Seforimchatter
Nachi Weinstein
The Seforimchatter podcast is dedicated to the discussion of Seforim (holy texts and works pertaining to them), Jewish (non-sacred) Books, Jewish History and more. The variety of guests include rabbis, professors, historians, authors, editors, and others in the field. For more information or to sponsor a show, check out seforimchatter.com or email info@seforimchatter.com
Episodes
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Mar 29, 2026 • 51min
Rav Elazar Fleckles (1754 - 1826) (with Rabbi Moshe Maimon)
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Mar 26, 2026 • 23min
SmallTalk: Haggadah Shel Pesach Siach Yitzchak (with Rabbi Isaac Rice)
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Mar 24, 2026 • 17min
SmallTalk: The Attached Haggadah (with Rabbi Yakov Danishevksy)
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Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 22min
Interview on the TMC podcast
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8 snips
Mar 22, 2026 • 1h 4min
Haggadah and History (with Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz)
Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz, rabbi, author, and director of Machon Aleh Zayis, offers a fresh, user-friendly Haggadah. He discusses why he published a new text, common Seder misunderstandings, and how design choices like color-coding and typography clarify liturgy. He also traces the Haggadah’s historical development, explains which parts are obligatory, and describes included essays and sources.
Mar 19, 2026 • 20min
SmallTalk: Haggadah Shel Pesach B'Damayich Chayi (with Rabbi Yehoshua Forgy)
Rabbi Yehoshua Forgy, a rabbi and author of a new Haggadah, explores chosenness, antisemitism, and Jewish identity. He discusses how October 7 spurred the project and rethinks Jewish place in exile. He treats Pesach as national birth and reads the Haggadah with close textual methods. Themes include communal belonging, the Rasha, Vayareo sanu as early conspiracy, and the plagues as divine protection.
Mar 17, 2026 • 16min
SmallTalk: The Rhyme and Reason Haggadah (with Rabbi Reuven Lowy)
Rabbi Reuven Lowy, rabbi and author who turned the Haggadah into memorable rhymed English, discusses his poetic approach. He explains how rhyme aids memory and engagement. He reads samples, reveals tricky sections like the plague-count math, and talks design choices and plans for future rhymed zemiros.
15 snips
Mar 15, 2026 • 1h 14min
Echoes of Egypt (with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman)
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman, Professor of Tanakh at Bar-Ilan University and author, brings Tanakh scholarship and Egyptology to a Haggadah called Echoes of Egypt. He explores Egyptian language and royal imagery reused in Torah. He traces archaeological and textual parallels for plagues, Goshen, Ramses, staff symbolism, and how Israelite ritual and political ideas push back against Egyptian kingship.
Mar 12, 2026 • 17min
SmallTalk: The Psychology and Personal Growth Haggadah (with Rabbi Shimon Feder)
A conversational look at turning weekly Torah shiurim into reader-friendly books and a unique Haggadah. They explore using Rishonim and Midrashim to draw personal-growth themes without clinical psychology. Listeners hear surprising midrashic details and a memorable gratitude story that reshapes familiar passages.
Mar 10, 2026 • 16min
SmallTalk: The Winding Road of Redemption Haggadah (with Rabbi Yaakov Fisch)
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