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Ketubot 18 and 19
Season 15 Episode 18
Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 18 and 19, warn us that a confession, even though it may seem final, is not always credible, especially if it involves …
3 years, 10 months ago
Ketubot 16 and 17
Season 15 Episode 16
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 16 and 17, reminds us that the Ketubah, the Jewish wedding contract many couples have framed and hanging in their home, …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 15
Season 15 Episode 15
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 15, spices things up with a Solomonic story of what to do if an abandoned baby is found and no one knows whether or not …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 14
Season 15 Episode 14
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 14, gives us an assertion that sounds like something straight out of an episode of Law and Order: If you're not guilty o…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketunot 13
Season 15 Episode 13
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 13, talks in great detail about the ruin, the sort of place that existed in every town for the explicit purpose of forni…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 11 and 12
Season 15 Episode 11
Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 11 and 12, tell us that it's ancient Jewish custom to insist that a bride and a groom take a moment, before stepping un…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 9 and 10
Season 15 Episode 9
Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 9 and 10, tells us that Jewish soldiers were instructed to prepare a bill of divorce before going to war, in case they …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 8
Season 15 Episode 8
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 8, charmingly insists that whenever a new guest enters a party, the attendees must recite all blessings anew in his or h…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 7
Season 15 Episode 7
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 7, teaches us the blessing we recite at Jewish weddings. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why this ancient text…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ketubot 6
Season 15 Episode 6
Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 6, tells us that a mourner is obligated to fulfill all of the Torah's commandments, except the one requiring him to put …
3 years, 11 months ago