Bava Kama 63 – Whatever Your Soul Asks of You

Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 63 is an intricate treatise on the principle of “a generalization, a specific detail and another generalization”. In Jewish text, when you see such a formulation, you should always focus on the detail between the two generalizations. This focus on the detail may seem comical, as it ignores the larger themes, but perhaps it teaches a deeper story. Does Jewish text inform our spiritual lives, or is it just a form of OCD? Listen and find out.

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