Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Yoma 54 and 55, dive into one of the Jewish people's greatest mysteries: Exactly what happened to the Ark of the Covenant after the Temple was destroyed? Yeshiva University professor Steven Fine joins us to explain the various theories that have inspired Jews and non-Jews alike for millennia, and why we remain obsessed with this question. So did Indiana Jones get it right? Listen and find out.
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