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Back to SearchBava Batra 94 and 95 - Waiting for the Messiah
Season 23 Episode 94
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 94 and 95, tell the story of a strange way to resolve a financial dispute involving locking some of the money up and…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bava Batra 93 - Dinner is Sacred
Season 23 Episode 93
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 93, shares an old custom they used to have in Jerusalem, punishing anyone who messed up dinner. Why is the meal so im…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bava Batra 92 - No Guarantees
Season 23 Episode 92
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 92, finds the rabbis talking about guarantees. Does a seller owe the buyer anything should a product not meet the buy…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bava Batra 91 - An Ode to Tel Aviv
Season 23 Episode 91
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 91, contains a difficult prohibition: the prohibition on living outside the land of Israel. How are we to grapple wit…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 89 and 90 - Swift Markets
Season 23 Episode 89
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 89 and 90, explore ethical practices in the market place. Producer Josh Kross joins us to discuss fair business prac…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 87 and 88 - Breaking Up
Season 23 Episode 87
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 87 and 88, ponder a question that is every parent's nightmare: Who is responsible when your kid breaks something val…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 86 - Gone to the Dogs
Season 23 Episode 86
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 86, discusses the manner of acquiring small animals, and concludes that they do not like being manhandled. It's an in…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 85 - Re-Form
Season 23 Episode 85
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 85, dives deep into the difference of commercial transactions occurring in the private versus the public domain. It's…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 84 - Sacred Shopping
Season 23 Episode 84
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 84, lists the surprisingly physical things we must do in order to consolidate an act of acquisition. Why did the rabb…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 82 and 83 - Be the Prayer
Season 23 Episode 82
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 82 and 83, are all about the difference between praying and learning Torah. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to shed l…
1 year, 9 months ago