Season 23 · Episode 54
Bava Batra 54 and 55 - Israel's Favorite Rock n' Roll Flower
Bava Batra 54 and 55 - Israel's Favorite Rock n' Roll Flower
August 19, 20247m 11s
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Show Notes
Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 54 and 55, mention the Hatzav, a peculiar plant used to demarcate fields in the olden days. But the Hatzav has since become an absolute darling of Israeli poets, writers, and musicians, who have come to see it as the perfect metaphor for life in a demanding and beautiful and perilous land. Why? And what did the Israeli version of the Rolling Stones do when a big bank paid them to write a song about a Hatzav? Listen and find out.