Today’s Talmud pages, Sotah 39 and 40, discuss the rituals around the torah service. Producer Quinn Waller joins us to share her anxiety about getting an aliya to the Torah and how being in the presence of the Torah is personally transformative. What is it about the ancient scroll that makes it feel so powerful? 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, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer.  Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.