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Sanhedrin 103: No, the Wicked Kings Were Really That Bad
Season 24 Episode 103
Resh Lakish bounces off the wicked kings of Yehudah to talk about wickedness in general. With playing on the spelling of words as implying the way ba…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanhedrin 102: Maybe the Wicked Kings Weren't So Bad
Season 24 Episode 102
An approach to the Golden Calf that blames God for giving the Israelites gold and silver upon their departure from Egypt -- because they suddenly had…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanhedrin 101: Good in This World, Good in the World to Come
Season 24 Episode 101
More on those who have no portion in the World to Come -- starting with those who whisper incantations over a wound. The problem seems to be magickin…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanhedrin 100: Rabbinic Disrespect - and the Wisdom of Ben Sira
Season 24 Episode 100
One of the sages presents an interpretation, describing the beauty of a vision of a plentiful river surrounded by delightful growing things that emer…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanhedrin 99: Sing Every Day
Season 24 Episode 99
Different opinions from the sages on the length of the "messianic era": 40 years? 70 years? 3 generations? Or Rabbi Hillel's shocking statement that …
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanhedrin 98: In Every Generation, Every Day
Season 24 Episode 98
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi - on the messiah, and when he will come, with regard to the people awaiting his arrival. Including Eliyahu (Elijah), of cours…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanhedrin 97: Not Everyone Lies
Season 24 Episode 97
Is there truth in the world? Rava thought not, until he encountered one truth-telling sage and heard his story of truth-tellers, and how that sage's …
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 96: When Evil Prospers
Season 24 Episode 96
From Sennacherib to Nebuchadnezzar - and why the latter was able to conquer Jerusalem (that is, what good deed did he do that he got his way of break…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 95: Stories of War and a Hidden Message of Hope
Season 24 Episode 95
Compare this part of the daf to the stories in Shmuel Bet (Second Samuel) -- the son of Goliath is armed to go take vengeance on David. Ishbivenov is…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 94: The Writing of the Verses of Biblical History
Season 24 Episode 94
A focus on the Assyrian king Sennacherib, and the Jewish king, Hizkiyahu (Hezekiah). Why is the wicked king given an honorific, asks the Gemara. And …
1 year, 4 months ago