruderman)

66 hours 56 mins; October 26, 2025

SmallTalk: A Taste of Rav Hirsch’s Torah (with Naphtaly Levy)

29 mins; October 22, 2025

Rabeinu Tam (1100 - 1171) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)

73 hours 44 mins; October 19, 2025

SmallTalk: Shnayim (Mikra) Yomi (with Elad Danino)

15 mins; October 16, 2025

The Great Shiurim Debate (with Rabbi Ahron Notis)

74 hours 53 mins; October 04, 2025

Rabbi Meir Poppers (1628 - 1662) and his role in spreading Toras HaAriZal (with Avinoam Stillman)

61 hours 34 mins; September 28, 2025

SmallTalk: The Book and The Blade (with Rabbi Avi Weller)

18 mins; September 25, 2025

The Making of the Siddur (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)

73 hours 0 mins; September 20, 2025

Talmud Reclaimed (with Shmuel Phillips)

79 hours 21 mins; September 16, 2025

In His Mercy: Understanding the Thirteen Middos (with Rabbi Ezra Bick)

68 hours 15 mins; September 13, 2025

SmallTalk: Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era (with Rabbi Gil Student)

25 mins; September 10, 2025

AuctionChatter: Legacy Judaica (with R' Moshe Maimon)

81 hours 18 mins; September 08, 2025

The Woman who Defied Kings: Doña Gracia Nasi (1510 - 1569) (with Andrée Aelion Brooks)

65 hours 9 mins; September 07, 2025

SmallTalk: Imrei Shai Al Hatorah (with R' Shimon Szimonowitz)

32 mins; September 03, 2025

AuctionChatter: Genazym 21 - Catalog of the Giants

68 hours 2 mins; September 01, 2025

Tafkid HaAdam: Finding One's True Purpose (with R' Gili Backenroth)

71 hours 2 mins; August 31, 2025

SmallTalk: The Torah of Tomorrow: Rav Kook's Torah (with Rochi Ebner)

22 mins; August 27, 2025

HaDoresh VeHamevakesh: A Unique Take on Shas (with R' David Farkas, Esq.)

70 hours 27 mins; August 25, 2025

The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai (with Prof. Melissa Klapper)

70 hours 4 mins; August 24, 2025

SmallTalk: Emunah and Physics (with Dr. Berel Epstein)

23 mins; August 20, 2025

The Writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (with Dr. Elliot Bondi)

70 hours 52 mins; August 17, 2025

SmallTalk: Writing Jewish and Secular Fiction (with Leah Cypess)

22 mins; August 13, 2025

Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America (with Prof. Laura Yares)

67 hours 59 mins; August 10, 2025

SmallTalk: Timely and Timeless (with R' Dovid Bogopulsky and R' Yehoshua Duker)

26 mins; August 06, 2025

SmallTalk: Tzipsa L'Yeshuah: Yearning for Redemption (with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein)

17 mins; August 03, 2025

Jews vs. Rome: The Churban and its aftermath (with Prof. Barry Strauss)

79 hours 52 mins; August 02, 2025

SmallTalk: Az Nidberu on Devarim (with R' Ali Scharf)

23 mins; July 30, 2025

Emek Habacha: The Trials and Tribulations of Jewish History as written by a 16th century Jewish Historian (with Dr. Micha Perry)

44 mins; July 27, 2025

SmallTalk: Becoming Godly (with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Sokol)

21 mins; July 23, 2025

Reflections Upon Rav Yehuda Amital (with Rabbi Moshe Taragin)

73 hours 34 mins; July 20, 2025

SmallTalk: Music in Halachah (with R' Pinchas Shelby)

20 mins; July 16, 2025

Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World (with Prof. Martin Goodman)

87 hours 55 mins; July 13, 2025

SmallTalk: Common Ground (with Rabbi Arieh Friedner)

26 mins; July 09, 2025

Sefer Chasidim and Early Modern Hebrew Printing (with Prof. Joseph Skloot)

80 hours 20 mins; July 06, 2025

AuctionChatter: TajArt Auction 17 (with R' Moshe Maimon)

59 mins; July 01, 2025

The American Revolution and Jewish Patriots (with Prof. Adam Jortner)

64 hours 52 mins; June 29, 2025

The Dybbuk: Its Origins and History (with Dr. Morris Faierstein)

81 hours 39 mins; June 22, 2025

SmallTalk: ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas on the Torah (with Joshua Skarf)

19 mins; June 18, 2025

Akeidas Yitzchak of Rabbi Yitzchak Arama (1420 - 1494) (with Ziv Elul)

43 mins; June 15, 2025

SmallTalk: Tefillah B'Btzibbur B'Halacha (with R' Shimon Szimonowitz)

34 mins; June 11, 2025

Speaking to an Empty Shul: Covid Derashos (with Rabbi Yehuda Halpert)

53 mins; June 08, 2025

SmallTalk: Adirei Hatorah - A new compilation of Divrei Torah on the Parsha (with R' Aryeh Ganz)

24 mins; June 04, 2025

AuctionChatter: Kestenbaum & Company Auction 112 (with R' Moshe Maimon)

70 hours 1 min; May 31, 2025

The Baal Shem Tov: Episode 2 (with Prof. Glenn Dynner)

66 hours 52 mins; May 28, 2025

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

53 mins; May 25, 2025

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

23 mins; May 21, 2025

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

59 mins; May 18, 2025

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

20 mins; May 14, 2025

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