Today’s Talmud page, Shevuot 14, warns us against climbing atop the Temple Mount, lest we accidentally defile its holiness. But if that’s the case, why are we permitted to climb Mount Sinai? And how does Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel help explain the idea of making the world holier with our actions? Listen and find out.
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