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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]

A History of Jews and Pandemics (with Dr. Jeremy Brown)

105 hours 15 mins; May 11, 2025

Glikl of Hameln (1647 - 1724) and her memoirs (with Dr. Rachel Greenblatt)

80 hours 7 mins; May 04, 2025

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

25 mins; April 30, 2025

The Great Zmanim Debate (with Rabbi Ahron Notis)

82 hours 59 mins; April 27, 2025

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

24 mins; April 24, 2025

Chacham Tzvi Ashkenazi (1658 - 1718) (with Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine)

68 hours 40 mins; April 21, 2025

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

21 mins; April 08, 2025

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

47 mins; April 06, 2025

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

19 mins; April 03, 2025

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

23 mins; March 31, 2025

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

56 mins; March 30, 2025

The Legacy Haggadah (with Rabbi Moshe Hubner)

48 mins; March 26, 2025

5 Years of Seforimchatter

81 hours 42 mins; March 23, 2025

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

65 hours 12 mins; March 16, 2025

Aggadata and Machshava (with R' Yechezkel Hartman)

62 hours 14 mins; March 12, 2025

Medieval Purim Parodies (with Dr. Roni Cohen)

68 hours 14 mins; March 09, 2025

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

91 hours 11 mins; March 02, 2025

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

58 mins; February 23, 2025

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

20 mins; February 19, 2025

Abraham Lincoln & the Jews (with Prof. Jonathan Sarna)

67 hours 5 mins; February 16, 2025

The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 5 (with J.J. Kimche)

77 hours 46 mins; February 13, 2025

The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 4 (with J.J. Kimche)

90 hours 15 mins; February 11, 2025

The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 3 (with J.J. Kimche)

73 hours 33 mins; February 09, 2025

AuctionChatter: Genazym 20 (with R' Moshe Maimon)

70 hours 13 mins; February 06, 2025

The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 2 (with J.J. Kimche)

79 hours 49 mins; February 04, 2025

The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 1 (with J.J. Kimche)

76 hours 3 mins; February 02, 2025

The 1929 Chevron Massacre (with Yardena Schwartz)

64 hours 50 mins; January 26, 2025

The Shabbos Mussaf Prayer (with Rabbi Elchanan Adler)

76 hours 3 mins; January 19, 2025

SmallTalk: Ideas on Shemos (with Sina Kahen)

14 mins; January 15, 2025

Pri Ets Haim: AI's Role in Reviving Jewish History (with Daniel Frances & Josh Guedalia)

72 hours 31 mins; January 12, 2025

The Sources of the Siddur (with Moshe Tzvi Wieder)

81 hours 33 mins; January 05, 2025

The Books of Maccabees (with Prof. Daniel R. Schwartz)

57 mins; December 29, 2024

SmallTalk: Historical Fiction & Chanukah (with Channah Cohen)

23 mins; December 25, 2024

The Kotzker (with Yisroel Besser)

82 hours 28 mins; December 22, 2024

A Review: The Guide to the Perplexed: A New English Translation (with Rabbi Shnayor Burton)

80 hours 11 mins; December 18, 2024

The Guide to the Perplexed: A New English Translation (with Prof. Lenn E. Goodman)

110 hours 30 mins; December 15, 2024

Sotheby's Judaica, Manuscripts, and Auctions (with Shaul Seidler-Feller)

104 hours 31 mins; December 08, 2024

Shaar Cards: Learning the History of the Rishonim through Cards (with R' Levi Goldwasser)

57 mins; December 01, 2024

Rabbi Meir (Maharam) of Rothenburg (1220 - 1293) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)

82 hours 43 mins; November 24, 2024

AuctionChatter: Taj Art 15

69 hours 16 mins; November 20, 2024

Halachah: Evasion, Avoidance, and Workarounds (with Rabbi Daniel Feldman)

56 mins; November 17, 2024

Rabbi Michoel Forshlager (1883 - 1958) (with Pinny Kreizel)

