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Menachot 70 and 71 - The Nightmare Before Passover
Season 40 Episode 70
On today’s pages, Menachot 70 and 71, we jump into the most hotly contested debate in the history of the Seder table: can you eat rice on Passover? W…
3 months ago
Menachot 68 and 69 - The Elephant in the Restroom
Season 40 Episode 68
On today’s pages, Menachot 68 and 69, the Talmud asks a question only the rabbis could devise: What happens to the ritual purity of a basket that has…
3 months ago
Menachot 67 - Smooth Operators
Season 40 Episode 67
On today’s page, Menachot 67, the rabbis deliver a masterclass in ancient economic policy through the process of Meruach—the "smoothing" or cleaning…
3 months ago
Menachot 66 - A Soul-Stretching Countdown
Season 40 Episode 66
On today’s page, Menachot 66, the rabbis explore the obligation to count seven complete weeks, ensuring that our connection to the sacred remains con…
3 months ago
10 Things I Know "As a Jew"
Season 40 Episode 65
On today’s page, Menachot 65, we learn that the members of the Great Sanhedrin were held to an almost unfathomable standard: they had to be masters o…
3 months ago
Menachot 63 and 64 - How to Lose a Dynasty in One Easy Step
Season 40 Episode 63
On today's pages, Menachot 63 and 64, the Talmud drops us into one of Jewish history's most painful moments — a civil war between two Hasmonean broth…
3 months, 1 week ago
Menachot 61 and 62 - Raise Your Lambs in the Air
Season 40 Episode 61
On today’s pages, Menachot 61 and 62, we witness a stunning masterclass on what it truly means to be religious. The Mishnah details the cinematic rit…
3 months, 1 week ago
Menachot 60 - Joy in the Motion
Season 40 Episode 56
On today’s page, Menachot 60, we encounter the image of priests raising their hands high to wave offerings before the community. In a world that oft…
3 months, 1 week ago
Menachot 59 - Permutations of Penance
Season 40 Episode 59
On today’s page, Menachot 59, we finally receive a comprehensive list of which meal offerings require oil and frankincense—and which do not. While th…
3 months, 1 week ago
Menachot 58 - Perfectly Middling
Season 40 Episode 58
On today's page, Menachot 58, the Talmud unpacks why leaven and honey are both banned from the meal offering, and one medieval explanation stops us c…
3 months, 1 week ago