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Back to SearchBava Batra 40 and 41 - Under Duress
Season 23 Episode 40
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 40 and 41, teach us the concept of the Moda'a, a difficult legal tool that allows someone forced to do something und…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 38 and 39 - A Dispatch from the War
Season 23 Episode 38
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 38 and 39, discuss what happens to legal arrangements and normal life if and when the land of Israel is ravaged by w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 37 - Keep the Candle Burning
Season 23 Episode 37
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 37, kicks things off with a vexing question about two people arguing over a piece of land, and soon evolves into a di…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 36 - The Great Dissenters
Season 23 Episode 36
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 36, praises the principle of dissent, of speaking your mind precisely when the many and the mighty think differently.…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 35 - With Great Power, with Sivan Rahav Meir
Season 23 Episode 35
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 35, introduces us to a concept called shudda de'dayanei, or judicial discretion, allowing judges to exercise their au…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 33 and 34 - The Most Vulnerable Among Us, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 23 Episode 33
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 33 and 34, delivers a crucial lesson about prioritizing those among us who can barely defend themselves. Rabbi Dovid…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 31 and 32 - Presumed Kosher, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 23 Episode 31
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 31 and 32, deliver a bit of wisdom that served the rabbis well while discussing property rights, but that couldn't b…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 30 - Keepin' Busy
Season 23 Episode 30
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 30, tells us the story of a man who was so busy he failed to notice his friend was living in his house for three year…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 29 - The Psychology of the Individual
Season 23 Episode 29
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 29, finds Rava and Abaye locked in a fierce argument over everything from legal deeds to human psychology. Why should…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 28 - How to Save Democracy
Season 23 Episode 28
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 28, discusses what it takes to truly take possession of something, like a field, say, or a house. But can the same ru…
1 year, 11 months ago