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Back to SearchBava Batra 143 and 144 - G-d’s Not Going To Put On Your Coat
Season 23 Episode 143
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 143 and 144, negotiate the central tension in Judaism between divine determinism and free will. Rabbi Dovid Bashevki…
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Bava Batra 142 - The Real Real
Season 23 Episode 142
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 142, revolves around a curious question: can an unborn child receive gifts? It's not just a hypothetical thought exer…
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Bava Batra 141 - Leaving a Legacy
Season 23 Episode 141
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 141, shows us the rabbis once again arguing that God is furious with anyone who doesn't leave behind inheritors. Rabb…
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Bava Batra 140 - Sons vs. Daughters
Season 23 Episode 140
Today’s Talmud Page, Bava Batra 140, raises a dilemma: As the Torah tells us that sons inherit their fathers, and as Jewish tradition instructs us th…
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Bava Batra 138 and 139 - Introverts vs. Extroverts
Season 23 Episode 138
Today’s Talmud Pages, Bava Batra 138 and 139, dip in to the age-old battle between introverts and extroverts. Is this distinction even real? And what…
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Bava Batra 136 and 137 - Morning in America
Season 23 Episode 136
Today’s Talmud Pages, Bava Batra 136 and 137, treat us to a complicated case of inheritance law that's really about making sure that we remain foreve…
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Bava Batra 135 - Pass It On
Season 23 Episode 135
Today's Talmud Page, Bava Batra135, teaches us that a will means nothing unless it was passed down to the next of kin. Tablet podcast producer Josh K…
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Bava Batra 134 - The Fox and the Hedgehog
Season 23 Episode 134
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 134, tells us about two of Rabbi Hillel's students, one of them the greatest and one the least impressive. What can w…
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Bava Batra 133 - The Blame Game
Season 23 Episode 133
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 133, shows us something we rarely see in contemporary politics: A senior official refusing to play the blame game and…
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Bava Batra 131 and 132 - Future Perfect
Season 23 Episode 131
oday’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 131 and 132, ask what we may or may not do with things that don't physically exist yet, like trading futures or, some…
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