Sanhedrin 100

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 100, brings us a fiery story involving laser eyes, an arrogant student, and a strange and sudden death. What can it teach us about the scientific method? And what warning does it carry for those who think they’ve got the world all figured out? Listen and find out.

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