<p>In this episode we cover:&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
 <li>A bit on the Chabad celebration of 5 Teves, "Yom Didan Natzach"</li>
 <li>Background on Megillas Taanis - both the Tannaitic and Geonic versions</li>
  <li>Attitudes toward the translation of the Torah into Greek - in Chazal and among other groups</li>
  <li>The Chasam Sofer's fascination with the 8th of Teves as the day commemorating the translation</li>
</ul>
<p>Links &nbsp;to articles mentioned:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Moshe Simon-Shoshan, "<a href="https://www.academia.edu/692754/The_Tasks_of_the_Translators_The_Rabbis_The_Septuagint_and_the_Cultural_Politics_of_Translation" target="_blank">The Tasks of the Translators: The Rabbis, The Septuagint, and the Cultural Politics of Translation</a>"</li>
  <li>Maoz Kahana, "<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b3lpkPlGFLBONmbA8lMnYvMaYq__D16R/view" target="_blank">How Chatam Sofer Vanquished Spinoza</a>" (Hebrew)</li>
  <li>Elli Fischer, "<a href="https://thelehrhaus.com/timely-thoughts/azariah-de-rossis-fascination-with-the-septuagint/" target="_blank">Azariah de Rossi's Fascination with the Septuagint</a>"</li>
</ul>

Episode 7: A Little on Nittel

Deep dives into forgotten corners of Jewish culture and social, material, and intellectual history.