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With R' Shimonz Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Igros Sofrim: The Letters of the Eiger - Sofer families
We discussed the history of the families and those included in the Sefer (Rav Akiva Eiger, Rav Shlomo Eiger, Rav Moshe Sofer [Chasam Sofer], Rav Avraham Shmuel Binyomin Sofer [Ksav Sofer], Rav Simcha Bunim Sofer [Shevet Sofer], Rav Shimon Sofer of Cracow, and Rav Shmuel Ehrenfeld [Chasan Sofer]), who originally put the letters together, many examples from the Sefer (this was the bulk of our conversation), langauges the letters were written in, pictures included, how the letters are broken up, what was done for the new edition, new material, and much more.
The Sefer can be purchased at Biegeleisen or https://alehzayis.com/product/%d7%90%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d/
Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 6: Prof. Paola Tartakoff - The Papal Inquisition in Spain
With Prof. Yitzhak Melamed discussing Solomon Maimon (1753 - 1800) and the new edition of his autobiography
Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 5: Prof. Sarah Ifft Decker - Jewish Women of Medieval Catalonia
With Yehuda Esral discussing Sefer Zikaron Pnei Moshe and its contents (including a fascinating Gittin controversy from Atlanta in 1914)
Live from Lakewood: "Kevarimchatter" with Dovi Safier and Yossel Housman (a/k/a R' Yosef Shaul Hoizman)
Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 4: Prof. Marc Herman - The great Talmudic and Halachic Scholars of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain)
With R' Zvi Davidson discussing Rav Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879 - 1966) and his Seforim
Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 3: With Prof. Ross Brann - The Greatness of Sephardi Culture, 950-1200: Religious and Secular Poetry in Medieval Muslim Spain and its great Jewish Figures
With Prof. Susan Einbinder discussing the Great Italian Plague of 1630-31 and the Jewish responses
Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 2: With Prof. Benjamin Gampel - Broad themes and questions related to Spanish Jewry
With Elie Feder discussing Gematria Refigured - a new look at Gematria and his new book on the topic
Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 1: With Prof. Jonathan Ray - Overview of the history of Spanish Jewry from its establishment until the 14th century
With Prof. Adam Mendelsohn discussing Jewish Soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War
With Rav Aaron Lopianksy discussing Sefer Nachlas Yosef on Megillas Rus and the English adaptation, "Seed of Redemption"
Live from Prague (feat. special guests Yehuda Geberer & Dovi Safier)
With Aaron Friedman discussing Sefer Pnei Avraham on Shas and the story of how his father saved the manuscript after the holocaust
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Rosh (Rabeinu Asher b. Yechiel, 1250 - 1327)
With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing the mitzvah to reside in Eretz Yisrael and his new Sefer on the topic
With Prof. David Kertzer discussing Pope Pius XII and his relationship with Mussolini and Hitler and his silence regarding the Jews during the Holocaust
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Legacy Judaica auction 11 catalogue
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