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Seforimchatter

By: Nachi Weinstein
  • Summary

  • 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 info@seforimchatter.com

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Episodes
  • TLT Series Episode 10: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch - Antonio de Montezinos and his Relacion in context
    May 12 2024

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    #275

    > Corporate sponsor of the series: GluckPlumbing.
    For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main lines, to a simple faucet leak, Gluck Plumbing Service Division has you covered. Give them a call - 732-523-1836 x 1.

    > We discussed the bio of Montezinos, the Relacion and its context, where converso hopes fit into the Relacion, Menashe ben Israel, and much more

    > To purchase Rabbi Menashe ben Israel's "Hope of Israel" in English: https://amzn.to/3wwr437
    Mikve Yisrael in Hebrew: https://amzn.to/4abbl7o

    > To purchase Prof. Schorsch’s “Hidden Lives of Jews and Africans: Underground Societies in the Iberian Atlantic World”: https://amzn.to/3y8dGmf


    > To purchase Prof. Schorsch’s “Jews and Blacks in the Early Modern World”: https://amzn.to/4bD91rb

    > To purchase Prof. Schorsch’s “Underground World of Secret Jews and Africans”: https://amzn.to/3JXVUVr

    > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community click here.

    > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)

    > Subscribe to the SeforimChatter YouTube channel here.

    > Subscribe and read the SeforimChatter Substack here.


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • TLT Series Episode 9: Prof. Ronnie Perelis - Antonio de Montezinos and the Ten Lost Tribes in the New World
    May 5 2024

    Questions, comments, feedback? Send us a message.

    #274.

    > Corporate sponsor of the series: GluckPlumbing.
    For all your service needs big or small in NJ with a full service division, from boiler change outs, main sewer line snake outs, camera-ing main lines, to a simple faucet leak, Gluck Plumbing Service Division has you covered. Give them a call - 732-523-1836 x 1.

    > We discussed Antonio de Montezinos (aka Aharon HaLevi) and his bio, what "relacion" means, the description/story as relayed by Montezinos, how Rabbi Menashe ben Israel came across the relacion, why he decided to print it, the validity of Montezinos" report, and much more.

    > To purchase Rabbi Menashe ben Israel's "Hope of Israel" in English: https://amzn.to/3wwr437
    Mikve Yisrael in Hebrew: https://amzn.to/4abbl7o

    > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community click here.

    > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)

    > Subscribe to the SeforimChatter YouTube channel here.

    > Subscribe and read the SeforimChatter Substack here.


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • With R' Eli Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Juspa Schammes (1604 - 1698) and his newly published Haggadah
    Apr 18 2024

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    #273

    > To purchase a copy of my new edition of Sefer Toras Chaim on Maseches Avodah Zara (Includes a 15 page bio (with color scans of the originals), all the old Haskamos, the introduction of the Toras Chaim (d. 1632), and the introduction of his son & son-in-law. This all besides for the actual Sefer which has sources, notes, and many censored passages replaced for the 1st time since the 1734 edition) click here.

    > We discussed Rav Juspa's life, rebbeim, job as a schammes, his works, the haggadah, the story of the manuscript, and much more

    > To purchase the Haggadah Likutei Yosef (copies may only be available after Pesach, check the link) click here.

    > To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community click here.

    > To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)

    > Subscribe to the SeforimChatter YouTube channel here.

    > Subscribe and read the SeforimChatter Substack here.



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    53 mins

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