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Chilazon HaTecheiles (with Rabbi Mordechai Cohen)
Aug 23, 2026
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SmallTalk: Understanding Emunah (with Rabbi Daniel Weinstock)
Aug 19, 2026
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The Unique Vision of Rav Kook (with Prof. Marc Shapiro)
Aug 16, 2026
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AuctionChatter: TajArt Auction 19 (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon)
Aug 12, 2026
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SmallTalk: Bris Milah K'Hilchasa (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)
Aug 11, 2026
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Isaac Leeser (1806 - 1868 ) And The Making Of American Judaism (with Prof. Lance Sussman)
Aug 9, 2026
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SmallTalk: Down To Earth: Halachos For Farmers and Outdoorsmen (with Rabbi Rafi Levitan)
Aug 5, 2026
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Rabbi Abraham Rice (1800 - 1862): America's First Rabbi (with Dr. Zev Eleff)
Aug 2, 2026
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SmallTalk: From The Dorm To The Chuppah (with Rabbi Yirmiyahu Cohen)
Jul 29, 2026
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Shadal's Chumash Commentary (with Daniel Klein)
Jul 26, 2026
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SmallTalk: Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorials (with Dr. Julie Golding)
Jul 23, 2026
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Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life (with Prof. Jennifer Rich)
Jul 21, 2026
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The Arizal and Nusach HaTefillah (with Rabbi Michah Markowitz and Rabbi Shaul Goldman)
Jul 19, 2026
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SmallTalk: Parashah Sheleimah (with Rabbi Allen Schwartz)
Jul 16, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Kiddush in Halachah and Machshavah (with Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky)
Jul 14, 2026
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The Book of Iyov in Jewish Life and Thought (with Prof. Jason Kalman)
Jul 12, 2026
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SmallTalk: A Glimpse of Greatness (with Rabbi Daniel Mann)
Jul 9, 2026
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SmallTalk: Contemporary Questions, Halachic Answers (with Rena Lauer)
Jul 7, 2026
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The Chief Rabbi's Funeral (with Scott Seligman)
Jul 5, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Three Weeks (with Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein)
Jul 2, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Jewish Calendar (with R' Ali Scharf)
Jun 30, 2026
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Gershom Seixas: The Rabbi of The Revolution (1745 - 1816) (with Prof. Jonathan Sarna)
Jun 28, 2026
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SmallTalk: Siach HaOfos: Birds of the Torah (with R' Yehuda Schwartz)
Jun 25, 2026
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SmallTalk: Rav Lazer Portnoy (1908 - 1975) (with Rabbi Moshe Baruch Kaufman)
Jun 23, 2026
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A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity (with Prof. A.J. Berkovitz)
Jun 21, 2026
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SmallTalk: Biur Meir: An English Shulchan Aruch (with Rabbi Meir Zev Trepp)
Jun 18, 2026
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SmallTalk: Living In The Light (with Rabbi Yehuda Schonfeld)
Jun 16, 2026
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Jewish Midwives in Early Modern Europe (with Prof. Jordan Katz)
Jun 14, 2026
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SmallTalk: Building Blocks: Exploring Pivotal Texts in Jewish Philosophy (with Rabbi Daniel Fine)
Jun 11, 2026
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SmallTalk: Koran Pnei Moshe: Rav Moshe Greenes on Ramban (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)
Jun 9, 2026
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Amsterdam's People of The Book (with Prof. Benjamin Fisher)
Jun 7, 2026
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SmallTalk: Ribbis In The Business World (with Rabbi Chaim Francis)
Jun 4, 2026
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The Making of the Siddur: The Sources of Tefillah, Part II (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)
Jun 2, 2026
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The Making of the Siddur: The Sources of Tefillah, Part 1 (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)
May 31, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Ultimate Parshah Challenge (with Rabbi Yitzy Fox)
May 28, 2026
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SmallTalk: Abled: A Torah View On Living With A Disability (with Michal Horowitz)
May 26, 2026
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American Jews, The Civil War, And The Fight To End Slavery (with Richard Kreitner)
May 24, 2026
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Rav Yosef Karo and Sefer HaMaggid: Episode 3 (with Rabbi Moshé Kravetz)
May 20, 2026
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Rav Yosef Karo and Sefer HaMaggid: Episode 2 (with Rabbi Moshé Kravetz)
May 18, 2026
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Rav Yosef Karo and Sefer HaMaggid: Episode 1 (with Rabbi Moshé Kravetz)
May 17, 2026
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SmallTalk: Drawing from the Depths of the Parshiyos (with Rabbi Moshe Kramer)
May 14, 2026
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SmallTalk: Rav Naftali Viyershuver (1850 - 1930) (with Sruly Singer)
May 12, 2026
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Haskalah: An Overview (with Prof. Olga Litvak)
May 10, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Meir Panim edition of Zohar (with Rabbi Yehoshua Lifschitz)
May 5, 2026
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SmallTalk: Introduction to the Zohar (with Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld)
May 4, 2026
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Elisha Cresques (1325 - 1387): A Medieval Jewish Mapmaker (with Prof. Katrin Kogman-Appel)
May 3, 2026
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SmallTalk: Psyched for Torah (with Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman)
Apr 30, 2026
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SmallTalk: Foundations and Concepts in Lomdus (with Rabbi Gavriel Singer)
Apr 28, 2026
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The Rokeach: Rabbi Elazar Rokeach of Worms (1165 - 1230) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
Apr 26, 2026
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SmallTalk: Torat Eretz Yisrael Anthology (with Rabbi David Samson)
Apr 22, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Chumash of Heroes (with Yehuda Lanzkron)
Apr 20, 2026
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Rav Saadiah Gaon's Commentary on Vayikra (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon & Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)
Apr 19, 2026
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SmallTalk: Walking With Light: Reflections on Sefiras HaOmer (with Rabbi Chaim Davies)
Apr 15, 2026
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The Writings of Rav Elazar Fleckles (with Rabbi Moshe Tobal)
Apr 12, 2026
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Rav Elazar Fleckles: Teshuvah M'Ahavah (with Rabbi Moshe Tobal)
Apr 5, 2026
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SmallTalk: Karpas - The Big Dipper (with Rabbi Ori Strum)
Mar 30, 2026
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Rav Elazar Fleckles (1754 - 1826) (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon)
Mar 29, 2026
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SmallTalk: Haggadah Shel Pesach Siach Yitzchak (with Rabbi Isaac Rice)
Mar 26, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Attached Haggadah (with Rabbi Yakov Danishevksy)
Mar 24, 2026
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Interview on the TMC podcast
Mar 23, 2026
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Haggadah and History (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)
Mar 22, 2026
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SmallTalk: Haggadah Shel Pesach B'Damayich Chayi (with Rabbi Yehoshua Forgy)
