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Back to SearchSanhedrin 40 and 41 - Learning from experience
Season 24 Episode 40
Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 40 and 41, dive down into the life of the great Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain …
1 year, 4 months ago
Sanhedrin 38 and 39 - Failing Upwards
Season 24 Episode 38
Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 38 and 39, give us a shocking retelling of Adam's creation and fall. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why th…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 37 - All Good
Season 24 Episode 37
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 37, tells a moving story about the pious Rabbi Zeira, who prayed even for the hooligans in his neighborhood who tormen…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 36 - The Great One
Season 24 Episode 32
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 36, argues that Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, the redactor of the Mishnah, was the greatest leader to embody both political acu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 35 - Seeking Swift Justice
Season 24 Episode 35
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 35, discusses the Golden calf and the courts that enacted punishment afterwards. Why should even the perpetrators want…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 33 and 34 - Try and try again
Season 24 Episode 33
Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 33 and 34, have the Rabbis interrogating what to do when the results of a trial have been found to be flawed. How do …
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 31 and 32 - Keeping it fair
Season 24 Episode 31
Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 31 and 32, see the Rabbis debating how to choose a trial location when the two litigants can not agree on a venue. Wh…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 30 - The Transparency of Judgement
Season 24 Episode 30
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 30, shows the rabbis discussing whether judges should discuss their personal opinions after a case is decided. Should …
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 29 - Snake Charms
Season 24 Episode 29
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 29, finds the rabbis advancing a defense of none other than the Snake. Was he truly guilty of any sin way back when in…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 28 - Cousin's Keeper
Season 24 Episode 28
Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 28, kicks things off by discussing the responsibilities cousins have for one another. Actor and director Jesse Eisenbe…
1 year, 5 months ago