Seforimchatter

Nachi Weinstein
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Sep 6, 2023 • 1h 24min

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

#232.** To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)****Corporate sponsor of the series Gluck Plumbing: 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. **Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 15: Prof. Matt Goldish - Rabbinic responsa throughout the Sephardic diasporaWe discussed a brief overview of the expulsion, conversos, and Spanish-Portugese Jews, what the "Sephardic diaspora" means in this coontext, the areas & time periods discussed, how responsa (shailos u'teshuvos) are used to tell a story, Rabbonim and Shu't Seforim discussed, and more To purchase Prof. Goldish’s book, “ Jewish Questions: Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period”:  https://amzn.to/3R9tQmMTo purchase Prof. Miriam Bodian's book, "Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation": https://amzn.to/44jazTaTo purchase Daniel Swetschinski's,  “Reluctant Cosmopolitans” https://amzn.to/3PpIDIYSupport the show
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Sep 3, 2023 • 57min

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

#231.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)**With Sammy Oziel discussing Moroccan (French [Toshavim] & Spanish [Megurashim]) Nusach HaTefillah and his new editions of Moroccan SiddurimWe discussed the French vs Spanish Moroccan's and differences in Nusach HaTefillah (Megurashim vs Toshavim), the differcnes between Edut Mizrach and Kahal Kadosh Nusach HaTefillah, what the On The Derekh Siddurim Nusach is based on, why publish new editions of Siddurim, and much moreTo purchase the Selichot VaYashkem Moshe: http://www.onthederekh.com/store/p55/Selichot_Siddur%3A_VaYashkem_Moshe_%E2%80%93_Elmaleh_Edition.htmlTo purchase the Tefillat Shmuel Siddur - Benmergui edition (with English transaltion): https://amzn.to/44Auj4GTo purchase the Tefillat Shmuel Siddur - Serruya edition (All Hebrew with English instructions): https://amzn.to/44vLZOQTo purchase the Yom Kippur Machzor - Oziel edition (Spanish Moroccan Nusach): http://www.onthederekh.com/store/p59/Yom_Kippur_Machzor%3A_Emet_LeYa%27akov_%E2%80%93_Oziel_Edition.htmlTo purchase the Yom Kippur Machzor - Rbibo edition (French Moroccan Nusach): http://www.onthederekh.com/store/p58/Yom_Kippur_Machzor%3A_Emet_LeYa%27akov_%E2%80%93_Rbibo_Edition.htmlTo purchase the Tisha B'Av Siddur: https://amzn.to/3sLwpkMFor the On The Derekh website and online store: http://www.onthederekh.com/Support the show
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Aug 30, 2023 • 1h 25min

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

#230.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)****Corporate sponsor of the series Gluck Plumbing: 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. **Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 14: Prof. David Graizbord - Conversos We discussed the basic terminology of converso/marrano/new christian, when the convero phenomenon began, Jewish attitudes towards conversos, old Christian attitudes towards converos, how the coversos integrated - or didn't - into Christian society, activities, traditions, the Spanish-Portugese communities around the wolrd (those that returned to Judaism), and much moreSupport the show
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Aug 27, 2023 • 1h 20min

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

#229.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)**With Rav Dovid Sackton discussing Rav Yitzchak Canpanton's Sefer Darkei HaGemara (HaTalmud) and his new editionWe discussed a brief bio/background of Rav Yitzchak Canpanton, the Sefer Darkei HaGemara and what it is trying to do, introduction of the Sefer, the seven mehalchim, Rav Sackton's new edition, manuscript based on, commentary, Sefer Even Rishon of Rav Shmuel Valencia, and much moreTo purchase Rav Sackton's new edition of Darkei HaGemara: https://www.feldheim.com/darchei-hagemara-hebrew-onlyFor Rav Sackton's various shiurim on Ramchal and Rav Yitzchak Canpanton: RamchalWay of Torah / דרך הקודש7th machzor HEBREWLink to entire folder:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MtEeAWp61PCDpwusvmvGZuqP9uhscrnA?usp=drive_link9th machzor ENGLISHLink to entire folder:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u3FiUxdp7AJ2zFUOCCKLZd5Hhs7Pngum?usp=drive_link10th machzor HEBREW הגיוןLink to entire folder:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10pP_bfySrinlpxdDHTXWzNcKh6Ce86EY?usp=drive_link10th machzor HEBREW מליצהLink to entire folder:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10Stw7fpbTUuMJTimagSOEs4QgbRi8DNn?usp=drive_linkRabbi Yitzchak Canpanton דרכי הגמרא3rd machzor Hebrewhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1izgplrpNVqDuDf14XPlt8ATGUbDjFMGU?usp=drive_link4th machzor Englishhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CpU63X0kRHW6j5hss9K-NwTIwPMz6_pB?usp=drive_link5th machzor HEBREWhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TWnnA6q67dCuIEo-p0vmZb4-rttY5uL4?usp=drive_linkSupport the show
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Aug 23, 2023 • 1h 1min

