Nazir 34 and 35

In today’s Talmud pages, how much drink is too much drink?

February 27, 2023

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Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 34 and 35, ask a question physicians and college students alike still ask with fiery focus: How much drinking is too much drinking? One of the Talmud’s most astonishing tales, a story of liquor and Purim and murder, sheds light on this eternal debate, and reminds us of the bond between booze and spiritual transcendence. What can the Talmud’s strangest drunken killing teach us about being better people? Listen and find out.

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Nazir 34 and 35

In today's Talmud pages, how much drink is too much drink?

February 27, 2023

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