Today’s Talmud pages, Shevuot 15 and 16, raise a difficult challenge, claiming that one must not recite any incantations in an effort to heal the sick. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why this prohibition does not mean we should stop reciting Psalms for the sick. In what way is each of us his or her own walking, living prayer? Listen and find out.
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