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

#228.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)****Corporate sponsor of the series Gluck Plumbing: 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. **Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 13: Prof. Francois Soyer - The Expulsion and Forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal, 1497We discussed the origins and history of the Jews of Portugal, the effect of the expulsion from Spain in 1492 on Portugal and its Jews, how many Jews traveled from Spain to Portugal, Portugal's "promise" to the Jews, King Jao II, King Manuel I and his marriage to Isabel - daughter of King Ferdinand and Isballa of Spain, the confiscation of Jewish land, the taking of the Jewish children, the forced conversions, and much moreTo purchase, "The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal: King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance (1496-7)": https://brill.com/display/title/14251?language=enTo purchase Prof. Haim Beinart's, "The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain": https://amzn.to/3P8GpxqSupport the show
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Aug 20, 2023 • 52min

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

#227.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)**With Seth Stern discussing Holocaust survivors raising chickens in NJ and his new book on the topicWe discussed how Holocaust survivors ended up on poultry farms, the Jewish families in Vineland, NJ, the dangers of raising chickens, what the day to day looked like, laborers, egg price depression and its effects, the decline in the Jewish chicken farming industry, Lakewood and the other central Jersey poultry communities, sources used, and more.To purchase, “Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms”: https://amzn.to/3siPkmYSupport the show
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Aug 16, 2023 • 53min

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

#226.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)****Corporate sponsor of the series Gluck Plumbing: 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. **Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 12: Prof. Jonathan Ray - The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and its ramificationsWe discussed the lead-up to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, the expulsion edict and its reasoning, the impact of 1391 on 1492, the experience of the expulsion, those who accepted baptism, Portugal, forced migration, enslavement of Jews, chronicles of exile, how the exiled communities styled themselves, converso communities and networks, and much more.To purchase Prof. Ray's, "After Expulsion": https://amzn.to/3DVziC4To purchase Prof. Ray's new history of Spanish Jewry: https://amzn.to/3E0LNwhTo purchase Prof. Miriam Bodian's book, "Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation": https://amzn.to/44jazTaTo purchase Prof. Ronnie Perelis's book about conversos in the Atlantic: https://amzn.to/44cVyCjTo purchase Prof. Francesca Trivellato's book about the Sephardim of Livorno: https://amzn.to/3DTOTChSupport the show
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Aug 13, 2023 • 1h 11min

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

#225.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)**With Prof. Andrew Berns discussing the commentaries of Rav Yitzchak Arama (Akedas Yitzchak), Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel, and Rav Avraham Saba (Tzeror Hamor) and especially as it related to "Land"We discussed a brief bio of Rav Yitzchak Arama, Rav Avraham Saba, Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel. why the focus on "Land", Tower of Bavel, Gan Eden, the attitude pf the commentators towards cities in general, wealth & materialism amongst Spanish Jews, farming amongst the Jews of Spain, Shemittah & Yovel, greed & wealth, and much more.To purchase, "The Land is Mine": https://amzn.to/3s11b92Support the show
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Aug 9, 2023 • 1h 19min

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

#224.**To support the podcast or to sponsor an episode: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com (Zelle/QP this email address)****Corporate sponsor of the series Gluck Plumbing: 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. **Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 11: Prof. Gretchen Starr-LeBeau - The Inquisition in Guadalupe, SpainWe discussed where Guadalupe is and its importance, conversos in general, converso practices, cultural tensions in the town, trials of 1485, strategies of accused, verdict, auto de fe, sources used, and much moreTo purchase Prof. Starr-LeBeau's "In The Shadow of the Virgin": https://amzn.to/44YfHx6To purchase "Seven Myths of the Spanish Inquisition": https://amzn.to/3qkmjqvTo purchase Prof. Roger Martinez Davila's book, "Creating Conversos": https://amzn.to/3YtSmk8Support the show
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Aug 6, 2023 • 1h 5min

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

#223.With Dr. David Sclar discussing the Rambam exhibit at the YU Museum & accompanying volume We discussed the Hartman collection, where the idea of the exhibit came from, what is included in the exhibit, the catalogue and its descriptions, the essays in the volume, and much more To purchase, "The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries": https://amzn.to/3QmYbhxFor more information on the exhibit: https://www.yu.edu/golden-pathSupport the show

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