Mar 19, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Rhyme and Reason Haggadah (with Rabbi Reuven Lowy)
Mar 17, 2026
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Echoes of Egypt (with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman)
Mar 15, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Psychology and Personal Growth Haggadah (with Rabbi Shimon Feder)
Mar 12, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Winding Road of Redemption Haggadah (with Rabbi Yaakov Fisch)
Mar 10, 2026
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Jewish Peddlers (with Prof. Hasia Diner)
Mar 8, 2026
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SmallTalk: Sefer Birchas Yisroel on Chumash - the Brisker method (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)
Mar 4, 2026
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The Book of Esther In The Age Of Rembrandt (with Abigail Rapoport)
Mar 1, 2026
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SmallTalk: Moadim with Meaning (with Rabbi Moshe Schochet)
Feb 25, 2026
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Haman: A Biography (with Prof. Adam Silverstein)
Feb 22, 2026
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SmallTalk: Understanding Megillas Esther with Ibn Kaspi (with Sina Kahen and Jackson Gardner)
Feb 18, 2026
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Sofer.AI: AI and Torah (with Zach Fish)
Feb 15, 2026
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SmallTalk: Chachmei HaMishnah (with Rabbi Dovid Jaffee)
Feb 11, 2026
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SmallTalk: Football, Antisemitism, and Harvard: The Story of Arnold Horween (with Dr. Zev Eleff)
Feb 8, 2026
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Jewish Fables (with Dr. Emile Schrijver)
Feb 8, 2026
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AuctionChatter: Genazym Winter Event (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon)
Feb 4, 2026
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Unlocking Leshon Hakodesh (with Prof. Eliezer (Lewis) Glinert)
Feb 1, 2026
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SmallTalk: The Mezuzah User Guide (with Rabbi Moshe Gantz & Joseph Miller)
Jan 28, 2026
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King Henry VIII and the Rabbis (with Jerry Rabow)
Jan 25, 2026
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SmallTalk: Badei HaMitzvos - Explaining the Miztvos According to the Weekly Parshah (with Yitzchok Weber)
Jan 21, 2026
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AuctionChatter: Tavin Auction 1 (with R' Moshe Kravetz)
Jan 18, 2026
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SmallTalk: Mr. Avi Shulman (with R' Sroy Levitansky)
Jan 14, 2026
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Divrei Sholom V'Emes: The Maskilic Manifesto and The Controversy (with Prof. Shmuel Feiner)
Jan 11, 2026
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SmallTalk: Together Forever: Torah Strategies For Marriage (with Roy & Leah Neuberger)
Jan 7, 2026
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The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 4 - Epilogue (with Michelle Margolis)
Jan 6, 2026
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The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 3 (with Michelle Margolis)
Jan 4, 2026
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The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 2 (with Michelle Margolis)
Dec 31, 2025
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The Early Jewish Printed Book: Episode 1 (with Michelle Margolis)
Dec 28, 2025
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SmallTalk: Kol Chosson: Foundations of the Jewish Wedding (with Rabbi Dr. Elly Deutsch)
Dec 24, 2025
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Disputed Messiahs: Jewish Messianism in the Ashkenazic World During the Reformation (with Prof. Rebekka Voß)
Dec 21, 2025
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SmallTalk: Haftorah of Chanukah Unlocked (with Sam Stonefield)
Dec 17, 2025
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Mishnat Eyal: The Personal Mishnayos of Fallen Soldier Eyal Meir Berkowitz HY'D (with Rabbi Eliyahu Dordek)
Dec 14, 2025
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SmallTalk: What Can I Say Today? Practical Shmiras Haloshon (with Rabbi Dovid Jaffee)
Dec 10, 2025
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A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe (with Prof. Elisheva Carlebach & Prof. Debra Kaplan)
Dec 7, 2025
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SmallTalk: Touro Medical Halachah Annual (with Dr. Edward Lebovics)
Dec 3, 2025
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Machon Ahavat Shalom: Seforim & Manuscripts (with Rav Eliyahu Hillel)
Nov 30, 2025
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SmallTalk: Ibn Ezra's Inroduction to The Torah (with Jackson Gardner)
Nov 26, 2025
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Thanksgiving and Jewish Law (with Prof. Michael Broyde)
Nov 23, 2025
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SmallTalk: The Halachos of Facing Yerushalayim (with R' Yosef Weisenfeld)
Nov 19, 2025
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The Samaritans (with Prof. Steven Fine)
Nov 16, 2025
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SmallTalk: Growing Parents, Growing Children (with Rabbi Noam Grossman)
Nov 12, 2025
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Radak on Bereishis: An Analysis (with Prof. Yitzhak Berger)
Nov 10, 2025
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Radak on Bereishis: An Overview (with Yoram Bogacz)
Nov 9, 2025
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SmallTalk: Making it Real on the Torah (with Rabbi Moshe Pruzansky)
Nov 5, 2025
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Rabbi Akiva (with Abie Rotenberg)
Nov 2, 2025
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SmallTalk: Transform Your Emunah (with Reuven Garber)
Oct 29, 2025
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The Unconventional Life and Thought of Solomon Yom Tov Bennett (1767 - 1838) (with Prof. David Ruderman)
Oct 26, 2025
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SmallTalk: A Taste of Rav Hirsch’s Torah (with Naphtaly Levy)
Oct 22, 2025
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Rabeinu Tam (1100 - 1171) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
Oct 19, 2025
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SmallTalk: Shnayim (Mikra) Yomi (with Elad Danino)
Oct 16, 2025
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The Great Shiurim Debate (with Rabbi Ahron Notis)
Oct 5, 2025
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Rabbi Meir Poppers (1628 - 1662) and his role in spreading Toras HaAriZal (with Avinoam Stillman)
Sep 28, 2025
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SmallTalk: The Book and The Blade (with Rabbi Avi Weller)
Sep 25, 2025
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The Making of the Siddur (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)
Sep 21, 2025
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Talmud Reclaimed (with Shmuel Phillips)
Sep 16, 2025
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In His Mercy: Understanding the Thirteen Middos (with Rabbi Ezra Bick)
Sep 14, 2025
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SmallTalk: Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era (with Rabbi Gil Student)
Sep 10, 2025
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AuctionChatter: Legacy Judaica (with R' Moshe Maimon)
Sep 8, 2025
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The Woman who Defied Kings: Doña Gracia Nasi (1510 - 1569) (with Andrée Aelion Brooks)
Sep 7, 2025
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SmallTalk: Imrei Shai Al Hatorah (with R' Shimon Szimonowitz)
Sep 3, 2025
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AuctionChatter: Genazym 21 - Catalog of the Giants
Sep 1, 2025
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Tafkid HaAdam: Finding One's True Purpose (with R' Gili Backenroth)
Aug 31, 2025
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SmallTalk: The Torah of Tomorrow: Rav Kook's Torah (with Rochi Ebner)
Aug 27, 2025
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HaDoresh VeHamevakesh: A Unique Take on Shas (with R' David Farkas, Esq.)
