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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]

Baalei Tosafos Al Hatorah: An Overview (with Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)

119 hours 45 mins; January 14, 2024

TLT Series Episode 4: Dr. Micha Perry - Eldad HaDani (9th century): From the tribe of Dan?

67 hours 29 mins; January 07, 2024

TLT Series Episode 3: Dr. Daniel Stein-Kokin - The Legendary Sambatyon River

94 hours 11 mins; December 31, 2023

TLT Series Episode 2: R' Fishel Mael - The Twelve Tribes from a Torah perspective

49 mins; December 24, 2023

AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Taj Art Auction 11 catalogue

106 hours 21 mins; December 20, 2023

TLT (Ten Lost Tribes) Series Episode 1: Prof. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite - The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History

149 hours 4 mins; December 17, 2023

With R' Yechiel Goldhaber discussing the history of playing games and dreidel on Chanukah

42 mins; December 09, 2023

The History of the Menorah (with Prof. Steven Fine)

75 hours 23 mins; December 03, 2023

With Rabbi Yanki Tauber discussing his new translated and annotated Chumash project and volume 1:The Book of Genesis with Commentary and Insights from 500 Sages and Mystics

87 hours 33 mins; November 26, 2023

With Prof. Edwin Seroussi discussing Rav Yisrael Najara (1555 - 1625): Gaza's most famous Rabbi, Poet, and Preacher

72 hours 6 mins; November 19, 2023

With Rav Aron Lopiansky discussing Taamei HaMikra, Targum Onkelos, and his new Sefer on the topic

58 mins; November 12, 2023

With Prof. Gershon David Hundert A'H discussing Ber (Birkenthal) of Bolechów's (1723 - 1805) memoirs

93 hours 59 mins; November 05, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 19: Genie Milgrom - A modern day Converso story

66 hours 50 mins; November 01, 2023

Rav Yehuda Copperman ZT'L and Pshuto Shel Mikra (with Rav Immanuel Bernstein)

75 hours 44 mins; October 29, 2023

With Yehuda Geberer & Dovi Safier discussing Rav Yonah Minsker, Memoirs, and more

45 mins; October 27, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 18: Prof. Marc Shapiro - Was there a "Cherem" (ban) to live in Spain?

36 mins; October 25, 2023

Immanuel of Rome (14th century) and his works (with Prof. Dana Fishkin)

89 hours 3 mins; October 22, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 17: Prof. Ronnie Perelis - Autobiographical narratives of Conversos in the Americas

70 hours 51 mins; October 18, 2023

With R' Reuven Chaim Klein discussing Lashon HaKodesh and his book on the topic

67 hours 15 mins; October 15, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Epiosde 16: Prof. Ana Schaposchnik - The Spanish Inquisition in South America (Lima, Peru)

64 hours 18 mins; October 11, 2023

With Prof. Joseph Sassoon discussing the rise and fall of the Sassoon family

54 mins; October 02, 2023

With David Curwin discussing Koheles and its connection to Bereishis

42 mins; September 27, 2023

With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Siddur Otzar HaTefillos and his project to redo the Siddur

77 hours 44 mins; September 18, 2023

Aleinu and its history (with Mitchell First)

52 mins; September 10, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 15: Prof. Matt Goldish - Rabbinic responsa throughout the Sephardic diaspora

84 hours 13 mins; September 06, 2023

With Sammy Oziel discussing Moroccan (French [Toshavim] & Spanish [Megurashim]) Nusach HaTefillah and his new editions of Moroccan Siddurim

57 mins; September 03, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 14: Prof. David Graizbord - Conversos

85 hours 4 mins; August 30, 2023

With Rav Dovid Sackton discussing Rav Yitzchak Canpanton's Sefer Darkei HaGemara (HaTalmud) and his new edition

80 hours 26 mins; August 27, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 13: Prof. Francois Soyer - The Expulsion and forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal, 1497

60 hours 42 mins; August 23, 2023

Holocaust survivors raising chickens in New Jersey (with Seth Stern)

51 mins; August 20, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 12: Prof. Jonathan Ray - The Expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492 and its aftereffects

52 mins; August 16, 2023

With Prof. Andrew Berns discussing the commentaries of Rav Yitzchak Arama (Akedas Yitzchak), Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel, and Rav Avraham Saba (Tzeror Hamor)

71 hours 6 mins; August 13, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 11: Prof. Gretchen Starr-LeBeau - The Inquisition in Guadalupe, Spain

79 hours 3 mins; August 09, 2023

With Dr. David Sclar discussing the Rambam exhibit at the YU Museum & accompanying volume

65 hours 15 mins; August 06, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 10: Prof. Richard Kagan - Autobiographical tales from the Inquisition

