Today’s Talmud pages, Sotah 18 and 19, discuss the question of whether sotah ceremony scrolls can be prepared in advance or must be created individually for each woman. This can lead us to consider the larger topic of the written word and reading in general. What can we learn from French novelist Marcel Proust on the question? Listen and find out. Like the show? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. 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, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer.  Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.