Aug 26, 2025
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The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai (with Prof. Melissa Klapper)
Aug 24, 2025
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SmallTalk: Emunah and Physics (with Dr. Berel Epstein)
Aug 20, 2025
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The Writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (with Dr. Elliot Bondi)
Aug 17, 2025
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SmallTalk: Writing Jewish and Secular Fiction (with Leah Cypess)
Aug 13, 2025
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Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America (with Prof. Laura Yares)
Aug 10, 2025
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SmallTalk: Timely and Timeless (with R' Dovid Bogopulsky and R' Yehoshua Duker)
Aug 6, 2025
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SmallTalk: Tzipsa L'Yeshuah: Yearning for Redemption (with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein)
Aug 3, 2025
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Jews vs. Rome: The Churban and its aftermath (with Prof. Barry Strauss)
Aug 3, 2025
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SmallTalk: Az Nidberu on Devarim (with R' Ali Scharf)
Jul 30, 2025
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Emek Habacha: The Trials and Tribulations of Jewish History as written by a 16th century Jewish Historian (with Dr. Micha Perry)
Jul 27, 2025
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SmallTalk: Becoming Godly (with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Sokol)
Jul 23, 2025
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Reflections Upon Rav Yehuda Amital (with Rabbi Moshe Taragin)
Jul 20, 2025
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SmallTalk: Music in Halachah (with R' Pinchas Shelby)
Jul 16, 2025
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Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World (with Prof. Martin Goodman)
Jul 13, 2025
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SmallTalk: Common Ground (with Rabbi Arieh Friedner)
Jul 9, 2025
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Sefer Chasidim and Early Modern Hebrew Printing (with Prof. Joseph Skloot)
Jul 6, 2025
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AuctionChatter: TajArt Auction 17 (with R' Moshe Maimon)
Jul 1, 2025
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The American Revolution and Jewish Patriots (with Prof. Adam Jortner)
Jun 29, 2025
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The Dybbuk: Its Origins and History (with Dr. Morris Faierstein)
Jun 22, 2025
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SmallTalk: ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas on the Torah (with Joshua Skarf)
Jun 18, 2025
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Akeidas Yitzchak of Rabbi Yitzchak Arama (1420 - 1494) (with Ziv Elul)
Jun 15, 2025
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SmallTalk: Tefillah B'Btzibbur B'Halacha (with R' Shimon Szimonowitz)
Jun 11, 2025
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Speaking to an Empty Shul: Covid Derashos (with Rabbi Yehuda Halpert)
Jun 8, 2025
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SmallTalk: Adirei Hatorah - A new compilation of Divrei Torah on the Parsha (with R' Aryeh Ganz)
Jun 4, 2025
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AuctionChatter: Kestenbaum & Company Auction 112 (with R' Moshe Maimon)
Jun 1, 2025
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The Baal Shem Tov: Episode 2 (with Prof. Glenn Dynner)
May 28, 2025
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The Baal Shem Tov: Episode 1 (with Prof. Glenn Dynner)
May 25, 2025
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SmallTalk: A Mysterious Guest for Dinner and other Aggados (with Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol)
May 21, 2025
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The Shochet: Part 2 - the Autobiography of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848 - 1930) (with Michoel Rotenfeld)
May 18, 2025
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SmallTalk: Kan Tzipor: Life's Special Moments (with Stephen Savitsky)
May 14, 2025
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A History of Jews and Pandemics (with Dr. Jeremy Brown)
May 11, 2025
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Glikl of Hameln (1647 - 1724) and her memoirs (with Dr. Rachel Greenblatt)
May 4, 2025
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SmallTalk: Sefer Habris on Bris Milah (with R' Shimon Szimonowitz)
Apr 30, 2025
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The Great Zmanim Debate (with Rabbi Ahron Notis)
Apr 27, 2025
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SmallTalk: Vayiqra in Context - The Commentary of Rabbi Elia Benamozegh (with Sina Kahen & Ben Rothstein)
Apr 24, 2025
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Chacham Tzvi Ashkenazi (1658 - 1718) (with Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine)
Apr 21, 2025
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SmallTalk: Achsanya Journal Vol 3: Pesach Edition (with Rabbi Eli Simcha Hellmann)
Apr 8, 2025
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An American Blood Libel - Massena, NY 1928 (with Prof. Edward Berenson)
Apr 6, 2025
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SmallTalk: Halachos of Baking Matza (with Rabbi Yitzhak Berdugo)
Apr 3, 2025
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SmallTalk: The Abuchatzeira Legacy Haggadah (with Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar)
Mar 31, 2025
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Seder Mitzvos Nashim: A 16th century Handbook for Women (with Prof. Edward Fram)
Mar 30, 2025
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The Legacy Haggadah (with Rabbi Moshe Hubner)
Mar 26, 2025
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5 Years of Seforimchatter
Mar 23, 2025
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Nephilim: Giants and Fallen Angels According to Chazal (with R' Yisroel Cohen)
Mar 16, 2025
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Aggadata and Machshava (with R' Yechezkel Hartman)
Mar 12, 2025
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Medieval Purim Parodies (with Dr. Roni Cohen)
Mar 9, 2025
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The Forgotten Torah Commentary: R. Leib Shapiro Frankfurter (1743-1836), Defending Tradition with Bold New Perspectives (with Eliezer Cohn)
Mar 2, 2025
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Torah Memory Palace: An Ancient Memory Technique Reimagined (with Heshy Weisz)
Feb 23, 2025
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SmallTalk: Living Jewish Art: The Art of Itshak Holtz (with David Segal)
Feb 19, 2025
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Abraham Lincoln & the Jews (with Prof. Jonathan Sarna)
Feb 16, 2025
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The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 5 (with J.J. Kimche)
Feb 13, 2025
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The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 4 (with J.J. Kimche)
Feb 11, 2025
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The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 3 (with J.J. Kimche)
Feb 9, 2025
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AuctionChatter: Genazym 20 (with R' Moshe Maimon)
Feb 6, 2025
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The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 2 (with J.J. Kimche)
Feb 4, 2025
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The Reception of the Zohar: A History, Ep. 1 (with J.J. Kimche)
Feb 2, 2025
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The 1929 Chevron Massacre (with Yardena Schwartz)
Jan 26, 2025
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The Shabbos Mussaf Prayer (with Rabbi Elchanan Adler)
Jan 19, 2025
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SmallTalk: Ideas on Shemos (with Sina Kahen)
Jan 15, 2025
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Pri Ets Haim: AI's Role in Reviving Jewish History (with Daniel Frances & Josh Guedalia)
Jan 12, 2025
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The Sources of the Siddur (with Moshe Tzvi Wieder)
Jan 5, 2025
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The Books of Maccabees (with Prof. Daniel R. Schwartz)
Dec 29, 2024
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SmallTalk: Historical Fiction & Chanukah (with Channah Cohen)
Dec 25, 2024
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The Kotzker (with Yisroel Besser)
Dec 22, 2024
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A Review: The Guide to the Perplexed: A New English Translation (with Rabbi Shnayor Burton)
Dec 18, 2024
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The Guide to the Perplexed: A New English Translation (with Prof. Lenn E. Goodman)
