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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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#172.
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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.
We various topics from the book inlcuding, The Luz bone, Mumia, Vaccinations, Covid-19, transplanation, Rav Yehonosan Eyebeshutz, other projects of his, and more
To purchase “The Anatomy of Jewish Law”; https://amzn.to/3U8R9v6
To purchase “Pondering Pre-Modern Pandemics in Jewish History”: https://amzn.to/3gEUV1A

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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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#171.
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Rabeinu Avraham Ben HaRambam and the new edition of his Seforim
We discussed his life, relationship with his father the Rambam, his writings, Pirush on Chumash and its style, the classical style of pirushei chumash of Geonim/Sefard and how that differs, language the commentary was written in, the new edition and what was changed and corrected, quotations of the Rambam in the pirush, and much more
To purchase the new Pirush Al Hatorah:
Bereishis: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372870295843
Shemos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/393142142650
To purchase the Ma’amar Al HaAggados:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/392868012226
To purchase “Milchamos Hashem”: https://amzn.to/3ASiFGv
To purchase the English translation of Sefer HaMaspik: https://amzn.to/3UPZ3dH
To contact R’ Moshe: mbamaimon@gmail.com
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With Dr. Yakov Mayer discussing the first edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi Nov 13, 2022

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#170.
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With Dr. Yakov Mayer discussing the first printing of the Talmud Yerushalmi
We discussed the history of print and the 16th century, Aldus Manutius, Daniel Bomberg, the Leiden manuscript of Yerushalmi, how the edition was edited, other manuscript(s) that were used for the first edition, Yaakov ben Chaim Ibn Adoniyahu, Rav David Pizzeghitaone, who edited the Yerushalmi, and more
To read an article by Dr. Mayer on the topic: https://www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2022/8/31/editio-princeps-the-1523-venice-edition-of-the-palestinian-talmud-and-the-beginning-of-hebrew-printing
To purchase the book: https://www.magnespress.co.il/book/Editio_Princeps-8320
To purchase "Nechemiah": http://www.ybook.co.il/book/7679/%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%94

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Chacham Shemtob Gaguine (1884 - 1953) and his Seforim (with Roy Shasha) Nov 06, 2022

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#169.
With Roy Shasha discussing Chacham Shemtob Gaguine (1884 - 1953) and his Seforim
We discussed Chacham Gaguine's bio, his Sefer "Keter Shem Tov", sources that are used and minhagim discussed, his sermons ("Pachad Yitzchak"), other writings, and more
To purchase “Pachad Yitzchak”: https://judaicaplaza.com/products/8494058

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The Jews of Suriname (with Prof. Aviva Ben-Ur) Oct 30, 2022

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#168.
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We discussed the Jews of Suriname, where they come from and when they came, where they lived, how the community functioned, shuls, Jews role in Surinamese society at large, Eurafrican Jews, Purim in Suriname, the end of communal autonomy , the community in the 19th and 20th century and today, and more
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To purchase Prof. Ben-Ur’s older book:
“Jewish Cemeteries in Suriname”: https://amzn.to/3WeZ7VG

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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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#167.
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With Dan Klein discussing Shadal (Shmuel/Samuel David Luzzatto) and his Sefer "Ohev Ger" on Targum Onkelos and the new edition of the Sefer
We discussed a brief bio of Shadal's life (for more see our previous podcast episode: https://seforimchatter.com/2021/01/03/with-daniel-klein-discussing-shadal-samuel-david-luzzatto-1800-1865-and-his-new-translation-of-shadal-on-chumash/ ), the sefer Ohev Ger and why he wrote it, his rules of Onkelos, his textual variants that he discovered of Onkelos, and much more
To purchase the new edition of Ohev Ger: https://shadal.co.il/shop/%d7%90%d7%95%d7%94%d7%91-%d7%92%d7%a8/
To purchase the old edition of Ohev Ger ($3.99): https://amzn.to/3CYPba7
To purchase Dan's english editions of Shadal's Chumash commentary:
Bereishis: https://amzn.to/3z7SRVE
Shemos: https://amzn.to/3siR64r
Vayikra: https://amzn.to/3VVAmOf
For other new editions of seforim by Shadal: https://shadal.co.il/

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With R' Moshe Parnes discussing the Mitzvah of Hakhel and his new Sefer on the topic Oct 02, 2022

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#166.
With R' Moshe Parnes discussing the Mitzvah of Hakhel and his new Sefer on the topic
We discussed what the Mitzvah of Hakhel is, when and where it was performed, who was mechuyav in this Mitzvah, which Sefer Torah was used, who read from it, the reasons for the Mitzvah, the inyan (or lack thereof) for the Mitzvah today, and much more
To purchase the Sefer: https://zbermanbooks.com/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%A8%D7%9E-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1

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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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#165.
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"
We discussed how the project came to be, who the "Esroger" was, what his position entailed, the hardship of procuring Esrogim in Europe, involvement of the civil authorities, how and where communities got Esrogim and Arba Minim from, who purchased the Esrogim - the Kehilla or individuals?, how many Esrogim were used per Kehilla, fairs, takkanos, using dried out minim from previous years, women and Esrogim, the Esrog in America: Where they were from, Caribbean Esrogim and how they differed, Rabbi Abraham Rice and his psak, Isaac Leeser and The Occident, Corfu Esrogim, and more.
To purchase the book: https://judaicaplaza.com/products/coja-138-0

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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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#164.
With Rabbi Bentzion Ettlinger discussing the Shofar and the Halachos, Minhagim, and his new English Sefer about it
We discussed the reasons for Tekias Shofar, length of Tekia and minhagim, minhagim of Shevarim, minhagim of teruah, tekiah gedolah, kashrus of Shofaros, Baal Makri, eating kiddush before Tekias Shofar, blowing during silent Shemoneh Esrei or Chazaras HaShatz, haskamos for the Sefer, why in English, and more.
Also included R' Ettlinger blowing various examples. **Apologies for the somewhat muffled sound on the Shofar due to the recording**
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https://amzn.to/3rrNcFJ
https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-shofar/

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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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#163.
With Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter discussing Selichos and his new edition of Selichos with introduction and commentary
We discussed the various minhagim of selichos (when it is said), what is different about this edition, the central theme of selichos, the thirteen attributes of mercy, the akeida, zechus avos, tziduk hadin, confession, power of teshuvah, praying to angels, derision of christianity, the style of the commentary, and more
To purchase the Selichos: https://amzn.to/3SdmMmx
https://korenpub.com/products/the-reid-family-edition-koren-seli%e1%b8%a5ot-minhag-lita

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