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Back to SearchBava Metzia 116 and 117 – A Conversation with Congressman Ritchie Torres
Season 22 Episode 116
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 116 and 117, describe a situation in which a house falls apart, and its two owners cannot agree how to rebuild. Con…
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Bava Metzia 114 and 115 - Poor Rabbi, Rich Rabbi
Season 22 Episode 114
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 114 and 115, tell us a fantastic, and heartbreaking, story about how to get and stay truly rich. What did the broke…
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Bava Metzia 113 - In Praise of … Bureaucracy?
Season 22 Episode 113
Today’s page, Bava Metzia 113, delivers what, at first glance, appears to be the most annoying bureaucratic stipulation. But, as the rabbis explain, …
2 years ago
Bava Metzia 112 - Art for Artists' Sake with Alana Newhouse
Season 22 Episode 112
Today’s page, Bava Metzia 112, discusses ownership of the work of artisans. Tablet editor-in-chief, Alana Newhouse, joins us to discuss two different…
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Bava Metzia 111 - What is love? with Rabbi Shai Held
Season 22 Episode 111
Today’s page, , discusses our duty to pay our employees in a timely fashion, but it’s really underlines how justice and, yes love, drive the morals b…
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Bava Metzia 109 and 110 - Fire in the hole with producer Josh Kross
Season 22 Episode 109
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 109 and 110, discuss how to fire someone correctly. Producer and former fired employee Josh Kross joins us to talk …
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Bava Metzia 106, 107, and 108 - Anyway the wind blows… with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 22 Episode 106
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 106. 107, and 108, contain a challenge about the specificity of prayer Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to discuss wh…
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Bava Metzia 104 and 105 - Exilic Cliffhangers
Season 22 Episode 104
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 104 and 105, contains a strange and hilarious discussion on what to do if you're wearing Tefillin but must take out…
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Bava Metzia 102 and 103 - Tradition, Tradition
Season 22 Episode 102
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 102 and 103, inform us that, wherever we go, we must endeavor to respect the local customs and traditions. And yet,…
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Bava Metzia 100 and 101 - Israel Bound
Season 22 Episode 100
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 100 and 101, unfurl a tall tale that begins with a river washing away some olive trees and ends with a reminder of …
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