Dec 15, 2024
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Sotheby's Judaica, Manuscripts, and Auctions (with Shaul Seidler-Feller)
Dec 8, 2024
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Shaar Cards: Learning the History of the Rishonim through Cards (with R' Levi Goldwasser)
Dec 1, 2024
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Rabbi Meir (Maharam) of Rothenburg (1220 - 1293) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
Nov 24, 2024
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AuctionChatter: Taj Art 15
Nov 20, 2024
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Halachah: Evasion, Avoidance, and Workarounds (with Rabbi Daniel Feldman)
Nov 17, 2024
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Rabbi Michoel Forshlager (1883 - 1958) (with Pinny Kreizel)
Nov 13, 2024
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History of the Jews in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) (with Prof. Bart Wallet)
Nov 10, 2024
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AuctionChatter: Genazym 19 - the Toporowitch Collection
Nov 7, 2024
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Rav Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795 - 1874) (with Prof. Asaf Yedidya)
Nov 3, 2024
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AuctionChatter: Legacy Judaica 11.3.24 (with R' Moshe Maimon)
Oct 29, 2024
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Sefer Chezyonos: The Mystical Autobiography of Rav Chaim Vital (with Dr. Morris Faierstein)
Oct 27, 2024
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The Kesser Torah Yeshiva System of Radomsk (with Dovi Safier)
Oct 13, 2024
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With Rabbi Moshe Taragin discussing October 7th and its aftermath
Oct 6, 2024
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The Making of Minhagei Yomim Nora'im (with Rabbi Moshe Walter)
Sep 29, 2024
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Rav Dovid Hakohen Rappaport, the Mikdash Dovid (1890 - 1941) (with Yehuda Geberer)
Sep 22, 2024
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The Jews of Modena, Italy (with Prof. Federica Francesconi)
Sep 15, 2024
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Machon Ofeq edition of the Toras Kohanim (with R' Yehuda Shoshana)
Sep 8, 2024
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Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 3 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)
Sep 5, 2024
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Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 2 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)
Sep 3, 2024
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Rav Kook: Life & Legacy - Episode 1 (with Prof. Yehudah Mirsky)
Sep 1, 2024
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Death, Graves, Burial, and associated subjects in Judaism (with R' Yaakov Sofer)
Aug 25, 2024
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The Jews of Jamaica (with Prof. Stanley Mirvis)
Aug 18, 2024
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TLT Episode 17: The Bnei Menashe (ft. Hillel Halkin)
Aug 14, 2024
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Tisha B'Av Kinnos & Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (ft. Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter)
Aug 11, 2024
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TLT Episode 16: The Recent Increase in Interest in TLT (with Prof. Shalva Weil)
Aug 7, 2024
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Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (ft. Prof. Jodi Magness)
Aug 4, 2024
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TLT Episode 15: The Modern Ten Lost Tribes - Ethiopian Jews, The Lemba Tribe, and Black Jews of Africa and America (ft. Prof. Tudor Parfitt)
Jul 31, 2024
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The Kidnapping & Forced Conversion of Edgardo Mortara (ft. Prof. David Kertzer)
Jul 28, 2024
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TLT Episode 14: The Jews of China, the Boxer Rebellion, and Rabbi Uziel Haga (ft. Prof. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite)
Jul 24, 2024
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The Jews of Medieval England: Life, Violence, and Expulsion (with Prof. John Tolan)
Jul 21, 2024
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The Ramban (1194 - 1270) (with Prof. Oded Israeli)
Jul 14, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 13: R' Yechiel Goldhaber - Rav Yisroel Shklover, the Talmidei HaGra, and the Ten Lost Tribes
Jul 10, 2024
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With R' Yosef Leib Klein & R' Yechezkel Sklar discussing Rav Mordechai Banet (1753 - 1829) and the new edition of Shu't Parashas Mordechai
Jul 7, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 12: Prof. Elizabeth Fenton - The Hebraic Indian Theory
Jul 3, 2024
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The Kedushas Levi and the new English edition (with R' Moyshe (Mitchell) Silk)
Jun 30, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 11: Prof. Sina Rauschenbach - Rabbi Menashe ben Israel and the Ten Lost Tribes
Jun 26, 2024
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With Rav Aharon Lopiansky discussing his new book for Yeshiva Bochurim ("Ben Yeshiva: A Pathway of Aliyah")
Jun 23, 2024
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With J.J. Kimche discussing C.D. Ginsburg (1825 - 1914)
Jun 19, 2024
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Jun 16, 2024
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Jun 9, 2024
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With Rabbi Basil Herring discussing R. Yosef Ibn Kaspi (1279 - 1340)
Jun 2, 2024
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May 28, 2024
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May 19, 2024
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May 15, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 10: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch - Antonio de Montezinos and his Relacion in context
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TLT Series Episode 9: Prof. Ronnie Perelis - Antonio de Montezinos and the Ten Lost Tribes in the New World
May 5, 2024
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With R' Eli Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Juspa Schammes (1604 - 1698) and his newly published Haggadah
Apr 18, 2024
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Apr 14, 2024
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With Dr. Susan Weingarten discussing the history of Charoses
Apr 7, 2024
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Apr 3, 2024
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Blood Libels & Ritual Murder Trials at the turn of the 20th century (with Prof. Hillel Kieval)
Mar 31, 2024
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Rav Aryeh Leib Lipkin (1839 - 1903) and his Sefer Ohr HaYom on Zmanim (With R' Moshe Baruch Kaufman)
Mar 25, 2024
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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
Mar 17, 2024
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Matmonim Auction 4 Catalogue
Mar 10, 2024
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With Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker discussing how to retain your learning and his new book on the subject
Mar 7, 2024
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With Prof. Jordan Penkower discussing the history of printed Rashi on Tanach
Mar 3, 2024
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Genazym Auction 17 catalogue
Feb 25, 2024
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The Shochet: The autobiography of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848 - 1930) (with Michoel Rotenfeld)
Feb 18, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 8: Prof. Alan Verskin - David Reueveni (16th century): Imposter or brother of the King of the Lost Tribes?
Feb 11, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 7: Dr. Moti Benmelech - The Ten Lost Tribes in Jewish Consciousness in the 15th & 16th Centuries
Feb 4, 2024
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With Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar & Avishai Shraga discussing Chacham David Sasson Rabban of Hamedan, Iran and his writings (1879 - 1974)
Jan 31, 2024
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TLT Series Epiosde 6: Keagan Brewer - The Christian Legend of Prester John
Jan 28, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 5: Prof. Rebekka Voß - The Red Jews and Ma'aseh Akdamus
Jan 21, 2024
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Baalei Tosafos Al Hatorah: An Overview (with Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
Jan 14, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 4: Dr. Micha Perry - Eldad HaDani (9th century): From the tribe of Dan?
