Gittin 17 and 18 – The Romans or the Persians
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The Virtues of Rome
The way that Thomas sets it up is that these four rabbis sitting there asking what is Rome ever done for us. It's literally the Monty Python sketch. You can like, you can imagine Rabbi Yudah giving his speech about the virtues of Rome in the exact intonation and delivery of Kendall Roy at that Logan Roy's funeral. That's like, sure, he was terrible and abusive and he hated us and he hated him, but he was a builder. And then on the other hand, you have Persia. What's the case for Persia in Jewish tradition? Well, the founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great is the only one of the very few people and
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