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With Dr. Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky discussing the history of Lithuanian Yeshivas and his new book on the topic
We discussed WWI and the refugee crisis and how that affected the Yeshivos, what defines a "Lithuanian Yeshiva", most influential ones of the oeriod, patrilineal descent in Yeshivos and issues that arose from that, the role of the Mashgiach, and much more
To purchase the book:
https://amzn.to/3bc9TsX
Dr. Klibansky's site: https://www.b-klibansky.com/english-site
With R' Alex Hool discussing his new book, "Pharaoh: Biblical History, Egypt, And the Missing Millennium" (about the biblical Pharaoh)
With Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman discussing Chanukah & its historical sources
With R' Moshe Kravetz discussing the Sforno (Rav Ovadiah Sforno, 1475 - 1550)
With Prof. Joseph Davis discussing the Tosfos Yom Tov (Rav Yom Tov Lipmann Heller ZT'L)
With Dr. Steve Weiss discussing Pirkei Avos and his Bibliography of it
With Prof. Joanna Weinberg discussing Azariah De' Rossi & Me'or Enayim
Daf Yomi: Discussing various seforim on Mesechtas Pesachim
With Prof. Clémence Boulouqe discussing Rav Eliyahu Benamozegh
With Prof. Pawel Maciejko discussing Rav Yonason Eybeschutz and the "Emden - Eybeschutz" controversy.
With Prof. Steven Nadler discussing Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel
With Dr. Morris Faierstein discussing the Ze'enah U-Re'enah and his new English translation
With Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein discussing his book, "God versus gods: Judaism in the age of Idolatry"
With Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar discussing Machon Magen Avot
With Prof. Sara Reguer discussing her grandfather, Rav Simcha Zelig ZT'L, and her father's memoir that she published
With Rabbi Yosie Levine discussing the Chacham Tzvi
With Dan Rabinowitz discussing his book, "The Lost Library: The Legacy of Vilna's Strashun Library in the Aftermath of the Holocaust"
With Prof. Howard (Tzvi) Adelman discussing Rav Yehuda Aryeh Modena
With Yehuda Geberer of the Jewish History Soundbites Podcast
Shailos U'Teshuvos Torah Lishmah: Did the puported author Rav Yechezkel Kuchli exist or was it truly written by the Ben Ish Chai?
Solo Show discussing a few new Seforim
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