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Nedarim 30

Season 16 Episode 30

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 30, explores the importance of language. The rabbis discuss how to understand an oath that is made about someone not yet…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Nedarim 29

Season 16 Episode 29

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 29, reminds us that sometimes the best things in life happen when we do absolutely nothing. Jonathon Stalls, who wrestle…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 28

Season 16 Episode 28

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 28, brings up an interesting question: What to do with vows taken under duress? Shakespeare scholar Dr. Shaina Trapedo j…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 25 and 26

Season 16 Episode 26

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 26 and 27, ask a profound question: When arguing, shall we listen to the head or the heart? Author and editor Lisa Ann …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 24 and 25

Season 16 Episode 24

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 24 and 25, raise a thorny question: Can you make a vow without fully understanding what it is you're vowing to do? Rabb…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 23

Season 16 Episode 23

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 23, tells the story of Abaye and his wife and what happens when one does not do as they are expected to do. Tablet Magaz…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 22

Season 16 Episode 22

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 22, warns us against the destructive force of sheer anger. Poet and Buddhist monk Norman Fischer joins us to talk about …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 21

Season 16 Episode 21

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 21, gives us a thrilling lesson in how to speak our minds. Is it ever okay to literally say things we don't literally me…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 19 and 20

Season 16 Episode 19

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 19 and 20, suggest that nothing we do really has any meaning unless we do it explicitly, intentionally, and mindfully. …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Nedarim 17 and 18

Season 16 Episode 17

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 17 and 18, give us a peek beyond good and evil. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us for a taste of why vows and words contin…

3 years, 7 months ago

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