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AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Genazym 18 Auction Catalogue Jun 16, 2024

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#282
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With R' Alex Hool discussing the location of Har Sinai Jun 09, 2024

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#281.
> This episode is sponsored by Genazym - Stefansky for the publication of the 2nd edition of Sifrei Yesod. The new edition is revised, corrected, and includes a new section on incunabula (Seforim printed pre-1500). To purchase the new edition of Sifrei Yesod with free shipping click here.
> We discussed the general view of where Har Sinai is, the issue with these opinions, where R' Hool thinks it is, proofs, and more.
> To purchase "Searching for Sinai" click here.
> To join the SeforimChatter WhatsApp community click here.
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With Rabbi Basil Herring discussing R. Yosef Ibn Kaspi (1279 - 1340) Jun 02, 2024

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#280
> Sponsored by Torah Auctions. To peruse the catalogue, register, and bid on items for their forthcoming auction on Tuesday, June 4th at 1PM EST click here.
> To view Rabbi Herring's edition of Gevia HaKessef 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)
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AuctionChatter: With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Royal Auction House - Auction 10 Catalogue May 28, 2024

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#279
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> To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode follow this link or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)
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With R' Daniel Glatstein discussing Lag BaOmer May 25, 2024

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#278
> We discussed the history of Lag BaOmer, how it became a "Yom Tov", whetehr Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's Yahrtzeit is actually on Lag BaOmer, those who visited Meron, mistake about Rav Ovadiah Bertinoro and bonfires, the Chasam Sofer's opinion about Lag BaOmer and the discrepancy between his Shailos U'Teshuvos and his Derashos, and. ore.
> To purchase, "LAg BaOmer: The Fire and the Soul" click here
> To purchase, "Rebbi Meir Baal Haness and the eternal Children of Hashem" 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)
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Discussing my new edition of Sefer Toras Chaim (R. Avraham Chaim Schorr, d. 1632) on Maseches Avodah Zara May 19, 2024

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#277
> To purchase a copy of the Sefer please email me seforimchatter@gmail.com or order from Machon Aleh Zayis with free shipping: https://alehzayis.com/product/%d7%a1%d7%a4%d7%a8-%d7%aa%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%aa-%d7%97%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%a2%d7%91%d7%95%d7%93%d7%94-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%94/
> Also available at Mizrahi, Biegeleisen, and ZBerman.
> We discussed my background and how I started Seforimchatter and the podcast, how I came to the project of the Toras Chaim, the bio of R. Avraham Chaim Schorr and his works, why and how the Toras Chaim came to be censored, what my new edition includes, examples, and more.
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With Eliezer Saidel discussing the Lechem Hapanim May 15, 2024

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#276
> We discussed how he became a baker, why he started the Showbread Institute, why the fascination with the Lechem Hapnim, the ingredients of the Lechem Hapanim, the shape, miracles, practical tests done at the Showbread Institute, and more.
> To purchase Sefer Meir Panim click here.
> For the Showbread Institute website click here.
> For the Showbread Institute YouTube channel 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)
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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
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TLT Series Episode 9: Prof. Ronnie Perelis - Antonio de Montezinos and the Ten Lost Tribes in the New World May 05, 2024

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#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)
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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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#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)
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