73 hours 48 mins; August 02, 2023

Letters of consolation from Gedolei Yisroel (with R' Doniel Hexter)

60 hours 48 mins; July 30, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 9: With Prof. Lu Ann Homza - The Spanish Inquisition: An overview

81 hours 21 mins; July 26, 2023

The History of Masada (with Prof. Jodi Magness)

70 hours 41 mins; July 23, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 8: Prof. Benjamin Gampel - The Spanish Riots of 1391 in the Kingdom of Aragon

122 hours 51 mins; July 19, 2023

With R' Yitzchak Stroh discussing Rav Shlomo Ganzfried (1804 - 1886)

96 hours 39 mins; July 16, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 7: Prof. Maya Soifer Irish - The Spanish riots of 1391 in the Kingdom of Castile

87 hours 59 mins; July 12, 2023

Bonus episode: Live with R' Moshe Maimon discussing various antique seforim, manuscripts, and letters

34 mins; July 10, 2023

With Prof. John Hosler discussing Jerusalem from the 7th to 13th centuries

103 hours 52 mins; July 09, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 6: Prof. Paola Tartakoff - The Papal Inquisition in Spain

66 hours 33 mins; July 05, 2023

With Prof. Yitzhak Melamed discussing Solomon Maimon (1753 - 1800) and the new edition of his autobiography

62 hours 13 mins; July 02, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 5: Prof. Sarah Ifft Decker - Jewish Women of Medieval Catalonia

64 hours 44 mins; June 28, 2023

With Yehuda Esral discussing Sefer Zikaron Pnei Moshe and its contents (including a fascinating Gittin controversy from Atlanta in 1914)

57 mins; June 25, 2023

Live from Lakewood: "Kevarimchatter" with Dovi Safier and Yossel Housman (a/k/a R' Yosef Shaul Hoizman)

59 mins; June 21, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 4: Prof. Marc Herman - The great Talmudic and Halachic Scholars of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain)

62 hours 47 mins; June 21, 2023

With R' Zvi Davidson discussing Rav Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879 - 1966) and his Seforim

68 hours 48 mins; June 18, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 3: With Prof. Ross Brann - The Greatness of Sephardi Culture, 950-1200: Religious and Secular Poetry in Medieval Muslim Spain and its great Jewish Figures

106 hours 49 mins; June 14, 2023

With Prof. Susan Einbinder discussing the Great Italian Plague of 1630-31 and the Jewish responses

85 hours 37 mins; June 11, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 2: With Prof. Benjamin Gampel - Broad themes and questions related to Spanish Jewry

68 hours 32 mins; June 07, 2023

With Elie Feder discussing Gematria Refigured - a new look at Gematria and his new book on the topic

75 hours 55 mins; June 04, 2023

Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 1: With Prof. Jonathan Ray - Overview of the history of Spanish Jewry from its establishment until the 14th century

75 hours 51 mins; May 31, 2023

With Prof. Adam Mendelsohn discussing Jewish Soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War

88 hours 54 mins; May 28, 2023

With Rav Aaron Lopianksy discussing Sefer Nachlas Yosef on Megillas Rus and the English adaptation, "Seed of Redemption"

37 mins; May 21, 2023

Live from Prague (feat. special guests Yehuda Geberer & Dovi Safier)

71 hours 20 mins; May 17, 2023

With Aaron Friedman discussing Sefer Pnei Avraham on Shas and the story of how his father saved the manuscript after the holocaust

72 hours 11 mins; May 14, 2023

The Rosh (Rabeinu Asher b. Yechiel, 1250 - 1327) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)

90 hours 17 mins; May 07, 2023

With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing the mitzvah to reside in Eretz Yisrael and his new Sefer on the topic

54 mins; April 30, 2023

With Prof. David Kertzer discussing Pope Pius XII and his relationship with Mussolini and Hitler and his silence regarding the Jews during the Holocaust

81 hours 1 min; April 23, 2023

With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Legacy Judaica auction 11 catalogue

87 hours 22 mins; April 18, 2023

With Dr. Akiva Sternberg discussing Halachic challenges with the early Jewish immigration to America (1850 - 1924)

83 hours 7 mins; April 16, 2023

With Prof. Ronnie Hsia discussing the ritual murder trial (blood libel) of Trent in 1475

39 mins; April 09, 2023

With Rabbi Isaac Rice discussing the Haggadah Shel Pesach and the foundations of running a Seder

50 mins; April 02, 2023

With Rav Yehoshua Hartman discussing the Maharal's Shabbos HaGadol Derasha

78 hours 7 mins; March 29, 2023

With R' Moshe Hubner discussing his English adaptation of Minchas Chinuch on Pesach

