Season 23 · Episode 56
Bava Batra 56 – The Dignity of Difference
Bava Batra 56 – The Dignity of Difference
August 20, 20249m 4s
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Show Notes
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 56, raises a question that is still a political hot potato to this day: What, precisely, are the boundaries of the Land of Israel? But the rabbis, as they always do, dig even deeper, teaching us a lesson about the dangers of sameness and the dignity of difference. Why was Liz Lemon of 30 Rock fame wrong when she opined that all everyone truly wants is to sit down in peace and eat a sandwich? Listen and find out.