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Curious Tales of the Talmud, Lesson 6: A Ticket To Paradise

Rabbi Shraga Sherman
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Curious Tales of the Talmud: Finding Personal Meaning in the Legends of our Sages
Judaism is full of deeply resonant and transformative wisdom. Some of its most profound ideas about life, the universe, the soul, and our relationship with G-d are encrypted in an unusual place-within peculiar and nonsensical Talmudic tales. The Talmud's zany legends tell of gargantuan sea creatures, vinegar-fueled lamps, idolatrous kings, rivers flowing upstream, and a debate of riddles between Jewish and Athenian sages. These intriguing legends are not usually accessible to the general public, nor are the profound pearls of wisdom that are encrypted within them.

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Scholars: Rabbi Shraga Sherman
Video title: Curious Tales of the Talmud, Lesson 6: A Ticket To Paradise
Category: In Depth, Text Base Class
Series: Curious Tales of the Talmud
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