57 mins; March 26, 2023

With R' Eliyahu Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Yitzchak Dov Bamberger - The Wurzburger Rav (1807 - 1878) - and Kollel Achsanya Shel Torah

95 hours 29 mins; March 19, 2023

With R' Shimon Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Igros Sofrim: The Letters of the Eiger - Sofer families

151 hours 7 mins; March 12, 2023

With Dr. Zev Eleff discussing the history of the Purim Shpiel (in America)

34 mins; March 05, 2023

With R' Elimelech Zweibel discussing Sefer Eim Labinah of Rav Yaakov Emden

55 mins; February 26, 2023

With Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten discussing Jewish daily life in the Middle Ages

53 mins; February 19, 2023

With R' Dovid Silverman discussing Sefer Matamei Yitzchak & the story behind the manuscript

37 mins; February 12, 2023

With Prof. Yossi Chajes discussing Kabbalistic Trees (האילן הקבלי)

78 hours 27 mins; February 05, 2023

With Prof. Daniel Schwartz discussing the history of the (word) Ghetto

47 mins; January 29, 2023

With Prof. Matt Goldish discussing Chacham David Nieto (1654 - 1728)

85 hours 25 mins; January 22, 2023

Rav Dovid HaNaggid & his commentary on Parshas Vaera (with R' Moshe Maimon)

68 hours 54 mins; January 15, 2023

With Rabbi Yehoshua Lifschitz discussing the various Seforim that he wrote & edited (Sifrei Meir Panim)

39 mins; January 08, 2023

With Prof. Emily Michelson discussing Catholic Preaching to Jews in Rome

60 hours 4 mins; January 01, 2023

With Prof. Jessica Marglin discussing Nissim Shamama (d. 1873) and the legal battle over his fortune

89 hours 45 mins; December 25, 2022

With Prof. Steven Bowman discussing Sefer Yosippon and his new English translation

67 hours 24 mins; December 18, 2022

With Prof. Edward Fram discussing the codification of Jewish law in the 16th century and Rav Yosef Karo, Rav Shlomo Luria (Maharshal), and Rav Moshe Isserles (Rema)

47 mins; December 11, 2022

With Prof. Francesca Trivellato discussing the myth that Jews invented Bills of Exchange (Credit)

68 hours 57 mins; December 04, 2022

With Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD discussing his new book, The Anatomy of Jewish Law, on the topic of Medicine, Medical History, and Rabbinic Literature

74 hours 47 mins; November 27, 2022

With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Rabeinu Avraham Ben Harambam (1186 - 1237); Life and Works

99 hours 59 mins; November 20, 2022

With Dr. Yakov Mayer discussing the first edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi

61 hours 4 mins; November 13, 2022

With Roy Shasha discussing Chacham Shemtob Gaguine (1884 - 1953) and his Seforim

81 hours 56 mins; November 06, 2022

The Jews of Suriname (with Prof. Aviva Ben-Ur)

68 hours 50 mins; October 30, 2022

With Daniel Klein discussing Shadal (Shmuel/Samuel David Luzzatto) and his Sefer "Ohev Ger" on Targum Onkelos

67 hours 50 mins; October 23, 2022

With R' Moshe Parnes discussing the Mitzvah of Hakhel and his new Sefer on the topic

42 mins; October 02, 2022

With Prof. Joshua Teplitsky, Prof. Debra Kaplan, and Dr. Zev Eleff discussing the Esrog and the new volume, "Be Fruitful! The Etrog in Jewish Art, Culture, and History"

96 hours 30 mins; September 28, 2022

With Rabbi Bentzion Ettlinger discussing the Shofar: The Halachos, Minhagim, and his new English Sefer about it

67 hours 18 mins; September 21, 2022

With Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter discussing Selichos and his new edition of Selichos with introduction and commentary

61 hours 26 mins; September 18, 2022

The Jews of Corfu (with Michelle Margolis and Sharon Liberman Mintz)

65 hours 14 mins; September 11, 2022

With R' Mendy Abramson discussing Bathing and Showering in Halachah and his new English Sefer on the topic

70 hours 11 mins; September 04, 2022

With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Chida and Maagel Tov (the Chida's travelogue)

91 hours 39 mins; August 28, 2022

With David Arnovitz discussing The Tanakh of the Land of Israel

35 mins; August 21, 2022

With Dr. Morris Faierstein discussing the Yudisher Theriak (A Yiddish Defense of Judaism)

64 hours 48 mins; August 14, 2022

The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66 - 74 CE and the destruction of the Second Temple. Part III: Masada and the Legacies of the Great Revolt

89 hours 30 mins; August 06, 2022

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