Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 100, 101, and 102, give us a crash course in naming names. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us with some insights into how the rabbis of the Talmud used names to honor loved ones and pass down tradition. Why are there no Talmudic rabbis named Moses? Listen and find out.

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Take One: Ketubot 100, 101, and 102