Gittin 17 and 18 – The Romans or the Persians
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The Gamara relates, Raba Barbakhana was weak and Ravi Huda and Raba entered to visit him. This indicates that living under Babylonian rule is preferable to living under Roman rule. Are the Romans better than the Persians? Why would that be? Or is it? And to help us answer this geopolitical conundrum, this foreign policy Talmudic question, I am bringing in the heavy guns, my friend, Rabbi, Doctor, Ambassador Ari Lam.
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