Sanhedrin 112

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 112, continues the discussion of an idolatrous city and whether or not it should be destroyed. Jordan Gorfinkel returns to help us parse what part, if any, the residents of this evil town play in determining their fate. Why is Kevin Smith’s Clerks a masterful Talmudic meditation? Listen and find out.

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