Jan 7, 2024
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TLT Series Episode 3: Dr. Daniel Stein-Kokin - The Legendary Sambatyon River
Dec 31, 2023
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TLT Series Episode 2: R' Fishel Mael - The Twelve Tribes from a Torah perspective
Dec 24, 2023
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AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Taj Art Auction 11 catalogue
Dec 20, 2023
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TLT (Ten Lost Tribes) Series Episode 1: Prof. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite - The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History
Dec 17, 2023
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With R' Yechiel Goldhaber discussing the history of playing games and dreidel on Chanukah
Dec 10, 2023
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The History of the Menorah (with Prof. Steven Fine)
Dec 3, 2023
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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
Nov 26, 2023
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Nov 19, 2023
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With Rav Aron Lopiansky discussing Taamei HaMikra, Targum Onkelos, and his new Sefer on the topic
Nov 12, 2023
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With Prof. Gershon David Hundert A'H discussing Ber (Birkenthal) of Bolechów's (1723 - 1805) memoirs
Nov 5, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 19: Genie Milgrom - A modern day Converso story
Nov 1, 2023
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Rav Yehuda Copperman ZT'L and Pshuto Shel Mikra (with Rav Immanuel Bernstein)
Oct 29, 2023
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With Yehuda Geberer & Dovi Safier discussing Rav Yonah Minsker, Memoirs, and more
Oct 27, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 18: Prof. Marc Shapiro - Was there a "Cherem" (ban) to live in Spain?
Oct 25, 2023
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Immanuel of Rome (14th century) and his works (with Prof. Dana Fishkin)
Oct 22, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 17: Prof. Ronnie Perelis - Autobiographical narratives of Conversos in the Americas
Oct 18, 2023
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With R' Reuven Chaim Klein discussing Lashon HaKodesh and his book on the topic
Oct 15, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Epiosde 16: Prof. Ana Schaposchnik - The Spanish Inquisition in South America (Lima, Peru)
Oct 11, 2023
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With Prof. Joseph Sassoon discussing the rise and fall of the Sassoon family
Oct 2, 2023
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With David Curwin discussing Koheles and its connection to Bereishis
Sep 27, 2023
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With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Siddur Otzar HaTefillos and his project to redo the Siddur
Sep 18, 2023
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Aleinu and its history (with Mitchell First)
Sep 10, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 15: Prof. Matt Goldish - Rabbinic responsa throughout the Sephardic diaspora
Sep 6, 2023
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With Sammy Oziel discussing Moroccan (French [Toshavim] & Spanish [Megurashim]) Nusach HaTefillah and his new editions of Moroccan Siddurim
Sep 3, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 14: Prof. David Graizbord - Conversos
Aug 30, 2023
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With Rav Dovid Sackton discussing Rav Yitzchak Canpanton's Sefer Darkei HaGemara (HaTalmud) and his new edition
Aug 27, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 13: Prof. Francois Soyer - The Expulsion and forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal, 1497
Aug 23, 2023
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Holocaust survivors raising chickens in New Jersey (with Seth Stern)
Aug 20, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 12: Prof. Jonathan Ray - The Expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492 and its aftereffects
Aug 16, 2023
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With Prof. Andrew Berns discussing the commentaries of Rav Yitzchak Arama (Akedas Yitzchak), Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel, and Rav Avraham Saba (Tzeror Hamor)
Aug 13, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 11: Prof. Gretchen Starr-LeBeau - The Inquisition in Guadalupe, Spain
Aug 9, 2023
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With Dr. David Sclar discussing the Rambam exhibit at the YU Museum & accompanying volume
Aug 6, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 10: Prof. Richard Kagan - Autobiographical tales from the Inquisition
Aug 2, 2023
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Letters of consolation from Gedolei Yisroel (with R' Doniel Hexter)
Jul 30, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 9: With Prof. Lu Ann Homza - The Spanish Inquisition: An overview
Jul 26, 2023
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The History of Masada (with Prof. Jodi Magness)
Jul 23, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 8: Prof. Benjamin Gampel - The Spanish Riots of 1391 in the Kingdom of Aragon
Jul 19, 2023
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Rav Shlomo Ganzfried (1804 - 1886) (with Rabbi Yitzchak Stroh)
Jul 16, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 7: Prof. Maya Soifer Irish - The Spanish riots of 1391 in the Kingdom of Castile
Jul 12, 2023
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Bonus episode: Live with R' Moshe Maimon discussing various antique seforim, manuscripts, and letters
Jul 10, 2023
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Jerusalem from the 7th to 13th centuries (with Prof. John Hosler)
Jul 9, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 6: Prof. Paola Tartakoff - The Papal Inquisition in Spain
Jul 5, 2023
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With Prof. Yitzhak Melamed discussing Solomon Maimon (1753 - 1800) and the new edition of his autobiography
Jul 2, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 5: Prof. Sarah Ifft Decker - Jewish Women of Medieval Catalonia
Jun 28, 2023
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With Yehuda Esral discussing Sefer Zikaron Pnei Moshe and its contents (including a fascinating Gittin controversy from Atlanta in 1914)
Jun 25, 2023
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Live from Lakewood: "Kevarimchatter" with Dovi Safier and Yossel Housman (a/k/a R' Yosef Shaul Hoizman)
Jun 22, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 4: Prof. Marc Herman - The great Talmudic and Halachic Scholars of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain)
Jun 21, 2023
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With R' Zvi Davidson discussing Rav Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879 - 1966) and his Seforim
Jun 18, 2023
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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
Jun 14, 2023
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The Great Italian Plague of 1630-31 (with Prof. Susan Einbinder)
Jun 11, 2023
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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 2: With Prof. Benjamin Gampel - Broad themes and questions related to Spanish Jewry
Jun 7, 2023
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With Elie Feder discussing Gematria Refigured - a new look at Gematria and his new book on the topic
Jun 4, 2023
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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
May 31, 2023
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With Prof. Adam Mendelsohn discussing Jewish Soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War
May 28, 2023
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With Rav Aaron Lopianksy discussing Sefer Nachlas Yosef on Megillas Rus and the English adaptation, "Seed of Redemption"
May 21, 2023
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Live from Prague (feat. special guests Yehuda Geberer & Dovi Safier)
May 18, 2023
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With Aaron Friedman discussing Sefer Pnei Avraham on Shas and the story of how his father saved the manuscript after the holocaust
May 14, 2023
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The Rosh (Rabeinu Asher b. Yechiel, 1250 - 1327) (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
May 7, 2023
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With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing the mitzvah to reside in Eretz Yisrael and his new Sefer on the topic
Apr 30, 2023
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Pope Pius XII and his relationship with Mussolini and Hitler and his silence regarding the Jews during the Holocaust (With Prof. David Kertzer)
