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Curious Tales of the Talmud, Lesson 3: The Vindication of an Idolatrous King

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.

Lesson 3. The Vindication of an Idolatrous King: Seeing the Divine within Everything
The lessons of a vinegar-fueled lamp; singing toddlers; and a tale of a king, a sage, and a dream affect how we judge others and help us to find purpose in our nation's exile and within all that transpires in our lives.
 

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Scholars: Rabbi Shraga Sherman
Video title: Curious Tales of the Talmud, Lesson 3: The Vindication of an Idolatrous King
Category: In Depth, Text Base Class
Series: Curious Tales of the Talmud
Views: 1994
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