Take One

Pesachim 111 and 112

In today’s Daf Yomi pages, the demons are out to play

March 12, 2021

Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Pesachim 111 and 112, have the rabbis doing battle with demons. Andrew Fox, author of a new novel about a Jewish demon haunting and helping save New Orleans, joins us to talk about how living in the city during Hurricane Katrina felt like a long bout of the evil eye, and what faith and superstition have to teach each other. What happens when a Jewish demon falls in love with the family she was supposed to torment? Listen and find out.

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