Season 23 · Episode 3
Bava Batra 3 and 4 – Quiet Massacres with Dr. Tevi Troy
Bava Batra 3 and 4 – Quiet Massacres with Dr. Tevi Troy
June 28, 20246m 31s
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Show Notes
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 3 and 4, tell the bloody story of Herod's revolt, which ended with the massacre of many rabbis. Dr. Tevi Troy, our very own Presidentischer Rav, joins us to talk about the tradition of massacres in the modern political imagination, and how the term continues to repel and excite us alike. Why is it never a good idea to plan a wholesale assault on enemies real or imagined? Listen and find out.