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#173.With Prof. Francesca Trivellato discussing the myth/legend of the Jews inventing Bills of Exchange (credit)We discussed the definition of Bills of Exchange and Marine Insurance, how the legend/myth of attributing their creation to Jews began, who really created them, Ètienne Cleirac and his work, the scope and meaning of usury, the definition of "credit", what happened to the legend after the 17th century, and more. To purchase "The Promise and Peril of Credit":  https://amzn.to/3EYY83ZFor a short article with an excerpt from the book:  https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-the-link-between-medieval-and-modern-antisemitismSupport the show

#172.** To support the podcast: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com**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 moreTo purchase “The Anatomy of Jewish Law”; https://amzn.to/3U8R9v6To purchase “Pondering Pre-Modern Pandemics in Jewish History”: https://amzn.to/3gEUV1ASupport the show

#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/372870295843Shemos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/393142142650To purchase the Ma’amar Al HaAggados: https://www.ebay.com/itm/392868012226To purchase “Milchamos Hashem”: https://amzn.to/3ASiFGvTo purchase the English translation of Sefer HaMaspik: https://amzn.to/3UPZ3dHTo contact R’ Moshe: mbamaimon@gmail.comTo purchaseSupport the show

#170.** To support the podcast: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com** 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 moreTo 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-printingTo purchase the book: https://www.magnespress.co.il/book/Editio_Princeps-8320To purchase "Nechemiah": http://www.ybook.co.il/book/7679/%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%94Support the show

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

#168.** To support the podcast: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com** 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 moreTo purchase the book:https://amzn.to/3TPCghTTo purchase Prof. Ben-Ur’s older book: “Jewish Cemeteries in Suriname”: https://amzn.to/3WeZ7VGSupport the show

#167.** To support the podcast: https://seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/ or email seforimchatter@gmail.com** With Dan Klein discussing Shadal (Shmuel/Samuel David Luzzatto) and his Sefer "Ohev Ger" on Targum Onkelos and the new edition of the SeferWe 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 moreTo 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/3CYPba7To purchase Dan's english editions of Shadal's Chumash commentary:Bereishis: https://amzn.to/3z7SRVEShemos: https://amzn.to/3siR64rVayikra: https://amzn.to/3VVAmOfFor other new editions of seforim by Shadal: https://shadal.co.il/Support the show

#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%A1Support the show

#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-138-0Support the show

#164.With Rabbi Bentzion Ettlinger discussing the Shofar and the Halachos, Minhagim, and his new English Sefer about itWe 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**To purchase the book: https://amzn.to/3rrNcFJhttps://mosaicapress.com/product/the-shofar/Support the show