62 hours 14 mins; November 13, 2024

History of the Jews in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) (with Prof. Bart Wallet)

78 hours 59 mins; November 10, 2024

AuctionChatter: Genazym 19 - the Toporowitch Collection

58 mins; November 07, 2024

Rav Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795 - 1874) (with Prof. Asaf Yedidya)

48 mins; November 03, 2024

AuctionChatter: Legacy Judaica 11.3.24 (with R' Moshe Maimon)

69 hours 0 mins; October 29, 2024

Sefer Chezyonos: The Mystical Autobiography of Rav Chaim Vital (with Dr. Morris Faierstein)

82 hours 42 mins; October 27, 2024

The Kesser Torah Yeshiva System of Radomsk (with Dovi Safier)

68 hours 2 mins; October 13, 2024

With Rabbi Moshe Taragin discussing October 7th and its aftermath

53 mins; October 06, 2024

The Making of Minhagei Yomim Nora'im (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)

70 hours 42 mins; September 29, 2024

Rav Dovid Hakohen Rappaport, the Mikdash Dovid (1890 - 1941) (with Yehuda Geberer)

74 hours 1 min; September 22, 2024

The Jews of Modena, Italy (with Prof. Federica Francesconi)

85 hours 0 mins; September 15, 2024

Machon Ofeq edition of the Toras Kohanim (with R' Yehuda Shoshana)

109 hours 6 mins; September 08, 2024

Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 3 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)

137 hours 29 mins; September 04, 2024

Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 2 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)

79 hours 5 mins; September 03, 2024

Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 1 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)

73 hours 44 mins; September 01, 2024

Death, Graves, Burial, and associated subjects in Judaism (with R' Yaakov Sofer)

74 hours 7 mins; August 25, 2024

The Jews of Jamaica (with Prof. Stanley Mirvis)

64 hours 47 mins; August 18, 2024

TLT Episode 17: The Bnei Menashe (ft. Hillel Halkin)

89 hours 12 mins; August 14, 2024

Tisha B'Av Kinnos & Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (ft. Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter)

52 mins; August 11, 2024

TLT Episode 16: The Recent Increase in Interest in TLT (with Prof. Shalva Weil)

47 mins; August 07, 2024

Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (ft. Prof. Jodi Magness)

84 hours 54 mins; August 04, 2024

TLT Episode 15: The Modern Ten Lost Tribes - Ethiopian Jews, The Lemba Tribe, and Black Jews of Africa and America (ft. Prof. Tudor Parfitt)

74 hours 34 mins; July 31, 2024

The Kidnapping & Forced Conversion of Edgardo Mortara (ft. Prof. David Kertzer)

41 mins; July 28, 2024

TLT Episode 14: The Jews of China, the Boxer Rebellion, and Rabbi Uziel Haga (ft. Prof. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite)

97 hours 9 mins; July 24, 2024

The Jews of Medieval England: Life, Violence, and Expulsion (with Prof. John Tolan)

50 mins; July 21, 2024

The Ramban (1194 - 1270) (with Prof. Oded Israeli)

65 hours 26 mins; July 14, 2024

TLT Series Episode 13: R' Yechiel Goldhaber - Rav Yisroel Shklover, the Talmidei HaGra, and the Ten Lost Tribes

59 mins; July 10, 2024

With R' Yosef Leib Klein & R' Yechezkel Sklar discussing Rav Mordechai Banet (1753 - 1829) and the new edition of Shu't Parashas Mordechai

119 hours 39 mins; July 07, 2024

TLT Series Episode 12: Prof. Elizabeth Fenton - The Hebraic Indian Theory

69 hours 9 mins; July 03, 2024

The Kedushas Levi and the new English edition (with R' Moyshe (Mitchell) Silk)

70 hours 13 mins; June 30, 2024

TLT Series Episode 11: Prof. Sina Rauschenbach - Rabbi Menashe ben Israel and the Ten Lost Tribes

