Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 29, instructs us that we should learn to take really good care of our possessions. What's the approach known as soulful materialism? And what does it teach us about radically rethinking the way we shop for and care for our stuff? Listen and find out.

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Bava Metzia 29 – Soulful Materialism