{"podcast":{"title":"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time","slug":"everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","podcast_index_feed_id":7523216,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/592205/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/592205","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/f/8/7/ff873758313fc23fd959afa2a1bf1c87/everythingJewishSquare14001400.jpg","author":"Adam Diament","episode_count":300,"summary":"Welcome to \"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time!\" The podcast that makes exploring Jewish ideas easy, fun, and inviting. Whether you're Jewish, a little Jew-curious, or simply love learning new things, these bite-sized episodes will give you history, literature, theology, traditions, and cultural gems in just about ten minutes. Think of it as your friendly guide to all things Jewish, without the long sermons or heavy textbooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T08:19:30.084073+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216"},"episode":{"title":"The Savoraim in 10 Minutes","slug":"the-savoraim-in-10-minutes","published_at":"2026-09-14T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/the-savoraim-in-10-minutes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","url":"https://bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4.libsyn.com/the-savoraim-in-10-minutes","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4/savoraim.mp3?dest-id=5146315","summary":"Dive into the mysterious \"Bridge Generation\" of Jewish history as we explore the era of the Savorim , the group of Babylonian scholars who operated between roughly 500 and 600 CE . In this episode, we uncover the crucial role these \"Reasoners\" played in the shadows of history, standing at the precarious intersection between the completion of the Talmud and the rise of the Geonim. We'll investigate how the Savorim served as the final editors of the Babylonian Talmud, polishing the text, clarifying complex arguments, and providing the connective tissue that transformed a massive collection of debates into the structured, authoritative cornerstone of Jewish law we recognize today. Join us as we examine their work during a time of political upheaval under the Sasanian Empire and discover why their subtle, often anonymous contributions were the \"invisible hand\" that ensured the survival and accessibility of the Jewish intellectual tradition during a critical century of transition.","meta_description":"Dive into the mysterious \"Bridge Generation\" of Jewish history as we explore the era of the Savorim , the group of Babylonian scholars who operated betwee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":479,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/episodes/the-savoraim-in-10-minutes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/the-savoraim-in-10-minutes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}