Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Yevamot 34 and 35, deliver the story of Er and Onan, among the Talmud's most NSFW tales. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain this R Rated discussion of spilling one's seed, and find profound insights in the profane subject matter. What urgently needed modern wisdom might we find in this ancient debate? Listen and find out.
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