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Back to SearchMakkot 14 - Meaty Talk
Season 25 Episode 14
Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 14, delivers a charming little story of three of the most important rabbis of the Talmud talking Torah while buying meat …
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 12 and 13 - Sorry State, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 25 Episode 12
Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 12 and 13, take up the thorny question of why, precisely, courts do not absolve those who are truly repentant. Rabbi Dov…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 10 and 11 - My way, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 25 Episode 10
Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 10 and 11, kick things off with a strange, spooky story about two murderers that soon blossoms into a gorgeous morality …
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 9 - Hate Has No Home Here
Season 25 Episode 9
Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 9, delivers a subtle rebuke about the dangers of succumbing to hate. Why should we sometimes be much more attentive to th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 8 - Hell is Other People
Season 25 Episode 8
Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 8, delivers a stark reminder to watch the way we behave in public. Why should we be meticulously mindful when it comes to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 5, 6, and 7 - The Quality of Mercy
Season 25 Episode 5
Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 5, 6, and 7, contain a fierce debate of the death penalty. Should courts strive as much as they can to make sure we exec…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 3 and 4 - The Eyes Have It
Season 25 Episode 3
Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 3 and 4, gives us a good lesson on how to deal with situations of great uncertainty. Should we just trust our gut and ho…
1 year, 2 months ago
Makkot 2 - Introducing Tractate Makkot, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 25 Episode 2
Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 2, kicks off a brand new tractate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us with a rollicking preview of what lies in store. Why ar…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sanhedrin 113 - Bidding Farewell to Tractate Sanhedrin, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 24 Episode 113
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 113, brings us to the end of our magical tractate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to recap what we've learned, and sha…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sanhedrin 112 - Bang! Pow! Batman! (Part II), with Jordan Gorfinkel
Season 24 Episode 112
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 112, continues the discussion of an idolatrous city and whether or not it should be destroyed. Jordan Gorfinkel return…
1 year, 2 months ago