79 hours 27 mins; June 26, 2024

With Rav Aharon Lopiansky discussing his new book for Yeshiva Bochurim ("Ben Yeshiva: A Pathway of Aliyah")

99 hours 44 mins; June 23, 2024

With J.J. Kimche discussing C.D. Ginsburg (1825 - 1914)

68 hours 51 mins; June 19, 2024

AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Genazym 18 Auction Catalogue

67 hours 43 mins; June 16, 2024

With R' Alex Hool discussing the location of Har Sinai

51 mins; June 09, 2024

With Rabbi Basil Herring discussing R. Yosef Ibn Kaspi (1279 - 1340)

57 mins; June 02, 2024

AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Royal Auction House - Auction 10 Catalogue

63 hours 18 mins; May 28, 2024

With R' Daniel Glatstein discussing Lag BaOmer

51 mins; May 25, 2024

Discussing my new edition of Sefer Toras Chaim (R. Avraham Chaim Schorr, d. 1632) on Maseches Avodah Zara

78 hours 1 min; May 19, 2024

With Eliezer Saidel discussing the Lechem Hapanim

71 hours 0 mins; May 15, 2024

TLT Series Episode 10: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch - Antonio de Montezinos and his Relacion in context

65 hours 8 mins; May 12, 2024

TLT Series Episode 9: Prof. Ronnie Perelis - Antonio de Montezinos and the Ten Lost Tribes in the New World

68 hours 33 mins; May 05, 2024

With R' Eli Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Juspa Schammes (1604 - 1698) and his newly published Haggadah

52 mins; April 18, 2024

Mitzrayim (Egypt), Midrash, and Myth (with R' Yisroel Cohen)

60 hours 15 mins; April 14, 2024

With Dr. Susan Weingarten discussing the history of Charoses

65 hours 57 mins; April 07, 2024

AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Taj Art Auction 13 Catalogue

78 hours 54 mins; April 03, 2024

Blood Libels & Ritual Murder Trials at the turn of the 20th century (with Prof. Hillel Kieval)

118 hours 42 mins; March 31, 2024

With R' Moshe Baruch Kaufman discussing Rav Aryeh Leib Lipkin (1839 - 1903) and his Sefer Ohr HaYom on Zmanim

73 hours 17 mins; March 25, 2024

With Rabbi Michael Taubes & Rabbi Josh Flug discussing the new Batei Yosef series on Moadim: Torah of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik and other YU Roshei Yeshiva

55 mins; March 17, 2024

With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Matmonim Auction 4 Catalogue

66 hours 43 mins; March 10, 2024

With Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker discussing how to retain your learning and his new book on the subject

64 hours 6 mins; March 07, 2024

With Prof. Jordan Penkower discussing the history of printed Rashi on Tanach

59 mins; March 03, 2024

With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Genazym Auction 17 catalogue

113 hours 33 mins; February 25, 2024

The Shochet: The autobiography of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848 - 1930) (with Michoel Rotenfeld)

90 hours 40 mins; February 18, 2024

TLT Series Episode 8: Prof. Alan Verskin - David Reueveni (16th century): Imposter or brother of the King of the Lost Tribes?

92 hours 20 mins; February 11, 2024

TLT Series Episode 7: Dr. Moti Benmelech - The Ten Lost Tribes in Jewish Consciousness in the 15th & 16th Centuries

67 hours 20 mins; February 04, 2024

With Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar & Avishai Shraga discussing Chacham David Sasson Rabban of Hamedan, Iran and his writings (1879 - 1974)

46 mins; January 31, 2024

TLT Series Epiosde 6: Keagan Brewer - The Christian Legend of Prester John

57 mins; January 28, 2024

TLT Series Episode 5: Prof. Rebekka Voß - The Red Jews and Ma'aseh Akdamus

60 hours 5 mins; January 21, 2024

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