Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 23 and 24, give us a playful but profound primer on everything from believing women to figuring out a person's ulterior motives as they talk about their friends. Rabbi Sari Laufer joins us to make sense of this intricate bit of Talmudic teaching, and what insights into friendship, prejudice, and empowerment it can still offer us today. What should you say when you're trying to help out your friend? Listen and find out. Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer.  Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.