Apr 23, 2023
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Legacy Judaica auction 11 catalogue
Apr 18, 2023
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Halachic challenges with the early Jewish immigration to America (1850 - 1924) (with Dr. Akiva Sternberg)
Apr 16, 2023
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The ritual murder trial (blood libel) of Trent in 1475 (with Prof. Ronnie Hsia)
Apr 9, 2023
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With Rabbi Isaac Rice discussing the Haggadah Shel Pesach and the foundations of running a Seder
Apr 2, 2023
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With Rav Yehoshua Hartman discussing the Maharal's Shabbos HaGadol Derasha
Mar 29, 2023
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With R' Moshe Hubner discussing his English adaptation of Minchas Chinuch on Pesach
Mar 26, 2023
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With R' Eliyahu Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Yitzchak Dov Bamberger - The Wurzburger Rav (1807 - 1878) - and Kollel Achsanya Shel Torah
Mar 19, 2023
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With R' Shimon Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Igros Sofrim: The Letters of the Eiger - Sofer families
Mar 12, 2023
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With Dr. Zev Eleff discussing the history of the Purim Shpiel (in America)
Mar 5, 2023
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With R' Elimelech Zweibel discussing Sefer Eim Labinah of Rav Yaakov Emden
Feb 26, 2023
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With Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten discussing Jewish daily life in the Middle Ages
Feb 19, 2023
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With R' Dovid Silverman discussing Sefer Matamei Yitzchak & the story behind the manuscript
Feb 12, 2023
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With Prof. Yossi Chajes discussing Kabbalistic Trees (האילן הקבלי)
Feb 5, 2023
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With Prof. Daniel Schwartz discussing the history of the (word) Ghetto
Jan 29, 2023
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With Prof. Matt Goldish discussing Chacham David Nieto (1654 - 1728)
Jan 22, 2023
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Rav Dovid HaNaggid & his commentary on Parshas Vaera (with R' Moshe Maimon)
Jan 15, 2023
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With Rabbi Yehoshua Lifschitz discussing the various Seforim that he wrote & edited (Sifrei Meir Panim)
Jan 8, 2023
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With Prof. Emily Michelson discussing Catholic Preaching to Jews in Rome
Jan 1, 2023
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With Prof. Jessica Marglin discussing Nissim Shamama (d. 1873) and the legal battle over his fortune
Dec 25, 2022
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With Prof. Steven Bowman discussing Sefer Yosippon and his new English translation
Dec 18, 2022
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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)
Dec 11, 2022
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With Prof. Francesca Trivellato discussing the myth that Jews invented Bills of Exchange (Credit)
Dec 4, 2022
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With Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD discussing his new book, The Anatomy of Jewish Law, on the topic of Medicine, Medical History, and Rabbinic Literature
Nov 27, 2022
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Rabeinu Avraham Ben Harambam (1186 - 1237); Life and Works
Nov 20, 2022
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With Dr. Yakov Mayer discussing the first edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi
Nov 13, 2022
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Chacham Shemtob Gaguine (1884 - 1953) and his Seforim (with Roy Shasha)
Nov 6, 2022
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The Jews of Suriname (with Prof. Aviva Ben-Ur)
Oct 30, 2022
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With Daniel Klein discussing Shadal (Shmuel/Samuel David Luzzatto) and his Sefer "Ohev Ger" on Targum Onkelos
Oct 23, 2022
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With R' Moshe Parnes discussing the Mitzvah of Hakhel and his new Sefer on the topic
Oct 2, 2022
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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"
Sep 28, 2022
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With Rabbi Bentzion Ettlinger discussing the Shofar: The Halachos, Minhagim, and his new English Sefer about it
Sep 21, 2022
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With Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter discussing Selichos and his new edition of Selichos with introduction and commentary
Sep 18, 2022
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The Jews of Corfu (with Michelle Margolis and Sharon Liberman Mintz)
Sep 11, 2022
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With R' Mendy Abramson discussing Bathing and Showering in Halachah and his new English Sefer on the topic
Sep 4, 2022
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Chida and Maagel Tov (the Chida's travelogue)
Aug 28, 2022
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With David Arnovitz discussing The Tanakh of the Land of Israel
Aug 21, 2022
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With Dr. Morris Faierstein discussing the Yudisher Theriak (A Yiddish Defense of Judaism)
Aug 14, 2022
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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
Aug 7, 2022
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The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66 - 74 CE and the destruction of the Second Temple. Part II: The War and Destruction of the Temple.
Jul 31, 2022
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With R' Yaakov Beer discussing Sefer B'Ikvei HaGalus about the Churban
Jul 28, 2022
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The First Crusade (1096) and the Jews (with Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel)
Jul 24, 2022
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The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66-74 CE and the destruction of the Second Temple. Part I: Causes of conflict
Jul 17, 2022
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With R' Aryeh Ganz and R' Shimon Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Arzei HaLevanon Al Hatorah
Jul 10, 2022
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Rabeinu Bachya and his writings (with Rabbi Yaakov Taubes)
Jul 3, 2022
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With Dr. Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky discussing the history of Lithuanian Yeshivas and his new book on the topic
Jun 26, 2022
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With Prof. Kenneth Stow discussing the Diary of Anna of Rome and the book he wrote about the diary
Jun 19, 2022
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With Dr. Tzafrir Barzilay discussing well poisoning accusations against Jews and minorities in Medieval Europe (relating to the Black Death)
Jun 12, 2022
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With R' Yaakov Yosef Reinman (AKA Avner Gold) discussing his historical fiction book series ("The Strasbourg saga")
Jun 7, 2022
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With Dr. Yael Ziegler discussing Megillas Rus and her book, "Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy"
May 29, 2022
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With Prof. Rachel Manekin discussing Jewish Women Runaways in Habsburg Galicia and her book on the topic
May 22, 2022
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With Rabbanit Chana Henkin discussing her son Rav Eitam Z'L HY'D, his writings, and the new English collection just published, "Studies in Halakha and Rabbinic History"
May 15, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 15: Finale episode with Prof. Matt Goldish
May 11, 2022
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With Zev Bar-Eitan discussing his English series, "Abravanel's World of Torah"
May 8, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 14: With Dr. David Sclar discussing the Ramchal controversy
May 4, 2022
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Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe (with Prof. Ephraim Shoham-Steiner)
May 1, 2022
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With Dr. Alan Kadish & Rabbi Dr. Michael Shmidman discussing their new book, "The Jewish Intellectual Tradition"
Apr 24, 2022
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With R' Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer discussing the forged Yerushalmi on Kodashim
Apr 18, 2022
