61. Heroes of the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry (Jewish History Lab) 

Love the constant references to Asian food interwoven through the video series lol. Thank you Dr. Abramson, you are great and effective at presenting history!

You're a very valuable person in my book with all of your expertise, and offerings of your free lessons in your lectures to the public. I thank you very much.

I do appreciate your lessons. I have been working in Zambia Africa for 31 years and we have no Jewish community at this time. Thank you for your hard work in bringing to life the holy Scriptures and intertwining historical background of events.this segment on poetry, etc., is just lovely.

another great lecture...thank you Prof.

I loved hearing the poetry in the Hebrew language and English translation. Thank you for gifting us with these works that I probably never would have heard otherwise. I particularly enjoyed the one wrote about the books on a wall... Poetically written with a word or teaching of truth.

Thank you for returning. This was so informative.

Thanks for the lecture. And thanks for sharing the poem dedicated to people who feign intellectual capability, which was obviously composed with me in mind.

This was a great lecture. I am now going to check up on the link in the description about Shmuel. Fascinating stuff.

Beautiful reading. Wouldnt mind hearing some more

Laughing and learning the whole time! Great class today 😁

Your discussion of the Poetry Battle raises in my mind the question of whether you've done a lecture (or are planning one) on the Ashkenazi liturgical poets (paytanim), R' Kalonymus, his sons R' Moshe and R' Meshulam (if I got the genealogy correct), and R' Shimon Hagadol.

Excellent lecture, as usual!

Dr Alvin Radkowsky designer of the US Navy and civilian nuclear power plants was a Frum Yidden studied at Bnai Brak Yeshiva Talmud and taught Shas there. A rare combo as you mentioned. Shalom

8:44 "...you have to literally memorize which vowels go with each word." While it is true that Hebrew words are typically written without vowels, the assigned vowel arrangement for each word is not exactly memorized by heart by Hebrew speakers, but rather whenever one sees the Hebrew words written without their vowels, it is rather the phonetic sounds of each word and which are frequently heard in speech that is what immediately comes to mind, or recollected. There is, therefore, no rote-memory required for these vowels, but only a quick "flash-back" on how the word is traditionally pronounced. Once a person knows the correct pronunciation of the Hebrew words, from habitual hearing, the scribe writes out the vowel symbols for Hebrew words on behalf of those fellow Jews who may be unfamiliar with the language, or else to preserve the pronunciation so that in future generations the pronunciation will not be forgotten.

Shalom from Cincinnati! Thank you so much for sharing these teachings! I love Asian cuisine too💭😆

“He that toils and buys for himself books - but whose heart, instead of being on them, is void and empty, he is like unto a lame man who sculpted on the wall a hundred legs, but when he came to stand up, he could not stand up” - Shemuel HaNagid (Isma’el ibn Nagrella).

Was there a scholarly work by Shmuel Hanagid or just the explanations of kohelt / /mishlei etc ...

Excellent Rabbi Berel Wein history lessons Orthodox Rabbi Golden Standard also.

כי מאליסנה(Lucena)תצא תורה ודבר השם מקורדובה. Lucena was a walled city and completely Jewish . It was to Lucena that Rav Amrom Gaon wrote his famous Siddur , that forms the basis to the siddur as we know it.

Fist fights over poetry cracked me up.

He’s a fun thought literally everyone in Spain today has Jewish ancestors regardless of if it shows in the dna test as of you go back 1000 years pedigrees collapse we all should have a trillion ancestors walking earth then but obviously this is impossible so everyone shares ancestors that far back. Great video.

Mr Abramson! Ihope U make avidio about the jews in central Asia,Afghanistan and Pakistan. Be happy!

I thought you was going to tell us Alan Hale (the skipper) was Sephardic. 😃

“Epic Poetry Battles of History!!!” I fixed your title for you. You’re welcome.

A couple of exceptions. Rav Goren would be one.

Shalom, Sir, You produce great content, I must admit. Please can you share any knowledge that you have of Hebrews please. I don’t think there is a good source of knowledge on this topic, and you appear to be a knowledgeable man.

אלביס המלך לְנַדְנֵד

ס.ס. דגיג

Deben aprender español para leer a muchos poetas españoles que profesaban el judaísmo. Vea Alfonso X, Escuela de Traductores de Toledo.