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Sanhedrin 43

The tools of execution

January 29, 2025

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 43, raises an interesting point about the procedure of public executions. Dr. Tevi Troy, our very own Presidentischer Rav, joins us to explain why we don’t ask a condemned man to pay for his own execution, and what the ordinance has to do with contemporary American politics. What lesson could Bill Clinton learn from the Talmud’s rabbis? Listen and find out.

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Sanhedrin 43
The tools of execution
January 29, 2025
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