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With Elie Rosenfeld discussing the Maxwell House Haggadah
Apr 10, 2022
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With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Hilchos Mechiras Chametz and his English Sefer on the topic
Apr 3, 2022
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With Prof. Daniel J. Lasker discussing the history of Karaism and his new book on the topic
Mar 27, 2022
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With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson discussing the discovery, origins, and history of the Cairo Genizah and her new book about the topic
Mar 20, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 13: With Prof. Elisheva Carlebach discussing Rav Moshe Chagiz (1671 - 1751)
Mar 16, 2022
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Piyut "Mi Komocha" of Rav Yehuda HaLevi
Mar 13, 2022
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With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Ohr Zarua (Rav Yitzchak of Vienna, 1180 - 1250)
Mar 6, 2022
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With Rav Doniel Neustadt discussing Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky's Seforim
Mar 2, 2022
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With Prof. Yochanan Petrovsky-Shtern discussing the Russians' war against Ukraine: The stakes for the Jews
Feb 27, 2022
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With Prof. Jeffrey Woolf discussing the Maharik (Rav Yosef Colon Trabotto, 1420 - 1480)
Feb 20, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 12: With Bezalel Naor discussing Post-Sabbatean Sabbateanism
Feb 16, 2022
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With Dr. Dov Zakheim discussing Rebbe (Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi)
Feb 13, 2022
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With Prof. Edward Fram discussing the Court Diaries of Rabbi Chayim Gundersheim of Frankfurt Am Main, 1773 - 1794
Feb 6, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 11: With Prof. Pawel Maciejko discussing Jacob Frank and the Frankist movement
Feb 2, 2022
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With R' Pinchas Werner discussing his Sefer, "Keitzad Seder Mishna"
Jan 30, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 10: With Prof. Cengiz Sisman discussing the Dönme
Jan 26, 2022
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With Prof. Glenn Dynner discussing Jewish Tavernkeepers & the Liquor trade in the Kingdom of Poland
Jan 23, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 9: With R’ Yechiel Goldhaber discussing Sefer Chemdas Yamim
Jan 19, 2022
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With Eli Rubin discussing Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson of Lubavitch ("Maharash," 1834 - 1882)
Jan 16, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 8: With Prof. Boaz Huss discussing the Sabbatean origins of Tu B'Shvat
Jan 12, 2022
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With Prof. Rena Lauer discussing the Jews of (Venetian) Crete
Jan 9, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 7: With Prof. Adam Teller discussing the impact of Tach V'Tat upon Sabbateanism
Jan 5, 2022
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The American Kosher Milk Controversy (with R' Manes Blumenfrucht)
Jan 2, 2022
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SZ Series Episode 6: With Prof. Alexander van der Haven discussing Sarah Ashkenazi
Dec 29, 2021
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With Rabbi Yehuda Keilson discussing the Derashos HaRan
Dec 26, 2021
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SZ Series Episode 5: With Prof. Matt Goldish part 2: Discussing post-conversion and death of SZ
Dec 22, 2021
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With Prof. David Fraser discussing Anti-Shechita Prosecutions between 1855 - 1913 and his book on the subject
Dec 19, 2021
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SZ Series Episode 4: With Prof. David J. Halperin discussing Abraham Miguel Cardozo
Dec 15, 2021
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With Prof. Emile Schrijver discussing Jewish Book Culture
Dec 12, 2021
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SZ Series Episode 3: With Prof. Yaacob Dweck discussing Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas
Dec 8, 2021
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With Rabbi Basil Herring discussing the new RCA Siddur
Dec 5, 2021
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SZ Series Episode 2: With Avinoam Stillman discussing Nathan of Gaza
Dec 1, 2021
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With Prof. Malka Simkovich discussing Chanukah & the classic sources
Nov 28, 2021
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SZ Series Episode 1: With Prof. Matt Goldish discussing Sabbatai Zevi's life and impact until the conversion
Nov 25, 2021
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With Prof. Francesca Trivellato discussing the Jews of Livorno (Leghorn), Italy
Nov 21, 2021
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With R' Shimon Szimonowitz & R' Yaakov Juravel discussing Machon Aleh Zayis & Sefer Mincha Ketana
Nov 14, 2021
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With Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol discussing his new book, "The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave: Exploring Talmudic Narratives", which explores aggadata and related themes
Nov 7, 2021
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With Dr. Moti Benmelech discussing Shlomo Molcho (1501 - 1532)
Oct 31, 2021
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With Rabbi David Fohrman discussing his work at Aleph Beta and his "Parsha Companion" series
Oct 24, 2021
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With Prof. Maoz Kahana discussing Religion and Science in Early Modern Rabbinic Culture & his new book on the topic ("A Heartless Chicken")
Oct 17, 2021
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The Rif (Rav Yitzchak Alfasi, 1013 - 1103) (with Dr. Ezra Chwat)
Oct 10, 2021
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With R' Alex Hool discussing the masa'os (travels) of the Bnei Yisrael in the Midbar and his new book about it, "The Desert Encampments: From Sinai to the Holy Land"
Oct 3, 2021
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With Rabbi Pinchas Taylor discussing Judaism & the Mysterious (and his book on the subject)
Sep 26, 2021
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With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Sefer Bikurei Yaakov on Hilchos Sukkah & Lulav
Sep 19, 2021
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With Prof. Shmuel Feiner discussing European Jewry in the 18th Century
Sep 12, 2021
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With R' Yechiel Goldhaber discussing the minhag of covering the shofar while making the beracha
Sep 5, 2021
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With Rav Aaron Lopiansky discussing his new Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Machzorim
Aug 29, 2021
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With Prof. Andrew Porwancher discussing Alexander Hamilton and his Jewish origins and connections
Aug 22, 2021
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With Rabbi Shnayor Burton discussing the Mitzvah of living in E'Y and his podcast series about it
Aug 15, 2021
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With Rabbi H. Norman Strickman discussing his new translation of Yesod Moreh of the Ibn Ezra and the Ibn Ezra in general
Aug 8, 2021
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With Dr. Jeremy Brown discussing Copernicus, the Heliocentric model, and its Jewish reception
Aug 1, 2021
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Genazym Auction 10 Catalogue
Jul 25, 2021
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With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Mordechai (R. Mordechai b. Hillel, d. 1298)
Jul 19, 2021
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With Dr. Yael Ziegler discussing her new book on Megillas Eichah, "Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World"
Jul 11, 2021
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With Prof. Robert Chazan discussing the Trial of the Talmud in Paris in 1240
Jul 4, 2021
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With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing Josephus
Jun 27, 2021
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With Dr. David Sclar discussing Ramchal (Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, 1707 - 1746)
Jun 20, 2021
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With R' Meni Even-Israel discussing his father, Rav Adin Steinsaltz & his various Seforim
Jun 13, 2021
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With Prof. Neil Netanel discussing the history of Jewish Copyright Law.
