Sanhedrin 85

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 85, has the rabbis locking horns trying to explain a complicated phrase, before arriving at a very surprising, and very relevant, conclusion. Why is keeping things simple sometimes the wisest option? Listen and find out.

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