Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWith R' Alex Hool discussing his new book, "Pharaoh: Biblical History, Egypt, And the Missing Millennium" (about the biblical Pharaoh)
Season 2 Episode 20
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With R' Alex Hool discussing his new book, "Pharaoh: Biblical History, Egypt, And the Missing Millennium" about the biblical Pharaoh.
R' Hool ex…
5 years, 3 months ago
With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing Chanukah & its historical sources
Season 2 Episode 19
#47.
With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman (Judge Abraham Lieberman Professorship in Hebrew & Judaic studies at NYU) discussing Chanukah and its historical…
5 years, 4 months ago
With R' Moshe Kravetz discussing the Sforno (Rav Ovadiah Sforno, 1475 - 1550)
Season 2 Episode 18
#46.
With R' Moshe Kravetz discussing Rav Ovadiah Sforno: His life and works.
R' Kravetz edited and published critical editions of the Sforno on Chuma…
5 years, 4 months ago
With Prof. Joseph Davis discussing the Tosfos Yom Tov (Rav Yom Tov Lipmann Heller ZT'L)
Season 2 Episode 17
#45.
With Prof. Joseph Davis (Prof. of Jewish Thought, Gratz College) discussing the Tosfos Yom Tov (Rav Yom Tov Lipmann Heller ZT'L) and his biograph…
5 years, 4 months ago
A Bibliography of Pirkei Avos (with Dr. Steve Weiss)
Season 2 Episode 16
#44.
With Dr. Steve Weiss of LA discussing Pirkei Avos and his Bibliography of it.
We alos discuss his vast collection of "every" Sefer published on Pi…
5 years, 4 months ago
With Prof. Joanna Weinberg discussing Azariah De' Rossi & Me'or Enayim
Season 2 Episode 15
#43.
With Prof. Joanna Weinberg (Professor Emerita in early modern Jewish history and Rabbinics, University of Oxford and Hebrew lecturer at Exeter C…
5 years, 4 months ago
With Prof. Joanna Weinberg discussing Azariah De' Rossi & Me'or Enayim
#43.
With Prof. Joanna Weinberg (Professor Emerita in early modern Jewish history and Rabbinics, University of Oxford and Hebrew lecturer at Exeter Co…
5 years, 4 months ago
Daf Yomi: Discussing various seforim on Mesechtas Pesachim
Season 2 Episode 14
#42.
Discussing various seforim on Mesechtas Pesachim. Background info, current edition, availability and more.
Seforim discussed: Rabeinu Dovid, Maha…
5 years, 4 months ago
With Prof. Clémence Boulouqe discussing Rav Eliyahu Benamozegh
Season 2 Episode 13
#41.
With Prof. Clémence Boulouque (Carl and Bernice Witten Assistant Professor in Jewish and Israel studies at Columbia University) discussing Rav El…
5 years, 4 months ago
With Prof. Pawel Maciejko discussing Rav Yonason Eybeschutz and the "Emden - Eybeschutz" controversy.
Season 2 Episode 12
#40.
With Prof. Pawel Maciejko (associate professor of history and Leonard and Helen R. Stulman chair of Classical Jewish Religion, Thought, and Cultu…
5 years, 5 months ago