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The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66 - 74 CE and the destruction of the Second Temple. Part III: Masada and the Legacies of the Great Revolt.
We discussed the aftermath of the destruction in Yerushalayim, Titus's return to Rome, the Flavian Amphitheater (Coliseum), Arch of Titus, Masada, and more
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With Dr. Ezra Chwat discussing the Rif (Rav Yitzchak Alfasi, 1013 - 1103) and his new critical edition
With R' Alex Hool discussing the masa'os (travels) of the Bnei Yisrael in the Midbar and his new book about it, "The Desert Encampments: From Sinai to the Holy Land"
With Rabbi Pinchas Taylor discussing Judaism & the Mysterious (and his book on the subject)
With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Sefer Bikurei Yaakov on Hilchos Sukkah & Lulav
With Prof. Shmuel Feiner discussing European Jewry in the 18th Century
With R' Yechiel Goldhaber discussing the minhag of covering the shofar while making the beracha
With Rav Aaron Lopiansky discussing his new Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Machzorim
With Prof. Andrew Porwancher discussing Alexander Hamilton and his Jewish origins and connections
With Rabbi Shnayor Burton discussing the Mitzvah of living in E'Y and his podcast series about it
With Rabbi H. Norman Strickman discussing his new translation of Yesod Moreh of the Ibn Ezra and the Ibn Ezra in general
With Dr. Jeremy Brown discussing Copernicus, the Heliocentric model, and its Jewish reception
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Genazym Auction 10 Catalogue
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Mordechai (R. Mordechai b. Hillel, d. 1298)
With Dr. Yael Ziegler discussing her new book on Megillas Eichah, "Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World"
With Prof. Robert Chazan discussing the Trial of the Talmud in Paris in 1240
With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing Josephus
With Dr. David Sclar discussing Ramchal (Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, 1707 - 1746)
With R' Meni Even-Israel discussing his father, Rav Adin Steinsaltz & his various Seforim
With Prof. Neil Netanel discussing the history of Jewish Copyright Law.
With R' Daniel Levin discussing Rav Chasdai Crescas & Ohr Hashem
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