Episodes

Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Rabbi Shaul Lieberman: The conservative rosh yeshiva who wrote a Pirush on the entire Tosefta
The history of the Karaim: Iraq circa 800
Turkey, Year 1500: The Psak of the R'em regarding Kariam
The origin of Megillas Antiochos: R Saadia Goan's quest to immortalize the Chashmonaim
Are we allowed to study the Book of the Maccabees? "Seforim chatzonim" in Halacha

Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
The depictions on the Arch of Titus: What happened next?
The Peroiches and the Tzitz: R’ Shimon’s testimony
The Radziner Rebbe’s Oddysey to find the Menorah: The Visigoths and King Alaric I
The Menorah swap theory: A child's fable that gained traction
The conscientious story behind the real gold menorah by the Kosel today
Reb Akiva Eiger’s chassideshe Eidem and his Leichter
The iconic angled menorah of Chabad: The Rambam’s depiction

Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Napoleon's wars and their effect on the Jews of his time
Nittel through the eyes of the Chasam Sofer
The pros, the antis, and the in-betweeners
Nittel - a moving target understating the calendar changes

Sunday Dec 22, 2024

Wednesday Dec 18, 2024

Sunday Dec 15, 2024

Wednesday Dec 11, 2024

Sunday Dec 08, 2024

Wednesday Dec 04, 2024

Sunday Dec 01, 2024