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Back to SearchMenachot 54 and 55 - Beautiful Eyes
Season 40 Episode 54
On today's pages, Menachot 54 and 55, the Talmud lays out the rules for separating tithes and quietly slips in one of its most beautiful ideas: that …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 53 - The Olive Tree
Season 40 Episode 53
On today's page, Menachot 53, the Talmud offers something we could all use right now — a story of divine love and mercy set against the backdrop of t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 52 - Holy Cow
Season 40 Episode 52
On today's page, Menachot 52, the Talmud digs into one of Judaism's most mysterious rituals — the red heifer, the sacred cow whose ashes were used fo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 51 - The Pancake Stops Here
On today’s page, Menachot 51, the rabbis ask a practical yet profound question: If a high priest dies before his daily griddle cake offering is broug…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 49 and 50 - Set the Table
Season 40 Episode 49
On today's pages, Menachot 49 and 50, the rabbis discuss how the vessels of the Temple — the menorah, the table, the shewbread — each had their own s…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 47 and 48 - Defying Gravity
Season 40 Episode 47
On today’s pages, Menachot 47 and 48, the rabbis outline the "opening and closing" sacrifices that defined a day in the Temple. Yet, the Passover off…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 46 - One Rabbi, One General, One Very Big Ask
Season 40 Episode 46
On today's page, Menachot 46, the rabbis are talking about priestly life in Yavne, the town that became Judaism's unlikely headquarters after Rome b…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 45 - The Book that Almost Wasn't
Season 40 Episode 45
On today’s page, Menachot 45, we hear the spectacular story of Hananiah ben Hezekiah, the man who saved the Book of Ezekiel from being removed from t…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Menachot 44 - The Scholar and the Harlot
Season 40 Episode 44
On today’s page, Menachot 44, we encounter one of the Talmud’s most cinematic stories, involving a man’s journey across the sea to visit a famous wom…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Menachot 42 and 43 - Wearing the Uniform
Season 40 Episode 42
On today’s pages, Menachot 42 and 43, the Talmud issues a fascinating prohibition: we may not sell tzitzit to an idolater because they might use them…
3 months, 4 weeks ago