Take One: Nazir 34 and 35 - Publication Date |
- Feb 27, 2023
- Episode Duration |
- 00:10:00
Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 34 and 35, ask a question physicians and college students alike still ask with fiery focus: how much drinking is too much drinking? One of the Talmud's most astonishing tales, a story of liquor and Purim and murder, sheds light on this eternal debate, and reminds us of the bond between booze and spiritual transcendence. What can the Talmud's strangest drunken killing teach us about being better people? Listen and find out.
Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer.
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