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Back to SearchBava Metzia 85 - When the Going Gets Tough
Season 22 Episode 85
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 85, finds the rabbis asking themselves the same question so many of us have been asking since Oct. 7, 2023: What did…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 84 - Death by Disagreement
Season 22 Episode 84
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 84, tells a tragic tale of two great rabbis and their heartbreaking end. Liel recounts this story of a teacher and s…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 83 - Rabbinic Profiling with Tevi Troy
Season 22 Episode 83
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 83, discusses one method of catching a thief: by profiling those drinking at taverns in the wee hours of the morning…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 81 and 82 - Everybody Makes Mistakes, Everybody Has Those Days with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 22 Episode 81
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 81 and 82, bring to light an apparent rabbinic mistake. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why this mistake …
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 79 and 80 - Use Your Blessings with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Season 22 Episode 79
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 79 and 80, hold a lesson about our responsibility to our faith hidden within a discussion about labor. Rabbi David …
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 78 - Making the Private Public with Tevi Troy
Season 22 Episode 78
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 78, introduces us to a new word - angaria, a term used to describe a situation in which the government has the right…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 77 - Waiter, Please with Producer Josh Kross
Season 22 Episode 77
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 77, asks what to do when the item we ordered is not the item we receive. Producer Josh Kross joins us to recount a r…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 76 - Confusing Ourselves to Death
Season 22 Episode 76
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 76, kicks things off with an almost comical tale of people confusing each other until all interaction grinds to a ha…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 74 and 75 – Equity Versus Excellence
Season 22 Episode 74
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 74 and 75, make an exception to the prohibition against charging interest. We examine the balance between equity an…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Metzia 72 and 73 – Coming Home
Season 22 Episode 73
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Metzia 72 and 73, talk about the life changing power of conversion. We share a story from the 2018 Conversion episode of U…
2 years, 1 month ago