Bava Batra 68 and 69

Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Batra 68 and 69, contain a little nugget of great importance. It’s a discussion of cultivated carob trees, and why, if you want them to be fruitful and tall, you should graft a few cultivated branches onto the wild trees that are strong but not very fertile. How is this insight a metaphor for all of human civilization? And what can it teach us about social media influencers? Listen and find out.

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