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Back to SearchBava Batra 112 - Alfred Dreyfus's Legacy
Season 23 Episode 112
Today's Talmud page, Bava Batra 112, finds the rabbis talking about death, dying, burial plots, and questions of inheritance. And when we think about…
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Bava Batra 110 and 111 - The Three Most Important Questions You Can Ever Ask
Season 23 Episode 110
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 110 and 111, dwell on an incident from the Book of Judges involving Moses's grandson, Jonathan, who found himself in…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bava Batra 108 and 109 - Second Thoughts on Second Chances
Season 23 Episode 108
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 108 and 109, are all about family and inheritance, but today we take a brief break from the Talmud. Why? Because it'…
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Bava Batra 107 - Family Ties
Season 23 Episode 107
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 107, starts out as a discussion of a complicated inheritance situation but blooms into a meditation on family. What, …
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Bava Batra 106 - Succession
Season 23 Episode 106
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 106, delivers a complicated case of two brothers splitting an inheritance and then learning that they've a third brot…
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Bava Batra 105 - Communication Breakdown
Season 23 Episode 105
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 105, tells us what happens when a business dealing contains two unclear and contradictory statements. It remains a ve…
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Bava Batra 102, 103, 104 - Rocking Out
Season 23 Episode 102
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 102, 103, and 104, spend much time discussing rocky fields. But there's more to the debate than merely figuring out …
1 year, 8 months ago
Bava Batra 99, 100, 101 - We're No Angels
Season 23 Episode 99
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 99, gives us a glimpse at the Cherubs, those heavenly creatures there to guard the Ark of the Covenant. But which way…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bava Batra 98 - Take My Wine, Please
Season 23 Episode 98
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 98, discusses who is at fault when good wine goes bad. Is it the seller, who probably failed to keep it in proper con…
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Bava Batra 96 and 97 - Your Finest Wine, Please
Season 23 Episode 96
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 96 and 97, teach us that when making Kiddush on Shabbos, one must use wine that would've been good enough to be offe…
1 year, 8 months ago