Jun 6, 2021
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With R' Daniel Levin discussing Rav Chasdai Crescas & Ohr Hashem
May 30, 2021
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With Prof. Naomi Seidman discussing Sarah Schenirer and Bais Yaakov
May 23, 2021
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With R' Yehuda Rock discussing the new Sefer, "Parshanei HaMikra" of his wife, Rabbanit Dr. Avigail Rock Z'L
May 19, 2021
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With R' Moshe Kravetz and Dr. Allan Jacob discussing their new Sefer, "Emunei Am Segulah" about Ma'amad Har Sinai & Kabbolas HaTorah
May 9, 2021
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With Prof. Jeffrey Gurock discussing the Jews of Harlem
May 2, 2021
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With Prof. Debra Kaplan discussing Charity and the Poor in Early Modern Germany (Worms, Frankfurt, AH"U: Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbeck)
Apr 25, 2021
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With Prof. David Berger discussing Jewish - Christian debate in the Middle Ages
Apr 18, 2021
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Daf Yomi: With R' Moshe Schwed of AllDaf discussing various Seforim & Meforshim on Mesechtas Yoma
Apr 13, 2021
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With Prof. Martin Lockshin discussing Rashbam
Apr 11, 2021
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With Pearl Herzog discussing her father, R' Tovia Preschel, and his collected writings that she published (Ma'amarei Tovia)
Apr 5, 2021
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With Dr. Pinchas Roth discussing Medieval Jewry of Provence
Mar 30, 2021
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One year anniversary episode: About how the twitter account and podcast developed
Mar 23, 2021
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The Sarajevo Haggadah (with Prof. Shalom Sabar)
Mar 21, 2021
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With Prof. Benny Brown discussing the Mussar Movement
Mar 14, 2021
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With Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank discussing his "Illuminating Jewish Thought" book series
Mar 7, 2021
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With Prof. Yerachmiel (Robert) Brody discussing the Geonim
Feb 28, 2021
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With R' Dovid Cohen of the cRc discussing his new book, "Alcoholic Beverages: The Halachos of alcoholic beverages, wine, and grape juice as they apply in the modern era arranged according to the order of the Shulchan Aruch"
Feb 23, 2021
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With Mitchell First discussing who Achashverosh & Esther were historically, and the origins of Ta'anis Esther
Feb 21, 2021
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With Dr. Gabriel Wasserman discussing Piyutei Arbah Parshiyos ("Yotzros"), Krovetz for Purim, and Piyutim in general
Feb 14, 2021
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With Prof. Cedric Cohen-Skalli discussing Abarbnel (1437 - 1508) and his new book, "Don Isaac Abravanel: An Intellectual Biography"
Feb 7, 2021
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With Rabbi Elchanan Adler discussing Anim Zemiros
Jan 31, 2021
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With Rav Yehoshua Hartman discussing the Maharal of Prague ( 1512[24] - 1609) and his edition of Sifrei Maharal
Jan 24, 2021
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With Prof. Elisheva Carlebach discussing Pinkassei Kehillot of pre-modern Europe
Jan 17, 2021
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With R' Nechemya Sheinfeld discussing the Ibn Ezra and his commentary on the Ibn Ezra, "Daas Ezra"
Jan 12, 2021
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With Prof. Marcin Wodziński discussing his various books on Chasidus and Historical Atlas of Hasidism
Jan 9, 2021
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With Daniel Klein discussing Shadal (Samuel David Luzzatto, 1800 - 1865) and his new translation of Shadal on Chumash
Jan 3, 2021
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With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing Rashi on Shas
Dec 31, 2020
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With Rav Aaron Lopiansky discussing his (Hebrew) Seforim & Rishonim
Dec 28, 2020
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With Dr. Martina Mampieri discussing Pope Paul IV and the Jews in the 16th Century, and her book, "Living under the Evil Pope: The Hebrew Chronicle of Pope Paul IV by Benjamin Nehemiah ben Elnathan from Civitanova Marche (16th cent.)"
Dec 23, 2020
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With R' Simcha Lauer discussing his book, " Learning the News: Halachic Perspectives on Current Events"
Dec 22, 2020
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With R' Alex Hool discussing his new book, "Pharaoh: Biblical History, Egypt, And the Missing Millennium" (about the biblical Pharaoh)
Dec 15, 2020
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With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing Chanukah & its historical sources
Dec 10, 2020
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With R' Moshe Kravetz discussing the Sforno (Rav Ovadiah Sforno, 1475 - 1550)
Dec 6, 2020
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With Prof. Joseph Davis discussing the Tosfos Yom Tov (Rav Yom Tov Lipmann Heller ZT'L)
Nov 29, 2020
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A Bibliography of Pirkei Avos (with Dr. Steve Weiss)
Nov 26, 2020
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With Prof. Joanna Weinberg discussing Azariah De' Rossi & Me'or Enayim
Nov 25, 2020
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With Prof. Joanna Weinberg discussing Azariah De' Rossi & Me'or Enayim
Nov 22, 2020
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Daf Yomi: Discussing various seforim on Mesechtas Pesachim
Nov 19, 2020
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With Prof. Clémence Boulouqe discussing Rav Eliyahu Benamozegh
Nov 15, 2020
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With Prof. Pawel Maciejko discussing Rav Yonason Eybeschutz and the "Emden - Eybeschutz" controversy.
Nov 10, 2020
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With Prof. Steven Nadler discussing Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel
Nov 8, 2020
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With Dr. Morris Faierstein discussing the Ze'enah U-Re'enah and his new English translation
Nov 5, 2020
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With Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein discussing his book, "God versus gods: Judaism in the age of Idolatry"
Nov 4, 2020
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With Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar discussing Machon Magen Avot
Oct 29, 2020
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With Prof. Sara Reguer discussing her grandfather, Rav Simcha Zelig ZT'L, and her father's memoir that she published
Oct 21, 2020
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With Rabbi Yosie Levine discussing the Chacham Tzvi
Oct 19, 2020
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The Lost Library: The Legacy of Vilna's Strashun Library in the Aftermath of the Holocaust (with Dan Rabinowitz)
Oct 18, 2020
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With Prof. Howard (Tzvi) Adelman discussing Rav Yehuda Aryeh Modena
Oct 14, 2020
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With Yehuda Geberer of the Jewish History Soundbites Podcast
Oct 1, 2020
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Shailos U'Teshuvos Torah Lishmah: Did the puported author Rav Yechezkel Kuchli exist or was it truly written by the Ben Ish Chai?
Sep 30, 2020
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Solo Show discussing a few new Seforim
Sep 23, 2020
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With R' Zecharia Holzer of Machon Al Harishonim discussing his Rosh Hashanah Machzor with Pirushei Rishonim
Sep 16, 2020
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With Prof. Eve Krakowski discussing the Cairo Geniza
Aug 18, 2020
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With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Baalei Tosafos
Aug 10, 2020
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With Prof. Magda Teter discussing her new book, "Blood Libel: On The Trail Of An Antisemitic Myth"
Aug 6, 2020
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With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing the Dead Sea Scrolls
Aug 3, 2020
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With R' Yossel Housman on the history and background of the Tisha B'av Kinnos
Jul 29, 2020
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With R' Moshe Maimon discussing his new edition of the writings of Rabeinu Avraham Ben HaRambam
Jul 26, 2020
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With Elli Fischer discussing Translation, Rav Eliezer Melamed, Peninei Halakha and more
Jul 23, 2020
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With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing classics of emunah & hashkafa, Tanach and more
Jul 20, 2020
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With Prof. Adam Teller discussing his new book on the Khmelnytsky massacres (Tach-V'Tat) and the refugee crisis that followed
Jul 17, 2020
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Introduction Show
Jul 16, 2020
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With Prof. Michah Gottlieb of NYU discussing the Biur, Mendelssohn, Rav Hirsch and more
Jul 2, 2020
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With Prof. Joshua Teplitsky discussing Rav Dovid Oppenheim and his library
May 26, 2020
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With Feivel Schneider of Legacy Judaica
May 24, 2020
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With Prof. Eric Lawee discussing his new book on Rashi, his first book on Abarbnel & more
May 17, 2020
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With R' Avrohom Biderman of Artscroll discussing all things Artscroll
May 7, 2020
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