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Pesachim 62 and 63

In today’s Daf Yomi pages, we’re all related

January 22, 2021

Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Pesachim 62 and 63, the rabbis riff on a very modern obsession: genealogy. Why are we so obsessed with learning more about our ancestors? A.J. Jacobs, best-selling author of It’s All Relative, joins us to talk about why we care so much to know about our great-great-great-great grandma and what it means to realize that, really, we’re all one big happy family. Can minding the family tree make you a kinder person? Listen and find out.