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Take One: Shabbat 112 and 113
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10 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2020
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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Shabbat 112 and 113, bring up one of the Talmud's most contentious ideas: Yeridat HaDorot, or the notion that each generation is just slightly worse than the one that came before it. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to challenge this thorny notion, and argue that what we may lose in wisdom we gain in empathy and compassion. So are we getting better or worse with time? Listen and find out.
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Released:
Jun 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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