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Back to SearchBava Batra 26 and 27 - Assassination Attempts, with Walter Russell Mead
Season 23 Episode 26
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 26 and 27, advise us to distance ourselves from our neighbors in order to avert fractiousness and violence. We share…
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Bava Batra 24 and 25 - The Great Stink
Season 23 Episode 24
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 24 and 25, kick things off by regulating how to design cities so that they don't smell. What surprising factor broug…
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Bava Batra 23 - Eliminating Doubt
Season 23 Episode 23
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 23, gives us a masterclass on Talmud thinking. What to do when you don't know all the facts? And is there a sound way…
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Jealous Much?
Season 23 Episode 22
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 22, gives us a shocking admission: Sometimes, jealousy is good. Terrific, even. Perhaps essential to human growth and…
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Bava Batra 21 - Teach Your Children Well
Season 23 Episode 21
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 21, delivers a brief history of Jewish education. Once upon a time, it was only up to parents to make sure their kids…
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Bava Batra 19 and 20 - Lean on Me, with Sivan Says
Season 23 Episode 19
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 19 and 20, continue the discussion on the best way to be a good neighbor. We share an episode from our sister podcas…
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Bava Batra 17 and 18 - Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Season 23 Episode 18
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 17 and 18, find the rabbis advocating the merits of building sturdy walls and keeping a healthy distance from the fo…
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Bava Batra 16 - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Season 23 Episode 16
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 16, raises one of the most profound questions in human morality: the question of theodicy, or why would an all-mercif…
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Bava Batra 15 - The Tears of Moses
Season 23 Episode 15
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 15, brings us a mystery for the ages. Liel discusses the conundrum of Moses recording his own demise. Who actually wr…
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Bava Batra 14 - The Writing of Leaders with Tevi Troy
Season 23 Episode 14
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 14, discusses the ideal size of a Torah, and the output of several renowned scribes. Dr. Tevi Troy, our very own Pre…
1 year, 11 months ago